State in iraq and the levant before falling out with al qaida leader Ayman Alzawahiri i so now the challenge is al qaida not only in syria and iraq but for the leadership of what it calls the global jihad this struggle but that he was once a prisoner and a u. S. Run jail in iraq he is believed to have been born near the iraqi city of samarra in 1971 and said to have a ph d. In islamic studies from an Iraqi University giving him religious credentials it isnt known what will back that he played in recruiting arab and foreign fighters or in orchestrating attacks abroad there have been questions about his grip on power and reports of dissent within the groups leadership but the man who declared himself caliph the would be successor of the prophet managed to elude death and capture for years and even though i still state in syria iraq crumbled under his rule the groups goals are not defined by borders or one man its appeal comes from harnessing the grievances of some new muslims in iraq syr
Laachraoui. The other man on the left isnt known to authorities and they believe hes still on the run. The death toll remains at 31 this hour. They confirm two americans are among the dead, but their identities have not been confirmed. A new yorkbased brother and sister are among those killed, alexander and sasha pinkowski, both dutch nationals. Secretary of defense says he was a finance minister who overah saul t oversaw all the funding for isis operations. The removal of this isil leader will hamper the ability to conduct operations both inside and outside of iraq and syria. Reporter lets start with nbcs keir simmons. Obviously another operation happened today. Lets talk about what was behind it, do you know . The most important thing we know is the belgian prosecutor say the two people arrested that you were talking about are connected to that attack in paris. Extreme, really, between paris, between belgium, and you can see the connection building. Anyone suggesting there wasnt a co
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