WATCH: Bruce Riedel Tells the Story of the Islamic State’s Origin

Fred Dews and Bruce Riedel

November 17, 2014

Senior Fellow Bruce Riedel, director of the Intelligence Project at Brookings and also a 30-year veteran of the CIA, explains the origins of the Islamic State and its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. “His ambitions are huge, and his trade craft has so far made him an elusive figure,” Riedel says about Baghdadi. Watch:

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WATCH: Bruce Riedel Tells the Story of the Islamic State’s Origin

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WATCH: Bruce Riedel Tells the Story of the Islamic State’s Origin

Fred Dews and Fred Dews Managing Editor, New Digital Products - Office of Communications @publichistory Bruce Riedel Bruce Riedel Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

Fred Dews and Bruce Riedel