Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: Cutting off heads for the World Cup and promising to visit New York (after being released by US in 2009)

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who's original name was Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri al-Samarrai, was released from detention in 2009 on President Obama's watch. He was known to be a violent jihadi then. Why he was released is not explained.

But the ISIS does love its World Cup action. 

This is how they celebrated… (they described the severed head as their "ball.")

This is what is so disturbing about the Bowe Bergdahl Terrorist Swap. I am all for returning prisoners, but at what price? We traded a confused private (excuse me sergeant) for five Taliban terrorist generals. They even left a few civilian prisoners behind.  Why weren't they throw in, or were they even asked for? You really have to be a Common Core scholar to understand that calculus. It did not help that the Obama Administration tried to mislead the public about the swap.  

Prior EBL Posts:

The Women of the ISIS Rule 5

The 2011 Withdrawal Was a Huge Mistake

Abu Bakr al Baghdadi and the ISIS…