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How ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi became the world’s most powerful jihadist leader
Washington Post ^ | June 11 | Terrence McCoy

Posted on 06/11/2014 10:54:58 AM PDT by Blackyce

Several facts, however, are clear: Baghdadi leads the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. He is a shrewd strategist, a prolific fundraiser and a ruthless killer. The United States has a $10 million bounty on his head. He has thrown off the yoke of al-Qaeda command and just took his biggest prize yet in Mosul, an oil hub that sits at the vital intersection of Iraq, Turkey and Syria. And in just one year of grisly killing, he has in all likelihood surpassed even al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in international clout and prestige among Islamist militants.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; baghdadi; iraq; isis; mosul; obama
The article omits discussion of the fact that he was actually released from US detention by the the Obama administration in 2009:

The jihadist behind the takeover of Mosul - and how America let him go
1 posted on 06/11/2014 10:54:58 AM PDT by Blackyce
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To: Blackyce

Bomb the bank into atoms. Burn the money up. (Yeah, that will happen.)


2 posted on 06/11/2014 10:58:48 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: Blackyce

OMG!


3 posted on 06/11/2014 11:00:46 AM PDT by seeker41 (take your country back by whatever means necessary & remove the son of a kenyan mooslimb)
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To: Blackyce

Whew, such a busy guy. No wonder hussein sent him 5 bad dudes to help out.


4 posted on 06/11/2014 11:03:28 AM PDT by bgill
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To: Blackyce

How ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi became the world’s most powerful jihadist leader


The primary reason is obvious - Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi became the world’s most powerful jihadist leader with Obama’s help and support


5 posted on 06/11/2014 11:05:13 AM PDT by rdcbn
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To: Blackyce

The are all driving late model Toyota Tundra pickups.

That’s Saudi money right there.

These are the army of Saud, come to capture Iraq and Syria for Al Qaeda.


6 posted on 06/11/2014 11:05:48 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Radicalized via the Internet)
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To: Blackyce

I hope this fact hits the media. They’ll have a time trying to explain how those newly released five will not become as powerful an enemy to the U.S.


7 posted on 06/11/2014 11:07:35 AM PDT by ThomasMore (Islam is the Whore of Babylon!)
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To: Blackyce

Same group who called Cantor in a landslide against an under funded opponent. Wrong conclusion. Wrong analysis. No credibility.


8 posted on 06/11/2014 11:15:01 AM PDT by sefarkas (Why vote Democrat Lite?)
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To: Blackyce

So that is what Obama meant when he said, “al qaeda is on the run.”

Now I get it...


9 posted on 06/11/2014 11:23:49 AM PDT by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: Blackyce

Some of his handywork....warning graphic.

https://twitter.com/WaelCFClion/status/476793755291615234/photo/1


10 posted on 06/11/2014 11:35:07 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: Uncle Miltie

The Iraqi Job. They just robbed the bank there of >$450M. I doubt he cares much about a $10M bounty.


11 posted on 06/11/2014 12:46:00 PM PDT by anymouse (God didn't write this sitcom we call life, he's just the critic.)
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To: winoneforthegipper

Why we don’t fly B-52s from Diego Garcia to kill these guys by the thousands escapes me.


12 posted on 06/11/2014 12:48:00 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Radicalized via the Internet)
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To: Uncle Miltie

In syria we are giving these same people support in their effort to defeat Assad. Why would we bomb them?


13 posted on 06/11/2014 12:54:04 PM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: winoneforthegipper

WE pro-Americans would bomb them. The Caliph occupant of the White Hut would cheer them on.


14 posted on 06/11/2014 12:55:00 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Radicalized via the Internet)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Yes yes we would....


15 posted on 06/11/2014 1:01:59 PM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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