Terror group, ISIS ‘already has a new leader’ barely
480hours after former head, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi blew up himself and three
children to escape US military raid in Syria.
According to reports, Baghdadi’s successor is a former Iraqi
army officer named Abdullah Qardash (sometimes spelt Karshesh). Not much is
known about Qardash, who once served under Saddam Hussein.But he is understood
to have already taken over a number of duties from al-Baghdadi prior to his
demise this week when he detonated a suicide vest, reported Mail Online.
An official told Newsweek: ‘Baghdadi was a figurehead. He
was not involved in operations or day-to-day. All Baghdadi did was say yes or
no, no planning.’
The succession news comes as experts have warned the IS and
the extremist jihadist movements have over the last one-and-a-half decades
repeatedly shown resilience after the death of key leaders.
And their militants, battle-hardened by years of fighting,
remain in place around the world. The group may have been ready for the death
of Baghdadi and after an initial adjustment period of a few months could even
use it as a rallying case for launching new attacks, they added.
