According to a new report, coalition forces are making such advances on Mosul in Iraq that the leader of ISIS is stricken with excessive paranoia.
Here’s how bad it’s gotten, from Fox News:
As U.S.-backed Iraqi forces close in on the Islamic State’s hub of Mosul, the leader of the terror network has become so insecure about his own safety that he refuses to emerge from his underground hideouts and never sleeps without his suicide vest on, Reuters reported.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi “has become intemperate,” losing self-control and showing more signs of paranoia, according to messages sent from inside Mosul to the Iraqi military. Reuters reported Wednesday it had viewed the messages.
…Meanwhile, al-Baghdadi “has cut down on his movements and neglects his appearance,” according to the message from the person inside Mosul. “He lives underground and has tunnels that stretch to different areas. He doesn’t sleep without his suicide bomber vest so he can set it off if he’s captured.”
There was an earlier report that forces were closing in on Abu al-Baghdadi and he put out a recording in order to assure his followers that he was OK. BUT… many people noticed that he didn’t once mention the battle of Mosul, causing speculation that this was a recording made long before the attack.
Let’s hope he finds a reason to set off that suicide bomber vest, and that no one else joins him on his trip to hades.