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| ISIS to choose Iraqi jihadi successor of al-Qurayshi, analysts |
| 2022-02-11 |
Watch for the white smoke
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The Islamic State Organization (ISIS) is likely to choose a battle-hardened veteran from Iraq as new leader of ISIS and successors of Abu Ibrahim al-Qurayshi. On February 3, al-Qurayshi blew himself along with members of his family up during a raid by US special forces on his place of residence in Atmeh town in Idlib city, northwest Syria. Fadhil Abu Rgheef, an Iraqi expert who advises its security services, as saying there were at least four possible frontrunners, according to the Daily Mail. “These include Abu Khadija, whose last known role was Iraq leader for Islamic State, Abu Muslim, its leader for Anbar province, Abu Salih, of whom there’s very little information but was close to Baghdadi and Qurayshi, and there’s also Abu Yasser al-Issawi, who is suspected to be still alive. He’s valuable to the group as he has long military experience,” Rgheef said. Issawi’s death was reported in an air strike in January 2021 at the time the Iraqi forces and the US-led military coalition were fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria. But an Iraqi security official confirmed there were strong suspicions that Issawi is still alive, according to the Daily Mail. None of the four potential successors to al-Qurayshi had been captured by US forces, one security official and one army colonel told Reuters. Both ISIS leaders Baghdadi and Qurayshi, were members of al Qaeda in Iraq from the start, and they did time in US detention in the mid-2000s. The new leader would be a veteran Iraqi jihadist. “If they choose one in the coming weeks they’ll have to choose someone from among the same circle… the group that was part of the Anbari group which operated under (the name) of ISIS since the early days,” Hassan Hassan, editor of New Lines magazine which has published research on al-Qurayshi, said. Reporting by Sara Youssef |
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| Posted by: Chris 2022-02-11 00:56 |