IS insider who provided info about Baghdadi to get $25 million reward
| Date :31-Oct-2019 |
A Syrian artist Aziz al-Asmar posing with relatives near a mural he painted in the town of Binnish in Idlib province, depicting US President Donald Trump directing the ‘play’ of killing IS leader
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria on Tuesday. (AFP)
WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD :
AN Islamic State (IS) insider played a major role in the US operation that resulted in the death of terror leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The informer, a man of unknown nationality, provided detailed information about Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s final hideout, the ‘Daily Mail’ reported, citing a US daily. During the US operation, a “well-placed mole”, who was present inside Baghdadi’s Syrian compound, gave the precise interior layout as well as Baghdadi’s exact location.
Syrian Democratic Forces (SFD) General Mazloum Abdi said that the informer described a room-by-room layout of the terror leader’s compound on the Turkish border, including the number of guards, floor plan and tunnels, the UK news website reported, citing ‘NBC News’.
The IS insider is likely to receive some or all of the $25 million bounty that the US had placed on Baghdadi. He is believed to be the same individual who gave US Intelligence a pair of Baghdadi’s used underwear and a blood sample at some point this year.