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What al-Baghdadi’s death means for Islamic State leadership

What al-Baghdadi’s death means for Islamic State leadership

Aired 10/27/2019

PBS News Hour

What al-Baghdadi’s death means for Islamic State leadership

Clip: 10/27/2019 | 3m 56sVideo has Closed Captions

What al-Baghdadi’s death means for Islamic State leadership

A U.S. military raid this weekend achieved the long-standing goal of killing Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State. But with the group’s continued presence around the globe, who will fill the leadership vacuum left by his death? Jennifer Cafarella, research director at the Institute for the Study of War, joins Hari Sreenivasan for more perspective on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and ISIS.

Aired 10/27/2019

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