Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi

US President Biden says IS leader Quraishi killed

February 03, 2022

US President Biden says IS leader Quraishi killed

Joe Biden tweeted that the US special forces have taken out the head of Islamic State.

October 31, 2019
US releases Baghdadi raid video, warns of likely retribution attack

Baghdadi, an Iraqi jihadist who rose from obscurity to declare himself "caliph" of all Muslims as the leader of Islamic State, died by detonating a suicide vest as he fled into a dead-end tunnel as elite US special forces closed in.
October 29, 2019
Baghdadi given burial at sea, say US officials

The officials Reuters talked to did not disclose where the rituals were performed or how long it lasted.
October 29, 2019
Parodies of Washington Post's Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi obit break twitter into laughter

The Washingon Post's obit headline for the IS leader came in as a greater surprise.
October 28, 2019
Islamic State Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 'died like a dog' during US raid, says Trump

Baghdadi was long thought to hiding somewhere along the Iraq-Syria border. He has led the group since 2010, when it was still an underground al Qaeda offshoot in Iraq.
April 30, 2019
IS video cites SL blasts, features al-Baghdadi-like figure

In the 18-minute video from the Al Furqan network, a bearded man with Baghdadi's appearance says the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka were IS's response to losses in its last territorial stronghold of Baghouz in Syria.