By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 16 April 2024

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 17 March 2021

Abu Umar al-Baghdadi, the implied caliph of the Islamic State movement between 2006 and 2010, gave his sixteenth speech on 17 March 2009. The title of the speech was, “Harvest of the Good (The Gathering Will Be Defeated, and They Will Turn Their Backs and Flee)”.[1]