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Official! ISIS Leader, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi Is Dead
The Islamic State terrorist group (IS) has confirmed the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, media reported Tuesday, citing an IS statement.
According to the Al Sumaria News broadcaster, Al-Baghdadi is dead and his successor will be named soon.
On June 16, the Russian Defence Ministry said Al-Baghdadi was likely eliminated as a result of a Russian Aerospace Forces strike on a militant command post in the southern suburb of the city of Raqqa in late May.
The ministry noted that it was in the process of confirming the information through various channels.
Al-Baghdadi appeared in the media for the first time in 2014 when he declared the creation of a caliphate in the Middle East.
Since then, the media outlets have reported several times about the death of the IS leader, though the information has never been confirmed.
On June 23, experts said if Al-Baghdadi is confirmed dead, he is likely to be succeeded by one of his top two lieutenants.
Iyad Al-Obaidi and Ayad Al-Jumaili, both were army officers under late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Experts on Islamist groups said they see no clear successor but regard Al-Obaidi and Al-Jumaili as the leading contenders, though neither would be likely to assume Baghdadi’s title of “caliph” or overall commander of Muslims.
Armed groups fighting in the region and U.S. officials say they have no evidence he is dead and many regional officials are skeptical about the reports of his death.
Obaidi, who is in his 50s, has been serving as war minister.
Jumaili, who is in his late 40s, is head of the group’s Amniya security agency.
In April Iraqi state TV said Jumaili had been killed, but that was not confirmed.
Both joined the Sunni Salafist insurgency in Iraq in 2003, following the U.S.-led invasion which Saddam and empowered Iraq’s Shi’ite majority.
They have been Baghdadi’s top aides since airstrikes in 2016 killed his then deputy Abu Ali al-Anbari, his Chechen war minister Abu Al-Shishani and his Syrian chief propagandist, Abu Al-Adnani.
“Jumaili recognises Obaidi as his senior but there is no clear successor and, depending on conditions, it can be either of the two (who succeeds Baghdadi),” said Hisham Al-Hashimi, who advises several Middle East governments on IS affairs.
Baghdadi awarded himself the title of caliph, the chief Muslim civil and religious ruler, regarded as the successor of the Prophet Mohammad, in 2014.
Obaidi or Jumaili would be unlikely to become caliph because they lack religious standing and Islamic State has lost much of its territory.
“They don’t belong to the Prophet Mohammed’s lineage. The group has no longer ‘a land to rule’ or ‘Ardh al-Tamkeen’.
“And none is well versed in Islamic theology,” said Fadhel Ragheef, another Iraqi expert on the extremist group.
“A caliph has to have an Ardh al-Tamkeen, which he rules in accordance with Islamic law. Failing that, the successor will just be recognized as the emir,” said Hashimi.
Emir is Arabic for prince, and is a title that jihadists often use to describe their leaders.
By contrast, Baghdadi, born as Ibrahim Awad al-Samarrai’ in 1971, comes from a family of preachers and studied Islamic law in Baghdad.
The appointment of the new leader would require the approval of an eight-member shoura council, an advisory body to the caliph.
Igbokwe Johnclassy
July 13, 2017 at 12:07 pm
He has gone to be rewarded by his bloody allah
Uche Joseph
July 13, 2017 at 11:54 am
Hmmm I tot Na dem creat dem selves and will never die…devilish pple
Obinna Ejidike
July 13, 2017 at 11:11 am
I never knew you will die one day
Kelvin Orite Ikiogha
July 13, 2017 at 9:20 am
let them come and kill shekau
Mubarak Aminu Kiru
July 13, 2017 at 8:46 am
It is lie
Usani Utum
July 13, 2017 at 7:01 am
Good
Sam Kings
July 13, 2017 at 6:51 am
Let Him Go And See The #Lord And Face Judgment.
Kenneth Ndubuisi
July 13, 2017 at 6:12 am
No he can nt die
Chris John
July 13, 2017 at 6:09 am
If it’s true,
Chibuike Etusiahuni
July 12, 2017 at 10:12 pm
it was the russians that killed him with airstrike. uaa was secretly helping him. usa only wanted to remove assad, elected president of syria. so sad
Kenneth Garvase
July 13, 2017 at 4:24 am
no monsul is iraq and the city declared his caliphat usa abd his allied killed him if the news is true cos russians troop was only in syria not in iraq
Umar Muh'd Adam Dumaji
July 12, 2017 at 10:04 pm
May you reap what you have sow…soko!
Prince TheSpectacular
July 12, 2017 at 9:57 pm
But Shekau is dead
Ibeawuchi Ndubuisi Paul
July 12, 2017 at 9:43 pm
Thank God for Trump.
Murtala Biafraphobia
July 12, 2017 at 9:29 pm
Rest in peace ameennnn
Emmanuel Uchechukwu Onwe
July 12, 2017 at 9:49 pm
A terrorist will rest in peace for you. Shame on you another terrorist.
Solo KC
July 13, 2017 at 3:19 am
do u think that he is happy about the death of islamic fighter, rest in hell u son of half moon and knief
Godwin Tochukwu Eke
July 13, 2017 at 10:56 am
U Are A Terrorist Mumu.
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July 13, 2017 at 11:01 am
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Goodnews N Maxwell
July 12, 2017 at 9:29 pm
Thank u God!
Goodnews N Maxwell
July 12, 2017 at 9:29 pm
Thank u God!
Engr Michael Felix Emf
July 12, 2017 at 9:27 pm
Congratulations
Eli Gambo
July 12, 2017 at 7:36 pm
Go and meet your ,,72 virgins
Christopher Ochini
July 12, 2017 at 1:24 pm
Why
Uchenna Abani
July 12, 2017 at 12:04 pm
This islamists they never die, the only way you can be sure they are dead is to recover and dispose their bodies ad Obama did to Osama…. Dispose their bodies on the ocean, otherwise like mutants, they regenerate and live to fight again. Abubakar Shekau had been killed nine times by Nogerian Armed forces but he still lives and fights everyday.
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July 12, 2017 at 11:09 am
Devil
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July 12, 2017 at 7:27 am
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July 12, 2017 at 6:32 am
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Tochukwu Emeka
July 12, 2017 at 6:14 am
Rest in hell
Tochukwu Emeka
July 12, 2017 at 6:14 am
Rest in pieces
Alkali Dogo
July 12, 2017 at 5:57 am
And that’s the end of the world.