Posted on May 2, 2021
'Islamic State' military leader arrested in Turkey | DW | 02.05.2021
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The alleged military head of the "Islamic State" (IS) terror group was arrested in Turkey, a police statement said on Sunday.
Codenamed Basim, the Afghan national has been dubbed the right-hand man of dead IS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi.
Basim was detained in a suburb of Istanbul and had been traveling on a fake passport, according to the police statement.
Basim had reportedly disappeared months after the terrorist group was overrun in Syria and Iraq in December 2017.
Codenamed Basim, the Afghan national has been dubbed the right-hand man of dead IS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi.
Basim was detained in a suburb of Istanbul and had been traveling on a fake passport, according to the police statement.
Basim had reportedly disappeared months after the terrorist group was overrun in Syria and Iraq in December 2017.
'Islamic State' military leader arrested in Turkey | DW | 02.05.2021
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Hopefully he will not escape from prison and form a new calafate in Afghanistan.
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A1C Isa Kocher
turkey does not usually let terrorists 'escape" afghans don't cotton much to caliphates. they're culture is more tribal based. they had a king, not a sultan. the Taliban too does not much mention any kind of caliphate .... all of the afghanis are pretty jealous of their tribal identities
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
A1C Isa Kocher I'm a Kraut, Just Like You I Suspect. I Do Occasionally try and Read German Papers.
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A1C Isa Kocher
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - new yorker swiss. mostly i read the guardian and leftists... echte Schweizer von Geburt an, ;-) mit Schweizer Familienwappen ;-)
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