Word: baghdadi
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...front group, posted a communique on several jihadist websites announcing an amnesty for "every Muslim in Mesopotamia, even if he acted badly in the past," urging them to return to the insurgency. "This new stage is very serious," said the message, signed by alleged ISI leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. "It's necessary for all the Sunnis to stand together...
...would you change the Senate's current comprehensive immigration bill? -(SGT) Matthew Anderson, BAGHDADI'd take out the amnesty and guest-workers parts. And come to think of it, even the security issues are bogus. There's no part of this bill that I want...
...Although al-Baghdadi was named al-Qaeda's leader shortly after the death last year of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, little is known about him. There are no verifiable pictures of al-Baghdadi, and the name is made up. Many Iraqis wonder if there's a real identity behind that alias, which may explain Caldwell's phrasing, "If that person even exists...
...that it matters. If al-Baghdadi does exist, and whether or not he is alive, he is a titular leader with no real power. His "promotion" last year was a PR exercise, designed to give al-Qaeda an Iraqi face - under the Jordanian al-Zarqawi, the group was dominated by foreign fighters. The publicity stunt failed, however. Although al-Qaeda nominally proclaims fealty to al-Baghdadi as the ruler of the "Islamic State," it is no secret that the group's real leader is al-Masri, an Egyptian...
...Baghdadi and al-Masri have both been killed this week, that would certainly be a big blow to al-Qaeda. But it would not be a coup de grace. Al-Qaeda has shrugged off the death of even more important figures, including al-Zarqawi. At best, there will be a short pause while the group recalibrates itself under a new leader...