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After WaPo obit headline describes Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as 'austere religious scholar', Twitterati eulogise personalities from Hitler to Hannibal
Fp Staff • 6 years agoAbu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed himself during a raid by US commandos on Saturday
Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi buried at sea by US military with religious rites
• 6 years agoUS officials said that the body of IS group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was buried at sea as fresh details surfaced about the US special forces operation that led to his death over the weekend.
After Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death, an effective successor may not emerge soon
• 6 years agoThe death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi marks the demise of one of the most brutally effective jihadist leaders of modern times.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi re-emerges in latest IS video to deliver message of hate; elusive terrorist a nightmare for global security apparatus
Fp Staff • 6 years agoBaghdadi remains the world's most wanted man, despite the jihadists' "caliphate" imploding and shrinking significantly having given away control of eastern Syria. After declaring himself caliph in 2014, Baghdadi held sway over seven million people across swathes of Syria and Iraq, where IS implemented its brutal version of the Islamic law.
Yusuf al-Hindi: The mysterious Islamic State recruiter in India who's got intel agencies worried
Fp Staff • 9 years agoArmar also told Sheikh that he was a follower of Baghdadi and the Islamic State group and that he was on his way to Syria to join the terrorist organisation.
French police couple killed in Islamic State-inspired stabbing
• 9 years agoThe deaths of Jean-Baptiste Salvaing and Jessica Schneider are France's first police fatalities in a jihadist attack since January 2015.