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Radio Iran: ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Dead
The Times of India ^ | Apr 27, 2015, 05.26 PM IST

Posted on 04/27/2015 12:27:15 PM PDT by drewh

The enigmatic chief of Islamic State jihadist group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, Radio Iran has reported on Monday.

Earlier, a Guardian report quoting sources with inside knowledge of the group reported that al-Baghdadi was severely injured in a US-led coalition air strike in March.

According to that report, al-Baghdadi was inujred at al-Baaj district of Nineveh, close to the Syrian border. It also said he was making a slow recovery and was out of his day-to-day control of the jihadist group.

Al-Baghdadi, believed to be in his 40s, had a $10 million US bounty on his head. Since taking the reins of the Islamic State in 2010, he had transformed it from a local branch of al-Qaida into an independent transnational military force, positioning himself as perhaps the pre-eminent figure in the global jihadist community.

ISIS suffered a series of major setbacks in the recent months with many of its top commanders being killed or severely injured.

Recently, a top Iraqi military commander Lieutenant General Abdul Amir al Shammari told Sky News that his forces had killed "more than 250 terrorists in the past few days".

He said this had been achieved with assistance from the Iraqi air force, military helicopters and coalition air strikes. "The coalition strikes provided cover for our troops to push forward."

Under the leadership of al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State, which called itself as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) earlier, had gained ground across northern and western Iraq in a lightning advance in June and July last year, causing several of Iraq's army and police divisions to fall into disarray.

It had carried out thousands of public executions using brutal methods and implemented strict Islamic law in areas they captured, which sent shockwave across the global community.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; israel; muslimbrotherhood; waronterror
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1 posted on 04/27/2015 12:27:15 PM PDT by drewh
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To: drewh

From the Halls of Montezuma .... to the Shores of Tripoli.


2 posted on 04/27/2015 12:28:56 PM PDT by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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To: drewh
Live by killing innocent people eventually gets back around to you.....

3 posted on 04/27/2015 12:31:11 PM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: drewh

I imagine this will drive up the price of gas another dime. Crap!


4 posted on 04/27/2015 12:33:27 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Hillary and the Ghosts of Nixons Past. An American Nightmare.)
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To: bboop

I will frolic in an Olympic sized swimming pool
of the bitter tears of his followers, Wheeeeeeee!


5 posted on 04/27/2015 12:34:53 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: drewh

Interesting


6 posted on 04/27/2015 12:35:30 PM PDT by StoneWall Brigade (And I will send fire on Magog- Ezkiel 39:6)
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To: drewh

He’s really, really, really dead this time... until, of course, it turns out he isn’t.


7 posted on 04/27/2015 12:37:16 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Hillary is nothing more than a white, wrinkled form of Obama in pants.)
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To: bboop
Nighty night Abu!


8 posted on 04/27/2015 12:37:17 PM PDT by drewh
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9 posted on 04/27/2015 12:38:33 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Hillary is nothing more than a white, wrinkled form of Obama in pants.)
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the reporter that broke the story tweeted this ....Martin ChulovVerified account ‏@martinchulov Can't confirm #Baghdadi has died. Sources say alive. Has spinal damage. Doctors from Mosul treating him #ISIS
10 posted on 04/27/2015 12:39:52 PM PDT by drewh
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To: drewh

Inshallah............


11 posted on 04/27/2015 12:42:44 PM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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12 posted on 04/27/2015 12:44:07 PM PDT by drewh
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To: drewh

Big deal.....100 more pop up....


13 posted on 04/27/2015 12:58:36 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Still, it’s nice to show these bastards that the life expectancy of a terrorist “leader” is quite finite. Funny thing about these guys, they have no problem sending thousands of their followers to their death, but they are not as sanguine about theirs...


14 posted on 04/27/2015 1:02:20 PM PDT by winner3000
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Having said that, until we destroy the intellectual underpinning of world terrorism (within the Quran and Hadith), there will be plenty of people willing to continue their murderous reign of barbarism.


15 posted on 04/27/2015 1:03:36 PM PDT by winner3000
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To: ScottinVA
He’s really, really, really dead this time... until, of course, it turns out he isn’t.

It took 4 killings to get Saadam Hussein.
Baghdadi has had only been killed 2 or 3 times so far. -tom

16 posted on 04/27/2015 1:03:45 PM PDT by Capt. Tom
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To: winner3000
Having said that, until we destroy the intellectual underpinning of world terrorism (within the Quran and Hadith), there will be plenty of people willing to continue their murderous reign of barbarism.

Agreed.
You never know when someone is going to get "religion" and do what Allah wants done.
Maj. Nidal Hasan at FT. Hood is an example of that.
The Koran and Hadiths will spell out what to do to please Allah. -tom

17 posted on 04/27/2015 1:13:34 PM PDT by Capt. Tom
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To: winner3000

I thought as much. If Al Baghdadi was alive, his black flag would be over Baghdad by now. He was a smart, dedicated, and savage foe. I wonder who is next in line and is he a good general?


18 posted on 04/27/2015 1:33:52 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

Did Al Quaeda cease or retreat ? Unlike Obama and company ISIS will flourish no organization is tied to one person.


19 posted on 04/27/2015 1:38:38 PM PDT by scooby321
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next up...http://www.newsweek.com/isis-replace-injured-leader-baghdadi-former-physics-teacher-324082


20 posted on 04/27/2015 1:46:49 PM PDT by drewh
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