WaPo Calls Fanatical, Bloodthirsty Terrorist Baghdadi, an 'Austere Religious Scholar'

WaPo Calls Fanatical, Bloodthirsty Terrorist Baghdadi, an 'Austere Religious Scholar'NTS

The Washington Post published a jaw-dropping obituary for ISIS terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi that was headlined "Austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State dies at 48."

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Washington Post Obituary for Baghdadi

"Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State, dies at 48"https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-islamic-states-terrorist-in-chief-dies-at-48/2019/10/27/0d004abc-663d-11e7-8eb5-cbccc2e7bfbf_story.html …

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In the same vein, Allahpundit wrote, “John Wayne Gacy, children’s party clown, dead at 52.”

Britt Hume tweeted: "The Washington Post has become unembarrass-able." 
If that seems a little harsh, here are the opening lines of the obit.

When Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi took the reins of the Islamic State of Iraq in 2010, few had heard of the organization or its new leader, an austere religious scholar with wire-frame glasses and no known aptitude for fighting and killing.

But just four years later, Mr. Baghdadi had helped transform his failing movement into one of the most notorious and successful terrorist groups of modern times. Under his guidance it would burst into the public consciousness as the Islamic State, an organization that would seize control of entire cities in Iraq and Syria and become a byword for shocking brutality.

As it turns out, the headline, at least, was altered by an editor..."
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