SlideShare a Scribd company logo
The Noose is Tightening
The leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Abu Bark al-Baghdadi
survived an attempted coup led byAbu Muath al-Jazairi, a rival Jihadist. There’s
now a contract and a hefty reward promised to anyone who kills Abu Muath al-
Jazairi. Internal fighting continues to plague the fading terrorist organization.
The attempted assassination took place on January 10 in Hajin—one of the last
ISIS strongholds in Syria. Two people died in the attack.Explicitly implicating al-
Jazairi in the attack and offering cash money to assassinate him is an unusual step
that points to the desperate tactics ISIS is using in trying to prevent the collapse of
its house of false ideology cards.
Little is confirmed about Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,the Iraqi-born Isis leader. He
supposedly graduated fromSaddam University in Baghdad with a doctorate in
Islamic/Quranic studies before joining the Radical Islamic group that calls for a
worldwide Muslim caliphate. Al-Baghdadi took over ISIS leadership in 2010.
Baghdadi is estimated to be 47 years old. His father and grandfathers were
farmers and his uncle served in Saddam’s security services.
Following the death of Osama bin Laden at the hands of US Special Forces,al-
Baghdadi praised the dead al Qada founder and threatened violent reprisal. His
threat was followed by an attack in Hilla that killed 24 policemen and wounded
72.A long string of ISIS suicide attacks followed. The reprisals included raids,
suicide attacks, roadside bombs and small arms attacks throughout Iraq.
On December 2nd, 2012, Iraqi officials said they had captured al-Baghdadi
following a two-month surveillance in Baghdad. That turned out to be false. The
man arrested was a lowly commander.
People who knew al-Baghdadi in his youth describe a shy and unimpressive
scholar who lived in a small mosque in Tobchi—a dilapidated neighborhood
inhabited by Shia and Sunni Muslims on the outskirts of Baghdad. Ahmed al-
Dabash, who fought against the allied invasion in 2003, described al-Baghdadi as
insignificant. “No one really noticed him.”
The Islamic State of Iraq, also named al-Qaeda in Iraq was the Iraqi division of al-
Qaeda. Al-Baghdadi was announced as leader on May 16, 2010, following the
death of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi who ran the organization for seven years.
Al-Baghdadi masterminded the August 28, 2010 attack on the Umm al-Qura
Mosque in Baghdad. The attack killed prominent Sunni lawmaker Khalid al-
Fahdawi. That followed with 23 attacks south of Baghdad.
On June 29, 2014, ISIL announced the creation a worldwide caliphate. Al-Baghdadi
was named "Caliph Ibrahim." The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant was
renamed the Islamic State.
Tribal sources in Iraq report that Baghdadi has three wives, two Iraqis and one
Syrian. However, media reports claim that Baghdadi also married a German
teenager, Diane Krugar. Iraqi media then reported she had left him and escaped
with two other women.
Al-Baghdadi is designated by the United States Department of State as a Specially
Designated Global Terrorist. He’s identified as a senior leader of the terrorist
organization Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and as responsible for the deaths
of thousands of civilians, including the murder of civilian hostages from Japan, the
United Kingdom, and the United States. US authorities also accuse al-Baghdadi of
kidnapping and raping an American, Kayla Mueller, who ISIL later alleged was
killed in a Jordanian airstrike but is believed to have been executed by ISIL.
The so called Islamic State now lies in shambles, its murderous and nihilist
ideology laid barren in its ignorance for the world to see. A majority of Muslims
worldwide reject its Jihadist warfare. Many respectable Islamic scholars insist that
the prophet Muhammad himself would distance himself from ISIS. In retrospect,
the great majority of the victims were themselves Muslims. The thousand year
war between Sunni and Shia has taken on grotesque measures that negate the
peaceful message at the heart of Islam. The Prophet Muhammad was tolerant
and accepting of other religions. Jewish scholars and rabbis were once welcomed
and revered in the halls of Islamic academics. No longer.
Al-Baghdadi escaped death several times but the noose is tightening. Each passing
day leaves him with less places to escape to, besieged by disgruntled warriors and
the military weight of the US coalition. His time is near.

More Related Content

What's hot

Emergence militant-fundamentalism
Emergence militant-fundamentalismEmergence militant-fundamentalism
Emergence militant-fundamentalism
Erwin Sicher
 
Islam jihad terrorism and world peace
Islam jihad terrorism and world peaceIslam jihad terrorism and world peace
Islam jihad terrorism and world peace
Pyramid Connections
 
What's the Deal with ISIS
What's the Deal with ISISWhat's the Deal with ISIS
What's the Deal with ISIS
Owen Wang
 
Islam Vs. Terrorism
Islam Vs. Terrorism Islam Vs. Terrorism
Islam Vs. Terrorism
Sadika Misty
 
Study guide security council rotaract global mun 2015
Study guide security council rotaract global mun 2015Study guide security council rotaract global mun 2015
Study guide security council rotaract global mun 2015
Adrian Dan Pop
 
Overcoming ISIS Through Education and Interreligious Engagement
Overcoming ISIS Through Education and Interreligious EngagementOvercoming ISIS Through Education and Interreligious Engagement
Overcoming ISIS Through Education and Interreligious Engagement
Islamic Networks Group
 
Naz and IIIT
Naz and IIITNaz and IIIT
Naz and IIIT
Paul Sutliff
 
Lesson 9 The Rise of Islamic Terror
Lesson 9   The Rise of Islamic TerrorLesson 9   The Rise of Islamic Terror
Lesson 9 The Rise of Islamic Terror
Austin Boyd
 
Who is ISIS?
Who is ISIS?Who is ISIS?
Who is ISIS?
MaryLee Moulton
 
Lesson 6 Sects Splinters and Rise of the Mahdi
Lesson 6   Sects Splinters and Rise of the MahdiLesson 6   Sects Splinters and Rise of the Mahdi
Lesson 6 Sects Splinters and Rise of the Mahdi
Austin Boyd
 
Islam
IslamIslam
WTT: Extremism in the Middle East and Africa (Jordan Anderson)
WTT: Extremism in the Middle East and Africa (Jordan Anderson)WTT: Extremism in the Middle East and Africa (Jordan Anderson)
WTT: Extremism in the Middle East and Africa (Jordan Anderson)
WarwickThinkTank
 
Extremism, Terrorism: Mad, Bad, or Both?
Extremism, Terrorism: Mad, Bad, or Both? Extremism, Terrorism: Mad, Bad, or Both?
Extremism, Terrorism: Mad, Bad, or Both?
The Royal Mental Health Centre
 
diference bitween islam and terrorism
diference bitween islam and terrorismdiference bitween islam and terrorism
diference bitween islam and terrorism
ouhida
 
The Islamic State: A Video Introduction with Aaron Zelin
The Islamic State: A Video Introduction with Aaron ZelinThe Islamic State: A Video Introduction with Aaron Zelin
The Islamic State: A Video Introduction with Aaron Zelin
Scott Rogers
 
Turkish hezbollah
Turkish hezbollahTurkish hezbollah
Turkish hezbollah
vmorton58
 
Islam And Terrorism
Islam And TerrorismIslam And Terrorism
Islam And Terrorism
abdul lateef
 
E) divine command_theory
E) divine command_theoryE) divine command_theory
E) divine command_theory
lawrenceandre
 

What's hot (18)

Emergence militant-fundamentalism
Emergence militant-fundamentalismEmergence militant-fundamentalism
Emergence militant-fundamentalism
 
Islam jihad terrorism and world peace
Islam jihad terrorism and world peaceIslam jihad terrorism and world peace
Islam jihad terrorism and world peace
 
What's the Deal with ISIS
What's the Deal with ISISWhat's the Deal with ISIS
What's the Deal with ISIS
 
Islam Vs. Terrorism
Islam Vs. Terrorism Islam Vs. Terrorism
Islam Vs. Terrorism
 
Study guide security council rotaract global mun 2015
Study guide security council rotaract global mun 2015Study guide security council rotaract global mun 2015
Study guide security council rotaract global mun 2015
 
Overcoming ISIS Through Education and Interreligious Engagement
Overcoming ISIS Through Education and Interreligious EngagementOvercoming ISIS Through Education and Interreligious Engagement
Overcoming ISIS Through Education and Interreligious Engagement
 
Naz and IIIT
Naz and IIITNaz and IIIT
Naz and IIIT
 
Lesson 9 The Rise of Islamic Terror
Lesson 9   The Rise of Islamic TerrorLesson 9   The Rise of Islamic Terror
Lesson 9 The Rise of Islamic Terror
 
Who is ISIS?
Who is ISIS?Who is ISIS?
Who is ISIS?
 
Lesson 6 Sects Splinters and Rise of the Mahdi
Lesson 6   Sects Splinters and Rise of the MahdiLesson 6   Sects Splinters and Rise of the Mahdi
Lesson 6 Sects Splinters and Rise of the Mahdi
 
Islam
IslamIslam
Islam
 
WTT: Extremism in the Middle East and Africa (Jordan Anderson)
WTT: Extremism in the Middle East and Africa (Jordan Anderson)WTT: Extremism in the Middle East and Africa (Jordan Anderson)
WTT: Extremism in the Middle East and Africa (Jordan Anderson)
 
Extremism, Terrorism: Mad, Bad, or Both?
Extremism, Terrorism: Mad, Bad, or Both? Extremism, Terrorism: Mad, Bad, or Both?
Extremism, Terrorism: Mad, Bad, or Both?
 
diference bitween islam and terrorism
diference bitween islam and terrorismdiference bitween islam and terrorism
diference bitween islam and terrorism
 
The Islamic State: A Video Introduction with Aaron Zelin
The Islamic State: A Video Introduction with Aaron ZelinThe Islamic State: A Video Introduction with Aaron Zelin
The Islamic State: A Video Introduction with Aaron Zelin
 
Turkish hezbollah
Turkish hezbollahTurkish hezbollah
Turkish hezbollah
 
Islam And Terrorism
Islam And TerrorismIslam And Terrorism
Islam And Terrorism
 
E) divine command_theory
E) divine command_theoryE) divine command_theory
E) divine command_theory
 

Similar to The noose is tightening

OLLI, Session 3, From Hybrids to Homegrown Terror & Radicalization, Spring 20...
OLLI, Session 3, From Hybrids to Homegrown Terror & Radicalization, Spring 20...OLLI, Session 3, From Hybrids to Homegrown Terror & Radicalization, Spring 20...
OLLI, Session 3, From Hybrids to Homegrown Terror & Radicalization, Spring 20...
DavidMcCuan
 
Al Qaeda 2.0-Assessing terrorism risk_2014.PDF
Al Qaeda 2.0-Assessing terrorism risk_2014.PDFAl Qaeda 2.0-Assessing terrorism risk_2014.PDF
Al Qaeda 2.0-Assessing terrorism risk_2014.PDF
Richard (Rick) Becchetti, MBA, CCRA, FLMI
 
1-What are the pros and cons of parole. Discuss2-Discuss ways .docx
1-What are the pros and cons of parole. Discuss2-Discuss ways .docx1-What are the pros and cons of parole. Discuss2-Discuss ways .docx
1-What are the pros and cons of parole. Discuss2-Discuss ways .docx
lindorffgarrik
 
Terrorism in india
Terrorism in indiaTerrorism in india
Terrorism in india
Col Mukteshwar Prasad
 
Islamic State VS Al-Qaeda
Islamic State VS Al-QaedaIslamic State VS Al-Qaeda
Islamic State VS Al-Qaeda
iakovosal
 
Isis
IsisIsis
Al Qaeda and its Affiliates in 2013
Al Qaeda and its Affiliates in 2013Al Qaeda and its Affiliates in 2013
Al Qaeda and its Affiliates in 2013
AEI's Critical Threats Project
 
DR MAHIPAL
DR MAHIPALDR MAHIPAL
DR MAHIPAL
guest407122
 
WHO ARE ISIS
WHO ARE ISISWHO ARE ISIS
WHO ARE ISIS
melchor dullao
 
Americans’ participation in islamic extremism
Americans’ participation in islamic extremismAmericans’ participation in islamic extremism
Americans’ participation in islamic extremism
Dr. Terry Oroszi
 
FinalPaperIvayloHristevISIS
FinalPaperIvayloHristevISISFinalPaperIvayloHristevISIS
FinalPaperIvayloHristevISIS
Ivaylo Hristev
 

Similar to The noose is tightening (11)

OLLI, Session 3, From Hybrids to Homegrown Terror & Radicalization, Spring 20...
OLLI, Session 3, From Hybrids to Homegrown Terror & Radicalization, Spring 20...OLLI, Session 3, From Hybrids to Homegrown Terror & Radicalization, Spring 20...
OLLI, Session 3, From Hybrids to Homegrown Terror & Radicalization, Spring 20...
 
Al Qaeda 2.0-Assessing terrorism risk_2014.PDF
Al Qaeda 2.0-Assessing terrorism risk_2014.PDFAl Qaeda 2.0-Assessing terrorism risk_2014.PDF
Al Qaeda 2.0-Assessing terrorism risk_2014.PDF
 
1-What are the pros and cons of parole. Discuss2-Discuss ways .docx
1-What are the pros and cons of parole. Discuss2-Discuss ways .docx1-What are the pros and cons of parole. Discuss2-Discuss ways .docx
1-What are the pros and cons of parole. Discuss2-Discuss ways .docx
 
Terrorism in india
Terrorism in indiaTerrorism in india
Terrorism in india
 
Islamic State VS Al-Qaeda
Islamic State VS Al-QaedaIslamic State VS Al-Qaeda
Islamic State VS Al-Qaeda
 
Isis
IsisIsis
Isis
 
Al Qaeda and its Affiliates in 2013
Al Qaeda and its Affiliates in 2013Al Qaeda and its Affiliates in 2013
Al Qaeda and its Affiliates in 2013
 
DR MAHIPAL
DR MAHIPALDR MAHIPAL
DR MAHIPAL
 
WHO ARE ISIS
WHO ARE ISISWHO ARE ISIS
WHO ARE ISIS
 
Americans’ participation in islamic extremism
Americans’ participation in islamic extremismAmericans’ participation in islamic extremism
Americans’ participation in islamic extremism
 
FinalPaperIvayloHristevISIS
FinalPaperIvayloHristevISISFinalPaperIvayloHristevISIS
FinalPaperIvayloHristevISIS
 

Recently uploaded

Acolyte Episodes review (TV series)..pdf
Acolyte Episodes review (TV series)..pdfAcolyte Episodes review (TV series)..pdf
Acolyte Episodes review (TV series)..pdf
46adnanshahzad
 
Letter-from-ECI-to-MeiTY-21st-march-2024.pdf
Letter-from-ECI-to-MeiTY-21st-march-2024.pdfLetter-from-ECI-to-MeiTY-21st-march-2024.pdf
Letter-from-ECI-to-MeiTY-21st-march-2024.pdf
bhavenpr
 
Essential Tools for Modern PR Business .pptx
Essential Tools for Modern PR Business .pptxEssential Tools for Modern PR Business .pptx
Essential Tools for Modern PR Business .pptx
Pragencyuk
 
2015pmkemenhub163.pdf 2015pmkemenhub163.pdf
2015pmkemenhub163.pdf 2015pmkemenhub163.pdf2015pmkemenhub163.pdf 2015pmkemenhub163.pdf
2015pmkemenhub163.pdf 2015pmkemenhub163.pdf
CIkumparan
 
Gabriel Whitley's Motion Summary Judgment
Gabriel Whitley's Motion Summary JudgmentGabriel Whitley's Motion Summary Judgment
Gabriel Whitley's Motion Summary Judgment
Abdul-Hakim Shabazz
 
MAGNA CARTA (minimum 40 characters required)
MAGNA CARTA (minimum 40 characters required)MAGNA CARTA (minimum 40 characters required)
MAGNA CARTA (minimum 40 characters required)
Filippo64
 
EED - The Container Port PERFORMANCE INDEX 2023
EED - The Container Port PERFORMANCE INDEX 2023EED - The Container Port PERFORMANCE INDEX 2023
EED - The Container Port PERFORMANCE INDEX 2023
El Estrecho Digital
 
Hindustan Insider 2nd edition release now
Hindustan Insider 2nd edition release nowHindustan Insider 2nd edition release now
Hindustan Insider 2nd edition release now
hindustaninsider22
 
What Ukraine Has Lost During Russia’s Invasion
What Ukraine Has Lost During Russia’s InvasionWhat Ukraine Has Lost During Russia’s Invasion
What Ukraine Has Lost During Russia’s Invasion
LUMINATIVE MEDIA/PROJECT COUNSEL MEDIA GROUP
 

Recently uploaded (9)

Acolyte Episodes review (TV series)..pdf
Acolyte Episodes review (TV series)..pdfAcolyte Episodes review (TV series)..pdf
Acolyte Episodes review (TV series)..pdf
 
Letter-from-ECI-to-MeiTY-21st-march-2024.pdf
Letter-from-ECI-to-MeiTY-21st-march-2024.pdfLetter-from-ECI-to-MeiTY-21st-march-2024.pdf
Letter-from-ECI-to-MeiTY-21st-march-2024.pdf
 
Essential Tools for Modern PR Business .pptx
Essential Tools for Modern PR Business .pptxEssential Tools for Modern PR Business .pptx
Essential Tools for Modern PR Business .pptx
 
2015pmkemenhub163.pdf 2015pmkemenhub163.pdf
2015pmkemenhub163.pdf 2015pmkemenhub163.pdf2015pmkemenhub163.pdf 2015pmkemenhub163.pdf
2015pmkemenhub163.pdf 2015pmkemenhub163.pdf
 
Gabriel Whitley's Motion Summary Judgment
Gabriel Whitley's Motion Summary JudgmentGabriel Whitley's Motion Summary Judgment
Gabriel Whitley's Motion Summary Judgment
 
MAGNA CARTA (minimum 40 characters required)
MAGNA CARTA (minimum 40 characters required)MAGNA CARTA (minimum 40 characters required)
MAGNA CARTA (minimum 40 characters required)
 
EED - The Container Port PERFORMANCE INDEX 2023
EED - The Container Port PERFORMANCE INDEX 2023EED - The Container Port PERFORMANCE INDEX 2023
EED - The Container Port PERFORMANCE INDEX 2023
 
Hindustan Insider 2nd edition release now
Hindustan Insider 2nd edition release nowHindustan Insider 2nd edition release now
Hindustan Insider 2nd edition release now
 
What Ukraine Has Lost During Russia’s Invasion
What Ukraine Has Lost During Russia’s InvasionWhat Ukraine Has Lost During Russia’s Invasion
What Ukraine Has Lost During Russia’s Invasion
 

The noose is tightening

  • 1. The Noose is Tightening The leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Abu Bark al-Baghdadi survived an attempted coup led byAbu Muath al-Jazairi, a rival Jihadist. There’s now a contract and a hefty reward promised to anyone who kills Abu Muath al- Jazairi. Internal fighting continues to plague the fading terrorist organization. The attempted assassination took place on January 10 in Hajin—one of the last ISIS strongholds in Syria. Two people died in the attack.Explicitly implicating al- Jazairi in the attack and offering cash money to assassinate him is an unusual step that points to the desperate tactics ISIS is using in trying to prevent the collapse of its house of false ideology cards. Little is confirmed about Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,the Iraqi-born Isis leader. He supposedly graduated fromSaddam University in Baghdad with a doctorate in Islamic/Quranic studies before joining the Radical Islamic group that calls for a worldwide Muslim caliphate. Al-Baghdadi took over ISIS leadership in 2010. Baghdadi is estimated to be 47 years old. His father and grandfathers were farmers and his uncle served in Saddam’s security services. Following the death of Osama bin Laden at the hands of US Special Forces,al- Baghdadi praised the dead al Qada founder and threatened violent reprisal. His
  • 2. threat was followed by an attack in Hilla that killed 24 policemen and wounded 72.A long string of ISIS suicide attacks followed. The reprisals included raids, suicide attacks, roadside bombs and small arms attacks throughout Iraq. On December 2nd, 2012, Iraqi officials said they had captured al-Baghdadi following a two-month surveillance in Baghdad. That turned out to be false. The man arrested was a lowly commander. People who knew al-Baghdadi in his youth describe a shy and unimpressive scholar who lived in a small mosque in Tobchi—a dilapidated neighborhood inhabited by Shia and Sunni Muslims on the outskirts of Baghdad. Ahmed al- Dabash, who fought against the allied invasion in 2003, described al-Baghdadi as insignificant. “No one really noticed him.” The Islamic State of Iraq, also named al-Qaeda in Iraq was the Iraqi division of al- Qaeda. Al-Baghdadi was announced as leader on May 16, 2010, following the death of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi who ran the organization for seven years. Al-Baghdadi masterminded the August 28, 2010 attack on the Umm al-Qura Mosque in Baghdad. The attack killed prominent Sunni lawmaker Khalid al- Fahdawi. That followed with 23 attacks south of Baghdad. On June 29, 2014, ISIL announced the creation a worldwide caliphate. Al-Baghdadi was named "Caliph Ibrahim." The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant was renamed the Islamic State. Tribal sources in Iraq report that Baghdadi has three wives, two Iraqis and one Syrian. However, media reports claim that Baghdadi also married a German teenager, Diane Krugar. Iraqi media then reported she had left him and escaped with two other women. Al-Baghdadi is designated by the United States Department of State as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. He’s identified as a senior leader of the terrorist organization Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and as responsible for the deaths of thousands of civilians, including the murder of civilian hostages from Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. US authorities also accuse al-Baghdadi of kidnapping and raping an American, Kayla Mueller, who ISIL later alleged was killed in a Jordanian airstrike but is believed to have been executed by ISIL.
  • 3. The so called Islamic State now lies in shambles, its murderous and nihilist ideology laid barren in its ignorance for the world to see. A majority of Muslims worldwide reject its Jihadist warfare. Many respectable Islamic scholars insist that the prophet Muhammad himself would distance himself from ISIS. In retrospect, the great majority of the victims were themselves Muslims. The thousand year war between Sunni and Shia has taken on grotesque measures that negate the peaceful message at the heart of Islam. The Prophet Muhammad was tolerant and accepting of other religions. Jewish scholars and rabbis were once welcomed and revered in the halls of Islamic academics. No longer. Al-Baghdadi escaped death several times but the noose is tightening. Each passing day leaves him with less places to escape to, besieged by disgruntled warriors and the military weight of the US coalition. His time is near.