Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi threatens al-Zawahiri’s "authority of fighting al-Assad and its control on Iraqi city

"Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (Daash), led by al-Baghdadi known by his fierce tactics has became the most powerful party to fight Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, as he dominated the major Iraqi city since 5 months in conjunction with other groups.

Western governments are concerned that in the end be able to follow the example of al -Qaeda and strike outside, but the biggest fear now is from the return of foreign militants organized by Daash and al-Baghdadi to their home.

Among these individuals, was the French Mahdi Namosh (29 years old ), who is accused of carrying out an attack on the Jewish Museum in Brussels last month, after having spent a year in fighting in the ranks of Daash in Syria.

Kill without mercy

According to a former official at the Department of fight against terrorism in the British Foreign Intelligence Service (MI6), Richard Barrett, "al-Zawahiri is hiding in Afghan-Pakistani border since ten years or more and did not do more than some of the statements and dissemination of videos."

Challenge Authority

On the other hand, " Baghdadi did a lot, where he dominated the cities, and mobilized a large number of people, he kills mercilessly in Iraq and Syria."

He said in an interview with France-Press Agency, "If you are a young man who wanted to do something then you will go to al-Baghdadi," noting that the leader of the Daash challenge with the authority of al-Zawahiri is considered a “very interesting evolution."

"This competition will be determined largely to be taken by the practice of terrorism."

In the report of Sofan Advisory Group headquartered in New York, Barrett estimated that about 12 thousand armed foreigners have gone to Syria, including 3,000 from the West.

More enticing

It seems that Daash is more enticing, where Peter Neumann, a professor at King's College London said that about 80% of the armed Westerners in Syria joined him, unlike other groups fighting Assad and it seems that Daash works for a perfect Islamic emirate, which is in contrast to the formation of Al-Qaeda in Syria , Nusrah Front reduces difficulties to join him.

Daash also sought to attract non-Arabs and published finally, two magazines in English after posting video recordings in English with an English translation, and that emphasizes the militant group included armed men from Britain, France, Germany and other European countries, in addition to the United States , the Arab world and the Caucasus.

Ideological cross

Newman commented by saying that "Daash embodies those ideological cross-countries," he added, "if you're a young British or French without family ties in Syria, you will not want to fight for the Syrian people, the reason for going there is to see Syria as an attractive center or a place of birth for a likely State, which we hope to create. "

The bulk of the space of attractive is to Baghdadi himself, known for his ability to command and tactics on the battlefield, which is an important distinction to him from al-Zawahiri.

It seems that al-Baghdadi, joined the rebellion that broke out in Iraq after the US-led invasion on the country in 2003 (October) 2005, as the U.S. military announced that it had killed "Abu Doaa," one of Baghdadi’s known names, in a raid on the Iraqi-Syrian border.

But it turns out that this is not true, since he took command of what was known, at the time, as the "Islamic State of Iraq" in (May 2010), after the death of two of its leaders in a joint US-Iraqi raid, since then, information has become rare about him.

Earlier this year, Iraq had published a picture that it confirmed belongs to Baghdadi, the first from an official source, it showed a bald man wearing a suit and tie.

Baghdadi sought to integrate to al-Nusrah Front which refused to do so, and now both of them are working separately, Zawahri urged Daash to focus on Iraq and left Syria for al-Nusrah Front, but al-Baghdadi and his gunmen defied the leader of al-Qaeda and fought not only Al-Assad but al-Nusrah and other opposition groups as well.

The expert at the center of Brookings Doha , Charles Lester stated that " al-Baghdadi take over the leadership of Daash make him manages the organization under tremendous pressure .. as al-Baghdadi succeeded characteristically in the rehabilitation of the power of his group."