- Iraq crisis: the jihadist behind the takeover of Mosul - and how Obama administration let him go <~> The march of al-Qaeda-linked militants towarsds the Iraqi capital is a coup for the shadowy leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi - a former US detainee http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/10891700/iraq-crisis-the-jihadist-behind-the-takeover-of-mosul-and-how-america-let-him-go.html 4 comments worldnews