USA: Medhjälpare till IS-ledaren dödad i strid

Abū Bakr al-Baghdadi (Arabic: أبو بكر البغدادي‎‎; born 28 July 1971 as Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim al-Badri إبراهيم عواد إبراهيم علي محمد البدري السامرائي) is the leader of the Sunni militant terrorist organisation known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which controls territory in western Iraq, Syria, Libya and Afghanistan. The group has been designated a terrorist organisation by the United Nations, as well as by the European Union and many individual states. In June, 2014 he was elected by the majlis al-shura (consultative council or Shura council), representing the ahl al-hall wal-aqd (its people of authority) of the Islamic State, to be their caliph, which he claims to be. On October 4, 2011, the U.S. State Department added al-Baghdadi to the Specially Designated Nationals List and announced a reward of up to US$10 million for information leading to his capture or death. On December 16, 2016, the U.S. increased the reward to $25 million equal to the reward being offered for the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri. Authorities within the United States have also accused al-Baghdadi of kidnapping, enslaving, and repeatedly raping an American citizen, Kayla Mueller, who was later killed by Jordanian air strikes. Over time, there have been a number of reports of al-Baghdadi's death or injury; however, none have been verified.