Report: Al-Baghdadi to Islamic State: ‘Flee and Hide’ or ‘Blow Yourselves Up’

Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in a recent “farewell speech,” admits defeat and tells his Iraqi fighters in the battlefield to “flee and hide” or “ blow themselves up when surrounded by Iraqi forces,” reports a local Iraqi news outlet. The speech comes as the commander of Iraq’s Federal Police revealed that leaders from the Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL, are in fact “running away” from Mosul, which is expected to fall into the hands of U.S.-backed Iraqi troops and their allies.-- More...

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