Thursday, February 7, 2019

Did Islamic State Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Survive A Coup Attempt From His Remaining Forces?

ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

The Guardian: Isis leader believed to have fled coup attempt by his own fighters

Exclusive: jihadist group placed bounty on head of foreign fighter after plot, say intelligence officials.

The Isis leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, survived a coup attempt last month launched by foreign fighters in his eastern Syrian hideout, intelligence officials believe, and the terrorist group has since placed a bounty on the main plotter’s head.

The incident is believed to have taken place on 10 January in a village near Hajin in the Euphrates River valley, where the jihadist group is clinging to its last sliver of land. Regional intelligence officials say a planned move against Baghdadi led to a firefight between foreign fighters and the fugitive terrorist chief’s bodyguards, who spirited him away to the nearby deserts.

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WNU editor: A better question is .... where is ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi? .... If ISIL is defeated, where is its megalomaniac leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi? (National Post).

3 comments:

Gadfly Speck said...

It’s been a few months since the latest reports of his death or incapacitation. We’re due for a new false rumor.

kidd said...

I think i seen him in the Sahara

kidd said...

Living with a camel named jeewizz