Posted on 10/28/2019 1:34:22 AM PDT by be-baw
Back-to-back U.S. operations Saturday and Sunday have resulted in the deaths of Islamic State militant group (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and spokesperson Abu al-Hassan al-Muhajir in Syria, but the organization has already designated a successor, Newsweek has learned.
Abdullah Qardash, sometimes spelled Kardesh and also known as Hajji Abdullah al-Afari, was said to have been nominated by Baghdadi in August to run the group's "Muslim affairs" in a widely-circulated statement attributed to ISIS' official Amaq news outlet, but never publicly endorsed by the group. Though little is known about the former Iraqi military officer who once served under late leader Saddam Hussein, one regional intelligence official asking not to be identified by name or nation told Newsweek that Qardash would have taken over Baghdadi's role—though it had lost much of its significance by the time of his demise.
Baghdadi, who died after detonating a suicide vest following a Delta Team operation first reported by Newsweek, built ISIS' self-styled caliphate out of Al-Qaeda's Iraqi branch, but the official said that the influential hard-line cleric's role had become largely symbolic.
"Baghdadi was a figurehead. He was not involved in operations or day-to-day," the official told Newsweek. "All Baghdadi did was say yes or no—no planning."
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When Hitler died, if the media had a similar bias to protect Nazis like today they protect modern Islamic terrorists, the headline would have been something like, “Famous German Artist Dies in His Studio”.
So sad...we have to count only on ourselves.
Baghdad’s, the man who ordered a person to be burned alive in a cage, was killed by order of President Trump. That story ends there. Will there be another story? Probably, but will have the saME ending as these last TWO.
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Well he better refuse the appointment
Her resignation is a great thing. Not because she was any great threat to Truth, Justice and the American Way but because now you could throw Nazi accusations at most all of the Dems in the House and Senate and posit that they all have swastika or SS rune tats and the only way they could prove you wrong is to disrobe totally so all could see them tattoo-free. That would be the political horror show for the ages.
I always thought this was common knowledge, yet people still believe the lie that Obama did it. I don’t get it.
He’s angry at you because you’re perpetuating a lie. Osama died long before that Obama raid and yet people either don’t know or keep the Obama lie going, it’s frustrating when one knows the truth.
“disrobe totally so all could see them tattoo-free. That would be the political horror show for the ages.”
Yikes!! Not enough eye bleach in the world to compensate for seeing RATs’ privates to check for swastika tattoos.
It was an Iron Cross (heard it from a friend) /s.
Notice how newsweak called him a "spokesperson"?
The publisher, of Newsweak is a public enemy and must be declared persona non grata and exiled
So you are pretty sure Bin Laden was not wearing a vest? It is Monday morning after all.
Newsweek, didn't that used to be a news magazine or something?
When are they going to start caterwauling about President Trump ordering the killing of al Bahgdadi being anti islam?
A dollar was a huge ripoff.
They worship Che. They put the babies they don’t kill into Che onesies. What does that tell you?
Yeah, he was just minding his own business pouring over scholarly works in the library when President Trump sent those Special Forces meanies after him only BECAUSE HE WAS MUSLIM. They’re raaaaaaayyyyyyyccccccciiiisssts.
I don’t deserve to be called a liar. Plain and simply. It is totally uncalled for.
He deserved to be shot on sight. He might had a number of things up his sleeve.
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