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Saturday, September 20, 2014
Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi declares all-out war
This kooky caliph has a terrible speaking style: the voice and the tone is jarring. He thinks he is reciting the Qur'an when he speaks. Maybe he equates his words with holy words. But the talk is rather defensive. He is denying takfiring the people of Syria (or Levant as Obama likes to say these days). But he insists on takfiring Shi`ites and `Alawites.