The Pentagon comments on the news of the possible arrest of the "caliph" of Abu Bakir al-Baghdadi
ARK News.. The Pentagon denied to Sky News Arabia on Wednesday night, reports that a potential successor, the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakir al-Baghdadi, had been arrested.
The Iraqi Security Media Cell had earlier announced the arrest of the terrorist leader in the organization, Taha Bakir Al-Ghassani, and the founder, Haji Abdul Nasser Qaradash.
It is noteworthy that Qaradash was one of the candidates to succeed ISIS leader Abu Bakir Al-Baghdadi, who was killed by American forces in a raid in the Syrian city of Idlib.
The intelligence service did not reveal any additional details about the arrest of Qaradash.
The intelligence statement added that "Qaradash held leadership positions in the organization since the days of Al-Zarqawi, and until he served as the head of the delegated committee in the days of al-Baghdadi, and led the battles of al-Baghouz," according to Iraqi sources.
Source: Sky News
761
