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.
From the Halls of Montezuma .... to the Shores of Tripoli.
I imagine this will drive up the price of gas another dime. Crap!
I will frolic in an Olympic sized swimming pool
of the bitter tears of his followers, Wheeeeeeee!
Interesting
He’s really, really, really dead this time... until, of course, it turns out he isn’t.
Inshallah............
Big deal.....100 more pop up....
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...
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.
It took 4 killings to get Saadam Hussein.
Baghdadi has had only been killed 2 or 3 times so far. -tom
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
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?
Did Al Quaeda cease or retreat ? Unlike Obama and company ISIS will flourish no organization is tied to one person.
next up...http://www.newsweek.com/isis-replace-injured-leader-baghdadi-former-physics-teacher-324082
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