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Originally Posted by anothersteve
Washington Post's headline called Baghdadi an "austere religious scholar at the helm of Islamic State". Before it was retracted.
Steve
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Describing Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi as an “austere religious scholar” is not related to so-called fake news or bias etc.
Rather, it’s WaPo’s unwillingness to accurately describe who he was.
He was the epitome … literally … of a Radical Is*lamic Terrorist, which is a largely forbidden term.
He was the Caliph (i.e combination of a Pope & King) who was the head guy for ISIS (Is*lamic State of Iraq and Syria). Hence, the WaPo simply chose to deliberately obfuscate who he was.
Great job by the US military and intel community by the way. I especially liked the “hero dog.” That snarling dog’s face was the last thing the Baghdadi saw on this earth and likely is what prompted him to hit the detonator.