It is rumoured that Aboobacker-Al-Baghdadi, the
self-proclaimed Caliph of Islamic State (IS) is no more as per unconfirmed reports floating in the air about
which even US is not sure. On the fateful day, across the rough terrains of
Mosul, a large gathering of Islamic State militants assembled to chalk out
future strategies about how to respond to the massive bombardments by the
forces loyal to US and its allies and also to condole the killings of hundreds
of thousands of civilians and militia who courted martyrdom who dedicated their
service to protect the Islamic State (IS) which was formed by the annexation of
parts of Syria and Iraq.
US which has already declared an offer of $10 million to
whoever points out the whereabouts of Mr.Baghdadi who is more popular than
Aymen-Al-Zavahiri who occupies No:1 position in Al-Quaeda after the
assassination of Osama-Bin-Laden by the forces of US at Abottabad in Pakistan
who was residing comfortably with his wives, children and grand children in a spacious house. Who pointed
his finger at him and passed on the hot news to US is still a mystery. And now
after more than one year news emanating from US points towards a different story.
That the man who was supposed to have pumped bullets on Osama-Bin-Laden and
ensured his ‘death’ was not Rob O’Neill who we were told to believe but by who
did the job is still unknown. Mr Laden, it was reported, was later carried away
by the US and thrown out into an ocean which too is a mystery since US has not
revealed to the world for reasons best known to it.
Now that new versions of the story has come about – all contradictory
whether Laden was actually killed and if he was assassinated who was the ‘hero’
who performed, no one knows anything for sure.
So be it. Now that US has shifted its mission to Iraq for
tackling the menace of the Islamic State led by Aboobacker-Ali-Baghdadi and his
forces. Whether Baghdadi succumbed to the injuries after the massive
bombardment of Mosul where assembled a number of Islamic State militants,
whether he was very much present in the large gathering, whether he has been
injured in the attack all are distant possibilities. Being the unquestioned
leader of IS who must have had a protective wall provided by his followers, it
is not that easy to finish him off.
With even Pentagon is keeping its fingers crossed how could we
the outsiders reach a conclusion of his death?
The billion dollar question remaining unanswered is how long
the war is poised to last, whether US will be lucky to emerge successful in its
crusade against the destruction of Islamic State (IS) which if allowed to grow
tall, it is US which is bound to suffer the worst of its kind in the end, US is
unlikely to spoil an opportunity.
It is something funny on recalling that the former Nobel
Laureate for peace, Mr Barack Obama has been put in a piquant situation. As
defence strategist Brahma Chellany points out Barack Obama has seized a rare
victory of intervening in the internal affairs of seven nations. How’z that?
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