The article does not expressly state it, but is this the terrorist leader that replaced Zarqawi? If so, this is huge.
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Baghdadi was above al-Masri the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. Baghdadi was the leader of the Islamic State in Iraq which is a coalition of insurgent groups including al-Qaeda, the Islamic Army in Iraq, Ansar al-Sunna, and dozens of other smaller Islamic Extremist groups.