Posted on 09/23/2018 11:23:07 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – A Saudi-owned newspaper has claimed that Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has moved to Afghanistan via Iranian territories.
Quoting Pakistani security and other extremist group sources, Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported that Baghdadi arrived in Nangarhar Province in eastern Afghanistan after crossing Iranian territories via the eastern city of Zahedan.
According to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, IS manages a location to host its fighters in Zahedan in cooperation with the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Al-Baghdadi has been reported killed or wounded on a number of occasions.
Last month, Baghdadi was reported to be “clinically dead” after an Iraqi airstrike targeted him during a meeting with a host of IS leaders in Syria in June.
No reports about al-Baghdadi have been heard since September 2017, when he urged supporters to wage attacks against the West and keep fighting in Syria and neighboring Iraq.
(Excerpt) Read more at iraqinews.com ...
I know nothing about accuracy of this source. But find it interesting that the IRGC in Iran might have made Baghdadi's escape possible.
IS manages a location to host its fighters in Zahedan in cooperation with the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Thanks Texas Fossil.
Yep.
Dead dead, works.
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