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US Had New ISIS Leader in Custody

Like Osama bin Laden, Al-Baghdadi was no longer the functional leader of his Islamic terror group by the time we hunted him down, but there is an important difference. While Al-Baghdadi had handed down operational control, he remained the Caliph.

As such, the entire basis for the Islamic State and its alliances depended on him. Now he’s dead and the Caliphate may be gone with him. Abdullah Qardash, the man Baghdadi had appointed to replace him while heading ISIS, is now, in theory, in charge. And, like his boss, we had him in custody and let him go.

Like Baghdadi, Abdullah Qardash had been in Camp Bucca. The two apparently met and bonded there.

There’s been some debate as to when exactly Baghdadi had been released from Bucca. The most famous account pegged it as being in 2009.

Read the full story from Front Page Mag


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