(Fox News) ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is at death\u2019s door after being poisoned by a mystery assassin in Iraq, it has been reported.<\/p>\n
Three other senior jihadis were also afflicted by the toxin\u00a0in Al-Ba\u2019aj, southwest of Mosul \u2013 Islamic State\u2019s\u00a0biggest city in Iraq. The four have reportedly been rushed for treatment at a secret location.<\/p>\n
FARS, an Iranian news agency, say that ISIS\u00a0is now arresting several suspects to find out who has struck a blow at the terror group\u2019s self-proclaimed \u2018Caliph\u2019.<\/p>\n
The evil Iraqi\u00a0cleric is known to have been personally responsible for the\u00a0rape and torture of US aid worker Kayla Mueller.<\/p>\n
He forced the 26-year-old to marry him, before repeatedly raping her.<\/p>\n
Mueller was killed during a Jordanian airstrike on ISIS in February last year.<\/p>\n
Baghdadi was previously held by US forces in the city of Fallujah in 2004 during their invasion of the country.<\/p>\n
Baghdadi was released within six months and would go on to be declared the leader of ISIS \u2013 then known as al-Qaeda in Iraq \u2013 in 2010.<\/p>\n
If the reports are true, it would\u00a0not the first time al-Baghdadi has been injured. In 2015\u00a0he was\u00a0severely hurt\u00a0in a US airstrike in Syria.<\/p>\n
In June of this year, rumours surfaced that he was killed by a US airstrike in ISIS ‘capital’ Raqqa, but\u00a0they were later found\u00a0to be false.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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