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Fog: IS Supreme Leader al-Baghdadi “Still Alive”: Iraqi Interior Ministry
2017-07-17
Interesting if true, because someone claimed to take on the job a few days ago.
[IraqiNews] (BasNews) Refuting reports on the death of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(IS) supreme leader, the Iraqi interior ministry has claimed that Abu Bakir al-Baghdadi to be still alive.

"According to monitoring cells and accurate information about his movement, and since we are more concerned with chasing and detecting the activity of ISIS (IS) leader and his followers, the Soqour Cell denies the news about his death, and recently circulated information are untrue," said Abu Ali al-Basri, head of the ministry’s intelligence and counterterrorism, as reported by Iraqi News.

The official told the state-owned daily al-Sabah that Baghdadi is believed to be hiding in areas out of Raqqa, the group’s proclaimed capital city in Syria.

Earlier in June, Russia said the IS leader is likely to have been killed during an Arclight airstrike carried out by Russian jets.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based human rights
When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much...
watchdog, confirmed Baghdadi’s death last week. However,
if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning...
the US remains skeptical, saying it could not deny or confirm the reports.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  "Dread Pirate Roberts"?
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance   2017-07-17 23:44  

#1  Everyone says "He's alive!", no 'proof of life'. A shout equally loud.
Posted by: Clem B. Hayes8726   2017-07-17 20:44  

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