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Monday, 12 June 2017
quote [ ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has reportedly been killed in Raqqa, Syria ]
Wonder if he is really dead this time. No conformation as of yet.
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knumbknutz said @ 1:38am GMT on 12th Jun
New decade – new boogeyman to justify x-billions of dollars handed over to defense contractors and lobbyists. Snore. |
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bbqkink said[1] @ 1:59am GMT on 12th Jun
No this guy is different.
"On 29 June 2014, , ISIL announced the establishment of a worldwide caliphate. Al-Baghdadi was named its caliph, to be known as "Caliph Ibrahim", and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant was renamed the Islamic State" Hard to have a caliphate without a Caliph |
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HoZay said @ 3:19am GMT on 12th Jun
I'm sure there's a vice-caliph waiting in the wings.
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bbqkink said @ 4:05pm GMT on 12th Jun
Not so much...
1 History of the title 2 Ecumenical caliphates 2.1 Rashidun Caliphs (8 June 632 – 29 January 661) 2.2 Hasan ibn Ali's Caliphate (661) 2.3 Umayyad Caliphs (661 – 6 August 750) 2.4 Abbasid Caliphs (750–1258 and 1261–1517) 2.4.1 Caliphs of Baghdad (25 January 750 – 20 February 1258) 2.4.2 Caliphs of Cairo (13 June 1261 – 22 January 1517) 2.5 Ottoman Caliphs (1517 – 3 March 1924) 3 Non-ecumenical caliphates 3.1 Ibn al-Zubayr's Caliphate (684–692) 3.2 Ummayad Caliphs of Córdoba (929–1031) 3.3 Fatimid Caliphs (909–1171) 3.4 Almohad Caliphs (1145–1269) 3.5 Sokoto Caliphs (1804–1903) 3.6 Bornu and Songhai Empires 4 Various caliphates declared after 1900 4.1 Sharifian Caliphate (1924-1931) 4.2 Ahmadiyya Muslim Caliphate (1908–present) 4.3 ISIL/ISIS claim (2014–present) |
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sanepride said @ 1:55am GMT on 12th Jun
Sole source is Syrian state TV, not even repeated by other Syrian state news agencies. Only the British tabloids and a few pro-Trump outlets are treating it seriously. So yeah, don't bet on it.
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HoZay said @ 1:55am GMT on 12th Jun
Well, glad that's over.
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bbqkink said[1] @ 2:41am GMT on 12th Jun
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sanepride said @ 2:48am GMT on 12th Jun
Dude- this is right-wing crackpot stuff. 'Unsubstantiated' is an understatement.
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bbqkink said[1] @ 2:52am GMT on 12th Jun
Ok thanks. Will make it disappear.
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