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NPR's special coverage of President Donald Trump s announcement of the killing of al-Faghdadi, NPR reporter Gregy Myre had this to say of the leader of ISIS: He led a movement that we ve never seen before, Myre said. ISIS had tens of thousands of members, fighters, coming in from all over the world. They controlled massive amounts of territory in Eastern Syria and Western and Northern Iraq, Myre said, adding ISIS had millions of people under their control. They administered cities, they collected taxes, Myre said. They had this incredible online recruit presence in terms of spreading propaganda; recruiting followers, Myre said. This is a guy that sort of emerged on the scene. And led this group that had done something we d never seen before, Myre said. This isn t the end of ISIS, but he was a real leader, Myre said. It s not somebody that they can just appoint somebody else; take over, and the movement continues. His leadership was critical, said Myre, who finally admitted that the terrorist s death was definitely a major blow to the Islamic State.
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