That's why any indication of our cutting and running encourages the terrorists.
What does his MYSPACE profile say?
al-Baghdadi, Abdullah Rashid
Aliases: No known aliases
Group: Mujahideen Shura Council
Role: Emir
Biography: Abdullah Rashid al-Baghdadi (almost certainly an alias) is reportedly the "Emir" of the Mujahideen Shura Council. The Council is an umbrella organization of mostly independent jihadist groups. It remains to be seen whether or not al-Baghdadi's power will increase as a result of the June 2006 death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
http://www.tkb.org/KeyLeader.jsp?memID=6330
I'm going to wait to see this verified. DebkaFile has not always been very accurate in my opinion.
SOCOM: "Next!"
ON THE NET...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1642083/posts?page=565#565
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1642083/posts?page=572#572
bttt
"...to avert a bloody power struggle among commanders."
"Abdul, you leader now." No Mahmud, you leader." "Hey, maybe Rashid would do it." "If he won't do it, we shoot him."
Abdallah Bin Rashid al Baghdadi:
Will you kindly post your current GPS coordinates to our website?
Thank you.
The Freepers
Exactly.
2) See 1
It seems like Al Qaeda saw previously their power diminishing in Iraq and they brought together other jihadist groups there, naming al Baghdadi as "emir" of the news terrorist coalition.
http://siteinstitute.org/bin/articles.cgi?ID=publications160406&Category=publications&Subcategory=0
Chatter Concerning the Establishment of the Mujahideen Shura Council in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and Unification with Other Insurgency Groups
By SITE Institute
March 27, 2006
Following both the announcement of the Mujahideen Shura Council’s establishment as an amalgamated insurgency group in Iraq and Sheikh Abdullah Rashid al-Baghdadi selected as its Emir in mid-January 2006, there has been much chatter amongst the online jihadist community on this issue. Following the announcement about the Council, the Jihadi forums ran a "Thousand signature campaign on supporting the Mujahideen Shura Council," which indeed, the online jihadists posted their signatures. Members stressed the unification of the mujahideen under one flag as a boon for the insurgency; one suggesting that Ansar al-Sunnah join the Council to further bolster the unification, and another in an interview on a forum, Hani el-Sibaei, a former leader of the outlawed Egyptian group Islamic Jihad, who now runs an Islamic affairs research center in London, who congratulates the Council.
Another member of a jihadist forum addressed the seeming disappearance of Sheikh Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Emir of al-Qaeda in Iraq, stressing that the Muslims should not follow Western pundits and analysts who equate jihad in Iraq with one man in Zarqawi. He congratulates the founding of the Mujahideen Shura Council and its Emir, Sheikh Abdullah Rashid al-Baghdadi, and states: “The jihad did not stop and what it proves is that jihad is continuous until now with the Grace of Allah”.
The Mujahideen Shura Council is composed of eight insurgency groups in Iraq: al-Qaeda in Iraq, Victorious Army Group, the Army of al-Sunnah Wal Jama’a, Jama’a al-Murabiteen, Ansar al-Tawhid Brigades, Islamic Jihad Brigades, the Strangers Brigades, and the Horrors Brigades, collaborating to meet the “unbelievers gathering with different sides” and defend Islam.
(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")
This SOB just had all his restful sleep interupted till he meets same fate as Zarqawi......sux to be him!
Bwa ha ha ha! What freggin` jackasses. And this putz is taking this position voluntarily? Talk about living in paranoia! Hey Wariya, what`s that whistling coming from the sky?
The name in the headline and the name in the article are completely different.