Reports have been circulating that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, an important
leader for ISIS was seriously injured in an airstrike back in March. The Iraqi
Ministry of Defense claimed his No. 2 was killed in a coalition airstrike, a
claim the U.S. military has not confirmed. A U.S. official told CNN on Monday there is
"no information" to indicate al-Baghdadi has been injured and,
furthermore, there was recent intelligence indicating he "is a
player" and is "absolutely participating" in the day-to-day
running of ISIS. The rest of the article goes on to talk about different key
players within ISIS, predicting who will rise to power if or when the current
leaders die. The whole article has a fairly extensive list of ISIS leaders which
only proves that the idea of “cutting the head off of the snake” simply won’t
be enough for this situation.
Written by Anthony Colant
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/11/middleeast/isis-leadership/index.html
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