Who's your Baghdadi? ‘US sowing global chaos by supporting terrorists and regime change’
If reports are confirmed that Russian airstrikes killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, it won’t matter who his replacement is, says author Nicolas Davies. Professor Jamal Wakeem and military analyst Kamal Alam also join the conversation.
Following reports of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's elimination by a Russian air strike, speculation is rife over who would replace him if his death is confirmed.
Many experts consider Iyad al-Obaidi and Ayad al-Jumaili, deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's former operatives, to be the two main contenders to replace the former terrorist leader.
Unlike Baghdadi, however, who has a strong religious background, both men served as security officials in the secularist Iraq Ba'ath Party. After the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 that shattered the Ba'athists, they both joined the Sunni insurgency, part of which later transformed into ISIS.
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