Militancy - Why do They Persist?

When United States military had managed to kill Osama bin Laden in 2011, the world had thought that the war against militancy would soon be over.  So did Sri Lankan government when they killed off Vellupillay Prabhakaran in 2009.  And so too those who had fought against Nazi Germany, when Adolf Hitler killed himself with his wife, Eva Braun in an underground bunker just before the fall of Berlin to Soviet Russian onslaught.  Thus, when United States announced that they had managed to kill Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of ISIS / IS / Daish, they had not actually accomplish any objective but merely pushing the organisation further underground.

Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi - End of Daish?

Yesterday, apparently US Special Forces had launched an attack on a Daish-controlled facility deep inside Syria and had managed to eliminate the reclusive Daish leader.  The unnamed US Special Forces unit was said to have successfully eliminated the enigmatic leader of Daish after years of hunting the man.  Born Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim al-Badri al-Samarrai, he came to prominence after Daish successfully wrestled Mosul from Iraqi Government back in July 2014.

Mugshot of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi when he was only known as Ibrahim Awad, taken when he was arrested by US Army and incarcerated at Abu Ghraib prison.

Kematian Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi - Penghujung kepada Daish?

Semalam telah dilaporkan bahawa satu unit Pasukan Khas AS telah melancarkan serangan ke atas satu fasiliti yang dikuasai oleh Daish di dalam Syria dan telah berjaya membunuh pemimpin Daish itu.  Pasukan khas AS yang belum dikenalpasti itu dikatakan telah berjaya membunuh pemimpin Daish yang penuh enigma itu setelah bertahun-tahun memburunya.  Dilahirkan sebagai Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim al-Badri al-Samarrai, dia mula mendapat perhatian dunia selepas Daish berjaya merampas bandar Mosul daripada kerajaan Iraq pada Julai 2014.

Gambar Abu Bakr ketika dikenali sebagai Ibrahim Awad.  Gambar diambil ketika dia ditahan di Penjara Abu Ghraib.  Gambar kredit kepada US Army