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Under the leadership of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the ultra-violent jihadist group Islamic state (IS) has by a gang of rebels to The Most powerful and feared militant group in The World , stretches across continents from Africa to Australia. Now, the chief killed was, IS, Will find a way to adapt.

What remains of the IS leadership have planned for This Day .

The Group Will want to show their resistance and signal to his followers that he is not knocked off balance by the loss of such a well-known figure.

A Shura Committee, with senior figures - All Male - is already A Number of candidates.

requirements for The Role , an undeniable loyalty plan, a proven ability to strategically and, preferably, impeccable religious credentials, some battlefield experience, and maybe also a reputation that demanded tough penalties.

always been a bizarre fusion of ultra-conservative jihadists with former members of the late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein , the military and intelligence apparatus, known as the Baathists.

The Baathists, the weapons, the explosives, The Intelligence and the planning, provided that no - one knew that Iraq is better than you - while the jihadists brought the fanaticism, and the voluntary Suicide Bombers .

Baghdadi's successor Will likely be someone with well-established connections with both sides of this equation.

Baghdadi feel the loss for some time.

If the jihadists around The World swear allegiance to, she IS always loyal to him personally, refers to him as "Caliph Ibrahim".

While he appeared only twice in the videos, he was able to cloak itself with a glimmer of religious authority.

He claimed direct descent from The Prophet Muhammad's Quraishi tribe, and delivered his announcement of a "Caliphate" in Mosul, the Great mosque, which he blasted ordered later.

The fact that Baghdadi was a serial rapist, forcing them, among other things, the imprisoned American aid worker Kayla Mueller , and presided over the mass enslavement of Yazidi women and underage girls, seem not to have troubled his followers at All .

you Expect.

The Most likely targets in Iraq and Syria , where the access to weapons, explosives, and thoughts of suicide volunteers is The Most common.

But have since lost their last piece of territory in Baghuz In Syria , it was vows to continue his attacks to what he calls a "war of attrition".

Europe, the USA, North Africa, the Gulf, Arab and Asian countries are All In the visor.

Even so-called "Lone Wolf " attacks carried out by lone individuals far from the Middle East and radicalized over The Internet , are likely to assert, as a revenge for the death of Baghdadi.

France, which has long been near The Top of the target list in Europe, has warned that its citizens be on the alert.

there IS a Lot of, would like to know to stage a spectacular mass casualty attack, its leadership, the more elaborate The Plan , the greater the probability that it is discovered by security services.

So in the immediate future, it is likely, for low-tech, simple attacks with relatively little preparation.

, has a disturbing track record of resilience.

Under Baghdadi's leadership, and helped by the connections he had with other jihadists imprisoned, while in the U.S.-run prison camp in Camp Bucca , HAS grown out of the largely defeated, the remnants of al-Qaeda in Iraq.

split away from the al-Qaeda in 2016.

they disagreed on several points, especially the use of extreme, sadistic violence - the al-Qaeda has been correctly argued by the vast majority of Muslim opinion.

Al-Qaida to win hoping of opinion; it does matter. It was happy to recruit misfits, psychopaths and pedophiles, people attracted to violence and cruelty.

IS already a geographically distributed franchise around The World , and this is not from today to tomorrow to stop Baghdadi's demise.

If not, his successor Will now look to rebuild and expand the organization. Outside of its core territory of Iraq and Syria , IS in a concentration of followers of any calling, be a wilaya (province), Afghanistan, Libya, West Africa , South Asia , the Philippines and South-East Asia.

they are involved primarily in local or regional complaints, but during The Years in which it is held, a physical territory, was able to attract recruits from dozens of countries, laying the groundwork for a distributed network of extremists that exists today.

A question that is troubling intelligence chiefs around The World this is exactly why Baghdadi had found refuge, in Idlib, in the North-west corner of Syria , where rival al-Qaeda-linked groups are dominant (al-Qaida and has been fighting each other In Syria ).

it Was easy, because he hoped to find The Last place you would expect his enemies to him? Or was it more disturbing, because he was hoping to reach out to his rivals and make an even worse Alliance of convenience?

The answers can not be sweating for some time, but the notes spent well in the haul of intelligence, the U.S. Delta Force commandos to retrieve two hours from The Ruins of Baghdadi's final Hiding Place .

Source of news: bbc.com