Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi News
The declassified, grainy, black-and-white aerial videos from Saturday's raid showed US special operations forces closing in on the compound and US aircraft firing on militants nearby.
The death of Islamic State`s "minister of war" may disrupt its operations.
Abu Omar al-Shishani, who the Pentagon described as Islamic State`s "minister of war", was killed in combat in the Iraqi city of Shirqat, south of Mosul, a news agency that supports the militant group said on Wednesday.
Al-Baghdadi, who Time said "as leader of ISIS has inspired followers to both fight in his self-declared caliphate of Iraq and Syria, and also stage attacks in countries like Tunisia and France".
One of the officials said the female California shooter had pledged allegiance to al-Baghdadi in a posting on Facebook under an account that used a different name.
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