An article throws lights on the the significance of the news of the survival of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in the context of global politics, religious extremism and terrorism.
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Abu Bakral-Baghdadi, the world's most wanted criminal, had to come out of a five-year hiatus, albeit through a video, after the fall of the so-called Islamic State.
Baghhouz is a small town in the Dyer Ezer Desert in Syria. But the demolition of this small village under the control of the so-called Islamic State forced it to reveal its existence under the pretext of giving a video message to the world's most wanted criminal. In the past four years, there have been reports from Western nations, including Russia, that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in counter-terrorism operations or in airstrikes.
Al-Farkan, the ISIS's publicity arm responsible for disseminating high-profile material, released a video of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on April 29. In which al-Baghdadi is sitting in a room with whitewashed walls, three veiled men are sitting in front of him, giving him some information.
The structure of the building is such that there are no signs of fall. He had previously released a video in 2014 announcing the establishment of the caliphate while standing near the Al Nuri Mosque in the Iraqi city of Mosul Baghdadi. This was his last video to be released earlier.
Why Baghdadi wanted to air the video now could be linked to the events of the past two weeks. The first and foremost event was the fall of the ISIS-held city of Baghdad in Syria, which also ended the Islamic State's geographical power. Many ISIS fighters fled into the desert and many others surrendered, and some were captured and held in Kurdish captivity.
The incident turned out to be a tragedy for the Kurds and for the Western Front, which supports them instead of ISIS. While acknowledging that ISIS has suffered its losses, he is thankful that the coalition, a single political party, did not have clear power, but was formed by a coalition of coalition parties. A number of ISIS fighters, including women, were interviewed after the fall of Bughaus, explaining why they supported the caliphate and what exactly was behind their fight.
The fall of Baghdad put an end to the Islamic State's geographical power in Syria.
The anti-ISIS campaign, meanwhile, erupted earlier this year after US President Donald Trump unilaterally announced the defeat of ISIS and withdrew a significant contingent of troops from the campaign.
Meanwhile, Brett McGurk, the head of the US military and the anti-IS coalition, resigned over his decision not to participate in the withdrawal, sparking an internal revolt within the alliance. But the biggest fraud was. Kurdish General Mazlom Kobani AbdiOf. They sacrificed thousands of their citizens in the fight against ISIS. It is a great sacrifice for the good of the world. But in return, they have been rewarded for staying where they are, and the responsibility to get out of that situation has fallen on their shoulders. The number of ISIS terrorists captured by the Kurds is excessive. Therefore, he appealed to all countries to repatriate their citizens who had fled to join ISIS, or else they would have no choice but to release these hardline Islamists.
Another is the attack on Easter last week in Sri Lanka, which killed 250 people. This attack is seen as a measure of the extent of ISIS. Based on this, those who are discussing the end of ISIS are being responded to. The failure of the caliphate may have morally emboldened ISIS terrorists in Syria and beyond, and in the countries where the organization was supported. The attack in Sri Lanka, as well as the video of Baghdadi in which he looks very strong and commanding, may have given moral impetus to the organization's supporters around the world.
In this 18-minute video, Baghdadi looks a little older and tired than he was in 2014. From Sri Lanka to Sudan and Algeria, also referred to by some as the Arab Spring 2.0, he has commented on recent developments in the country.
It is important to look at these developments through the lens that the ISIS has cemented its place in the political vacuum created by the post-2011 Arab Spring agitation. Although the group was not responsible for the civil war in Syria and the unrest in Iraq, it took full advantage of the turmoil. In the video, the caliph also seems to have taken note of the spread of ISIS through various mediums and the people working for it.
He praised Australian "media chief" Abd al-Llah al-Australian and slain French brothers Fabian and Jean-Michel Klein. The ICC has maintained its policy of giving the organization's online dissemination the same place and institutional respect in the hierarchical system of the organization as the actual combatant. This has enabled the organization to create a strong panel of online thinkers, who are constantly broadcasting videos, images, posters, memes, audio and other things that promote ISIS. In the video, Baghdadi acknowledges the pledges of ISIS supporters who carried out terrorist attacks on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka, along with Mali, Burkina Faso and Afghanistan.
The video does not give much information about the ideology and workings of the ISIS, but it is clear from the video that Baghdadi is still the supreme leader of the ISIS. This video has been filmed in the last eight days only, it is also clear because it mentions all the recent incidents, with which the organization was associated. Most importantly, the video provides authentic evidence that al-Baghdadi is alive, so that , like the news of the death of former Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar , it does not remain a mere speculation or misinformation. Although Omar was killed in 2013, his death was confirmed in 2015.
The organization, which shelters its supporters around the world and identifies those who have successfully carried out such attacks, will continue to plan similar attacks in the near future, similar to those in Sri Lanka. In South Asia, where internal political-cooperation does not fully exist or is in its infancy, such spontaneous terrorist practices pose a new challenge to security and intelligence departments. This threat posed in the present is no different, it is a brand. The ICC, like us, has a keen eye on who in the world and to a large extent are the people who support it in the current of globalization and this is one of the biggest challenges ahead of us.
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