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Iraq Court Sentences Al-Baghdadi’s Wife To Death
An Iraqi court sentenced the late Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s wife to death, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday. The Karkh Criminal Court sentenced Asma Mohammed, also known as Umm Hudaifa, of…
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About Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri, commonly known by his nom de guerre Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was an Iraqi militant leader and former teacher who was the founder and first leader of the Islamic State (IS), who proclaimed himself caliph in 2014 and stayed in power until his suicide in an American operation in 2019.
Everything about Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi →- Occupation
- imam, military leader, rapist, condottiero
- Position held
- Caliph of the Islamic State
- Citizenship
- Ba'athist Iraq, statelessness
- Born
- July 28, 1971
- Died
- October 27, 2019