head of ISIS is “frightened” for his life after 7000 jihadists were slaughtered in air strikes this weekend, Jordanian officials crowed.

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been on the run since the weekend, a Jordanian general boasted, as his nation ramped up bombing efforts in Syria in response to the barbaric killing of captured Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kaseasbeh.

“He is frightened by what we did in the last three days,” Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Jabour told NBC News. “[ISIS leadership] always hide and they are always on the move but we have assets always in the air for an opportunity to target al-Baghdadi and his gang.”

The air force chief announced Sunday that his jet fighters had conducted 56 bomb raids in just three days against ISIS opposition — killing at least 7,000 militants, according to The Christian Times.

The strikes were aimed at key Islamic State bases and arms depots in northeast Syria, al-Jabour said.

“We are determined to wipe them from the face of the Earth,” he told Reuters. “We achieved what we aimed for. We destroyed logistics centres, arms depots and targeted hideouts of their fighters.”

“If [al-Baghdadi] is not frightened, let him show himself to us,” al-Jabour added. “He’ll see what we can do against him.”

Jordan’s King Abdullah vowed to seek revenge against ISIS last week after al-Kaseasbeh was filmed being burned alive in a cage by Islamic State jihadists.

On Sunday, al-Jabour said the military’s objectives were ultimately to kill al-Baghdadi, bring down the terrorists’ illicit oil trade and destroy their training bases, garrisons and command centres, The Christian Times reports.

“We will not hesitate” to kill al-Baghdadi, the general explained to NBC. “He is going to be on top of our list.”

Al-Baghdadi’s whereabouts are unknown, and officials admit he may no longer be in Syria. The last time he was seen in public was in July 2014 — delivering a public address at a mosque in Mosul, Iraq.

Meanwhile Monday, a recruiter for ISIS was killed in Afghanistan by a missile fired from a drone, Afghan officials said.

Mullah Abdul Rauf, a former Taliban commander captured by the US and held at Guantánamo Bay, was among six people killed in the strike in Helmand province, Reuters reported, citing Helmand officials.

The other casualties were Rauf’s brother-in-law and four Pakistanis, provincial police chief Nabi Jan Mullahkhel said.

“We are working to confirm the identities of those killed in the strike,” said Col. Brian Tribus, a US Army spokesman.

According to the US Army, a “precision, guided munition” was used to kill eight people who were considered a threat. Tribus declined to say if a drone had launched a missile.

Rauf had begun recruiting for ISIS as part of an effort to spread its control beyond Iraq and Syria, according to recent reports.

ISIS last month said it was moving into Khorasan, a region that includes Afghanistan and Pakistan.

polite_gandalf wrote on Feb 10^th, 2015 at 3:58pm:


hard to beleive they have killed 7000 of them.

Few weeks ago there was a report that they blended back in the community so you wouldnt actually know they where ISIS.

Maybe they mean they killed 6999 innocent civilians and they killed 1 fighter.

Soren wrote on Feb 11^th, 2015 at 3:37pm:


I guess it like all these drones attacks, most have been civilians.

And again in Gaza, most who died in recent war where civilians.

But of course the west doesnt target civilians.

Soren wrote on Feb 11^th, 2015 at 7:21pm:


Maybe other countries shouldnt be invaded or stolen and then the people wont fight back.