THE new leader of ISIS has been revealed as Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli al-Salbi – an Iraqi extremist nicknamed “the Professor.”
Two intelligence services said Salbi seized control of the death cult following the death of former boss Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Guardian reports.
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Salbi, a former officer in Saddam Hussein’s military, is the new leader of ISIS : Credit: Twitter The ruthless Islamic scholar , who is also known by the nom de guerre Haji Abdullah, helped found the sick terror group and was involved in the enslavement of Yazidi sex slaves. Last year, he was referred to as Abdullah Qardash – however Iraqi officials now believe this was a separate militant who died two years ago, the report says. Nicknamed “the Professor” and “the Destroyer”, Salbi is said to have assumed control of the day-to-day running of the jihadi group immediately after Baghdadi used a suicide vest to kill himself during a US raid in October in north west Syria. Other reports suggest the militant was running the death cult from July or August because Baghdadi’s health was failing after he was wounded in an air strike. ‘THE PROFESSOR’ Salbi is a former officer in Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s army and is reportedly a hardline policymaker within ISIS who has overseen operations around the world. Born into an Iraqi Turkmen family in the town of Tal Afar – he holds a degree in sharia law from the University of Mosul and is one of the few non-Arabs in the cult. As the group’s chief legislator he was directly involved in homosexuals being thrown off roofs and women accused of cheating being stoned in the street, it has been reported. He grew close to Baghdadi, 90, when they were both jailed in Basra by US forces for their links to al-Qaeda in (4) Baghdadi was killed after US forces tracked him down to a hideout in northwest Syria (Credit: Reuters ) It was in the Iraqi prison that Baghdadi became a jihadist demagogue converting hundreds of prisoners to his sick vision of a so-called caliphate. Salbi, whose age is unknown, is believed to have worked alongside him ever since. He was also a confidante of Abu Alaa al-Afri, Baghdadi’s previous deputy, who was killed in a US helicopter gun raid in 2020. Since the fall of Baghuz, ISIS’s last urban stronghold in March, the group has been reduced to pockets of resistance across Iraq and Syria. Before news of his appointment was confirmed, the US state department had already placed a $ 5m bounty on Salbi’s head. His role as leader is trying to consolidate the new ISIS regime which is made up of almost entirely young men. Shocking pics show pack of Terrier dogs clearing ‘infested’ farm of (rats) Dad dragged son, 4, from inferno but could not save his other boy, 3 Latest Five patients and staff attacked during ‘major incident’ at medical center Cops called in after teacher compares black pupil’s skin to ‘burnt toast’ Three builders stabbed to death ‘had rowed with boss over unpaid work’
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