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Not really surprising that Sunni ex-Iraqi Army officers would join ISIS when the Iraqi government is still predominantly run by the Shia even after Maliki is not the leader anymore.
Reuters
Reuters
Islamic State can draw on veteran jihadists, ex-Iraq army officers for leadership
Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:00am EDT
By Michael Georgy and Mariam Karouny
CAIRO/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, one of the world's most wanted men, is counting on veteran jihadis and former Iraqi army officers who form the core of the militant movement to take over if he is killed.
New questions arose over Islamic State's leadership structure and who might succeed Baghdadi after Iraq's military said on Sunday air strikes had hit a convoy carrying him, though Iraqi security officials later denied this.
Baghdadi, who rarely appears in public and delivers few audio speeches, makes the vast majority of decisions, including which of the group's enemies should be killed.
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