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ISIS leader flees to Syria fearing US airstrikes: Kurdish official
Asharq Al-Awsat Via LCCC ^ | Friday, August 15, 2014 | Dalshad Abdullah

Posted on 08/15/2014 6:07:52 AM PDT by GonzoII

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Leader 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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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: albaghdadi; baghdadi; iraq; isis; isissyria; syria
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To: Red Badger

Is mac daddy deeply saddened?


41 posted on 08/15/2014 10:37:07 AM PDT by chiefqc
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To: woodbutcher1963

Al Bagdadi (sp) belongs in the Hague for a war criminals trial for genocide, not supervised by the US in an island paradise.


42 posted on 08/15/2014 10:37:51 AM PDT by grania
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To: grania

I would prefer a double tap to the head.


43 posted on 08/15/2014 11:13:35 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: Bringbackthedraft

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.


44 posted on 08/15/2014 11:49:55 AM PDT by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: GonzoII

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.


45 posted on 08/15/2014 11:53:35 AM PDT by Kackikat (ELECTED officials took an OATH...Time to honor it....be a Patriot.)
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To: freeangel

They ought send a special forces group there and remove al-Baghdadi’s head, and mount it some place prominent...


46 posted on 08/15/2014 11:53:59 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: BigEdLB

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.


47 posted on 08/15/2014 12:12:32 PM PDT by Kackikat (ELECTED officials took an OATH...Time to honor it....be a Patriot.)
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To: McGruff

McCain has Christian blood on his hands.


48 posted on 08/15/2014 12:18:51 PM PDT by cowboyusa
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To: GonzoII

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.


49 posted on 08/15/2014 12:24:03 PM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12 ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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To: BigEdLB
They ought send a special forces group there and remove al-Baghdadi’s head, and mount it some place prominent..

How about in front our White House?


50 posted on 08/15/2014 12:37:34 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Anybody, who thinks they can win by becoming the Left has already lost.)
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To: headstamp 2

“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?


51 posted on 08/15/2014 12:40:51 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Anybody, who thinks they can win by becoming the Left has already lost.)
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To: GonzoII

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.


52 posted on 08/15/2014 1:46:19 PM PDT by Praxeologue
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To: headstamp 2
Such a nice A-10 opportunity.

Hornets off the carrier would have worked as well.

53 posted on 08/15/2014 3:04:13 PM PDT by xone
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