Abdullah Qardash : IS Successor to Al-Baghdadi?
Abdullah Qardash, a former officer in Saddam Hussein’s army who rose through Islamic State’s ranks, was reported recently to be the successor to current leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. This is perhaps the first time a successor to the world’s most reclusive extremist leader has been mentioned. reflect...
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| Format: | Commentary |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104470 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/50003 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Abdullah Qardash, a former officer in Saddam Hussein’s army who rose through Islamic State’s ranks, was reported recently to be the successor to current leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. This is perhaps the first time a successor to the world’s most reclusive extremist leader has been mentioned. reflecting IS’ struggle to re-assert itself as a global movement. |
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