US-Occupied Base in Western Iraq Protecting Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi

Hassan Salem, the representative of al-Fatah coalition in the Iraqi parliament, was quoted by the Arabic-language al-Ma'aloumeh news website as saying on Monday that al-Baghdadi is being supported by the US forces in the Western desert of Iraq.

He added that Ein al-Assad base provides logistical support for al-Baghdadi, noting that he is freely trafficking between Iraq and Syria with their backing.

Salem also said that the US forces have trained and equipped over 3,000 ISIL terrorists in Wadi al-Houran region with the aim of fomenting insecurity and revival of the ISIL in Iraq and sent them to Nineveh, al-Anbar and Saladin provinces.

He added that the US support for al-Baghdadi and other terrorists in Iraq comes as the Iraqi parliament plans to approve a bill to expel all foreign forces from the country.

Media reports said on Sunday that al-Baghdadi had entered Western Iraq to reorganize the terrorist group there amid contradictory reports on his fate.

Al-Baghdadi, accompanied by a number of his senior commanders, arrived in al-Hasiniat region in Al-Anbar desert, the Arabic-language Baghdad al-Youm news website quoted an intel source as saying.

The source noted that al-Baghdadi was trying to reorganize the ISIL terrorist group by utilizing al-Anbar desert and turning it into ISIL's new base.

Meantime, strategic expert Hesham al-Hashemi told Baghdad al-Youm that al-Baghdadi is in a region in Raveh Island or West of al-Sarsar in al-Anbar province.

Source:FarsNews