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    Abu Omar al-Baghdadi

    Leader of the militant groups Mujahideen Shura Council, and its successor, the Islamic State of Iraq

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  1. Biography [ edit] Abu Omar al-Baghdadi was born Hamid Dawud Mohamed Khalil al-Zawi in 1959 in the village of Al-Zawiyah, [citation needed] close to Haditha in Al-Anbar Governorate. He descended from the Qurayshi Al-Arajiyah. [citation needed] He graduated from the Police Academy in Baghdad and served as a police officer in Haditha.

  2. Oct 27, 2019 · Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the cunning and enigmatic black-clad leader of the Islamic State who transformed a flagging insurgency into a global terrorist network that drew tens of thousands of recruits ...

  3. Jul 21, 2023 · Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, speaks as a picture of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is displayed during a news briefing on Oct. 30, 2019, at the Pentagon in ...

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  5. Al-Baghdadi was announced as leader of ISI on 16 May 2010, following the death of his predecessor Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. As leader of ISI, al-Baghdadi was responsible for masterminding large-scale operations such as the 28 August 2011 suicide bombing at the Umm al-Qura Mosque in Baghdad, which killed prominent Sunni lawmaker Khalid al-Fahdawi.

  6. The Deaths of al-Baghdadi. By Amy Davidson Sorkin. April 20, 2010. Two sets of figures are in dispute in Iraq: the tally of votes in last month’s election, and the number of times Abu Omar al ...

  7. Jul 21, 2023 · Barakat Ahmad Barakat, seen here on June 24, was wounded in U.S. airstrikes during the 2019 raid on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Omar Haj Kadour/ AFP for NPR. At 11:26 p.m. local time, the ...

  8. Oct 28, 2019 · The US military operation that targeted ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi got underway on the ground in northwest Syria at 5:01 p.m. ET Saturday, according to a senior US defense official. Baghdadi ...

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