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Studies of leadership decapitation suggest groups like ISIS often find ways to survive.
In the graphic account of the so-called Islamic State leader's death, the president described him as having been "whimpering and crying and screaming.
"He died like a dog," President Trump said during a news conference announcing the extremist leader's death.
A US military official said the situation across northeastern Syria was "deteriorating rapidly."