ISIL leader al-Baghdadi was a U.S. captive in 2004
Special to WorldTribune.com Rowan Scarborough, Washington Times The U.S. held him captive for a time in 2004 before an unconditional release put him back into Iraq’s growing Sunni insurgency. … The elusive al-Baghdadi, known then by his nom de guerre, Abu Du’a, would go on to become the most dominant figure in today’s radical Islamic […]