“The threat from Isis is not over. It will take a different shape and I won’t be surprised if we start to see an alliance between Isis and al-Qaida in different areas in the Middle East. Al-Qaida is thinking in long-term strategy. They’re building alliances. Al-Qaida is stronger today than they were before 9/11. They are focusing locally, but even if a small portion of these guys decides to go global again I think we’re going to have a big problem.”
Ali Soufan — Former FBI agent (June 2018)
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
On December 16 2016, the US State Department increased the reward for information regarding the IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to $25 million. He released his last audio message on August 23 2018. The message calls on al-Baghdadi’s followers to “persevere” despite heavy losses in Iraq and Syria and called for more attacks around the world. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY
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In a decade-long campaign to change the course of world history through extreme acts of violence, ISIS has been called the most dangerous terrorist group in history.
On October 4 2011, the US State Department listed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (ISIL) as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist with a $10 million reward for information leading to his capture.
On June 11 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq forces seized control of government offices and other important buildings in the northern city of Mosul.
On June 29 2014, Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi announces the establishment of a worldwide “caliphate” at the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, Iraq.
On December 16 2016, the US State Department increased the reward for information regarding the IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to $25 million.
There is evidence that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is alive as his last audio is regarded as genuine and makes references to recent events.
Iraqi intelligence officials and a number of experts believed that al-Baghdadi is hiding in ISIS’s new de facto capital of Hajin, Syria.
The Secret History of ISIS
FRONTLINE traces the growth of The Islamic State in The Secret History of ISIS, while also investigating the repeated warnings of the threat by senior global policymakers.
“Starting with the Bush Administration’s invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, followed by the growth of the insurgency during the Iraqi occupation, the killing of Osama Bin Laden and the eventual rise of the Islamic State, the story of the war on terror feels familiar fifteen years after the 9/11 attacks.
However, what few know is that the American government, under two presidents, allowed and even contributed to the growth of a radical and violent terrorist group that has now achieved more than even Bin Laden could have imagined.
The Secret History of ISIS reveals how two terrorist leaders—Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi—created and executed an ingenious plan to build a radical terrorist caliphate while senior American policymakers ignored repeated warnings about what was happening.
Drawing on interviews with senior officials, newly uncovered documents, audio recordings and jihadist videos, the film asks why the American government did not recognize the threat in time to effectively counter what would become a deadly challenge to global security.”
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On This Day — US State Department Increases Reward for IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to $25 million (December 16 2016)
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