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The leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ISIS won the allegiance of Egypts deadliest militant group Monday as Iraqi stanley cup authorities investigated reports he had been killed or wounded in a US air strike. Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, which has carried out a stanley cup string of attacks from its stronghold in Egypts Sinai Peninsula, said it was pledging its loyalty to the self-declared IS caliph , Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Speculation has swirled that Baghdadi, whose group has seized large parts of Iraq and Syria, stanley cup was killed or wounded in a US strike on jihadist leaders in northern Iraq on Friday, but officials said there was no confirmation. There is no accurate information and we are investigating, a senior intelligence official told AFP on Monday when asked about Baghdadis fate. In a recording posted on its Twitter account, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis promised its loyalty to ISIS and urged other Muslims to do the same. We announce our pledge of allegiance to the caliph Ibrahim Ibn Awad... to listen and obey, the audio recording said, using another name for Baghdadi. It was the most significant vow of support for ISIS in the region outside Iraq and Syria, suggesting its influence over militant groups is overshadowing its once dominant al Qaeda rivals. There were some reports that said that a close aide to elusive Baghdadi was killed near the Iraqi city of Falluja. State television identified the man as Abu Huthaifa al-Yamani. It did not say when the strike took place or gi Srgf New Zealand s Christchurch shaken by 5.2 quake
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The leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ISIS won the allegiance of Egypts deadliest militant group Monday as Iraqi stanley cup authorities investigated reports he had been killed or wounded in a US air strike. Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, which has carried out a stanley cup string of attacks from its stronghold in Egypts Sinai Peninsula, said it was pledging its loyalty to the self-declared IS caliph , Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Speculation has swirled that Baghdadi, whose group has seized large parts of Iraq and Syria, stanley cup was killed or wounded in a US strike on jihadist leaders in northern Iraq on Friday, but officials said there was no confirmation. There is no accurate information and we are investigating, a senior intelligence official told AFP on Monday when asked about Baghdadis fate. In a recording posted on its Twitter account, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis promised its loyalty to ISIS and urged other Muslims to do the same. We announce our pledge of allegiance to the caliph Ibrahim Ibn Awad... to listen and obey, the audio recording said, using another name for Baghdadi. It was the most significant vow of support for ISIS in the region outside Iraq and Syria, suggesting its influence over militant groups is overshadowing its once dominant al Qaeda rivals. There were some reports that said that a close aide to elusive Baghdadi was killed near the Iraqi city of Falluja. State television identified the man as Abu Huthaifa al-Yamani. It did not say when the strike took place or gi Srgf New Zealand s Christchurch shaken by 5.2 quake
President Barack Obama may have sought to sell his revamped Afghanistan war strategy to a skeptical US public, but a poll showed on Thursday that he faces a tough task amid a growing isolationist surge. HT Image For the first time since the Pew Research Center began conducting the survey 45 years ago, more participants 49 percent agreed that the United States should mind its own business internationally and let other countries manage on their own than those who disagreed 44 percent . A majority of the public disapproved of Obama s handling of the war in Afghanistan, with 49 percent of the public giving the president low marks and 36 percent approving of his performance.Obama has ordered 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, bringing the US contingent to 100,000 by the mid-2010 amid an intensifying Taliban insurgency. adidas campus But with an Afghan government dogged by fraud-marred August elections and charges of corruption, 46 percent of respondents said it was very or somewhat likely that Afghanistan would become stable enough to withstand the threat from the Taliban and other violent extremist groups. Only 32 percent of those surveyed in late October and early November supported sending more troops to Afghanistan. Most -- 40 percent -- said the troop presence should be decreased, while 19 percent said the level of military force adidas campus s should be kept the same. The president nonetheless had a favorable job approval rating, wi crocs th 51 support for his overall performance, but Obama s
