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Is ISIL’s Bakr Al-Baghdadi the leader or a figure-head?

By WTOP Staff

The U.S. led coalition fighting ISIL in Iraq and Syria is preparing to turn up the heat and the leader of the organization has been very quiet. This has sparked questions about who’s really running the organization. Richard Barrett of the former U.N. Al Qaida-Taliban monitoring team discusses the issue with WTOP’s National Security Correspondent J.J. Green.

Emergency guide: What you should do to prepare for emergencies

By WTOP Staff
WASHINGTON — Do you know what you'd do if an emergency hits? What if you're at work, your spouse is stuck in traffic and your children are in school? There's no way to plan for every emergency, but you can make sure you're prepared for different scenarios, including making a plan for your family and building a kit of emergency supplies.
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