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The most visible and amplified claim was that the ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was a 'Jewish ... And, did Edward Snowden claim that the first caliph of the Islamic State was born to Israeli ...

The death of the Islamic State group’s “caliph,” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was one of the biggest and most competitive stories in the world in recent weeks. Journalists from various news organizations ...