Abu Bakr al-Baghdadis name is not the only phony thing about him, according to @wikibaghdady. The account claims ISISs mysterious leader also faked a PhD, is not from Baghdad (as his nom de guerre implies) but the northern city of Samarra, and his real name is Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim. Contrary to al-Baghdadis image as a fearless mastermind, the posts describe the infamous chief as scrambling out of obscurity to lead the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), the predecessor of ISIS, after the groups top two leaders were killed in 2010. The news was a surprise to everyone! @wikibaghdady says about al-Baghdadis nomination for the leadership by Haji Bakr, a former Baathist party member and colonel in Saddam Husseins army who joined ISI. According to @wikibaghadi, al-Baghdadi worried that he wouldn’t be able to handle all this responsibility, but Haji Bakr set him up with a tight circle of loyalists and a new military strategy. And He’s In The Pocket Of The Baathists Al-Baghdadis mentor Haji Bakr first joined ISI after 2006, promptly grew a religious-looking beard, devised a military strategy, and installed colleagues from his time as an army colonel under Saddam Hussein in top leadership positions, @wikibaghdady says. As ISIs membership was filled up by former Baathist military officers, the group moved away from global jihadi networks like al-Qaeda, New York-based political risk consultancy bureau the Soufan Group explains. Al Monitor adds that ISIs tactics also shifted under al-Baghdadis leadership from attention-grabbing terrorist attacks to a more conventional military approach of capturing and holding strategic territory.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:30:44 +0000
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