Islamic State Founder Baghdadi Hunkers Down in Mosul, Reports Say

Islamic State commanders, including founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, are huddling in bunkers in Mosul, where they are directing the defense against an Iraqi-led offensive to retake the city, Iraqi military intelligence officials say. We have intelligence that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and several of his close commanders live in those underground tunnels,” Major General Fadhil al-Barwari, head of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Bureau, told VOA in a telephone interview from the front lines near...

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