Posted on 08/15/2014 6:07:52 AM PDT by GonzoII
Erbil, Asharq Al-AwsatLeader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and self-proclaimed caliph Abu-Bakr Al-Baghdadi fled the northern city of Mosul to return to Syrian territory after the US authorized airstrikes on ISIS positions in Iraq, a Kurdish official said.
In comments to Asharq Al-Awsat, Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) spokesman Saeed Mamo Zinni said: Caliph of the Islamic State Abu-Bakr Al-Baghdadi left Mosul for Syria a few days ago.
According to our intelligence sources, Abu-Bakr Al-Baghdadi traveled to Syria as part of a convoy of 30 Hummer vehicles after fearing being targeted by US airstrikes, Zinni said. He added that Kurdish Peshmerga forces have been able to kill a number of ISIS senior leaders.
Zinni, a media official for the KDP regional office in Nineveh, went on to claim that Kurdish Peshmerga fighters had repelled an ISIS attack in the Zammar district of Diyala province. ISIS continued its attack on Iraqi Yazidis on Wednesday despite US airstrikes.
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Is mac daddy deeply saddened?
Al Bagdadi (sp) belongs in the Hague for a war criminals trial for genocide, not supervised by the US in an island paradise.
I would prefer a double tap to the head.
Well, it’s tough being a caliph. When I saw the part about the 30 humvees I knew Bagduddi wouldn’t be in one. The convoy still should be melted down but that’s how these gutless freeks work——send someone else out to draw fire then slouch in on a camo camel.
Scripture says ‘The wicked flee when no one pursues’....so glad he is concerned, because he will soon go the way of Al Zacharri (spelling?)back during the Iraq war.
They ought send a special forces group there and remove al-Baghdadi’s head, and mount it some place prominent...
The big fat Caliph has a bulls eye on his back, and God is honing in....goodbye dammit is all I can say...Prayer works.
McCain has Christian blood on his hands.
This is where Obama’s war lawyers come in handy.
Since the northern part of former Syria is ISIL now, perhaps if his location is revealed by the NSA he is still not safe. A drone attack on ISIL is not a violation of Syrian air space but a violation of ISIL air space.
I would he is no coward but rather prudent. A dead commander is of no value.
How about in front our White House?
“Such a nice A-10 opportunity.”
Do we even have any active A-10’s with qualified pilots.
If we did, where could we safely keep the planes and their pilots?
al Baghdadi is just moving around his empire. Who knows what his state of mind is, or was. Truth is the first casualty of war.
Hornets off the carrier would have worked as well.
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