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Louise Callaghan – Sunday Times March 3, 2019

Al-Baghdadi speaks at the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul on July 4, 2014. Click to enlarge

Isis fighters are furious that their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, appears to have melted into the desert rather than take part in their last stand for the caliphate.

As advancing forces close in on the last sliver of Isis territory — an area of about half a square mile in the Syrian Euphrates valley — surrendering fighters have spoken of their anger with the absent Isis leader.

Interviews with Isis members, local leaders, fighters and western officials reveal a deep internal disenchantment with the so-called caliph, which has resulted in schisms within the jihadist group.

“He’s hiding somewhere,” said Mohammed Ali, a Canadian Isis fighter captured by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). “People are angry”…

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Comment – March 3, 2019

John McCain meets with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (circled), leader of ISIS in Aleppo in April 2013. Click to enlarge

The Isis fighters would be even angrier if they knew how Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had duped them. For far from being a devout Muslim a number of credible reports have indicated that the Isis leader is in fact a Mossad agent who is being used to further the West’s own agenda in the region:
ISIS Leader ‘Al-Baghdadi’ Is A ‘Jewish Mossad Agent’ – French Report
Documents show al-Baghdadi trained by MOSSAD
ISIS Leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi Trained by Israeli Mossad, NSA Documents Reveal
ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi is a Jewish Mossad Agent
Is ‘IS’ a CIA-Mossad Creation?
“Implausible Deniability: West’s ISIS Terror Hordes in Iraq”
The Times article doesn’t mention any of this, however. Instead it expects readers to register for what is essentially disinformation and pay should they be dumb enought to want any more disinfo. Ed.