Declaring himself “calif” or leader of all Muslims July 1, 2014, 42-year-old Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi reportedly raped Prescott, Ariz.-born U.S. hostage 25-year-old relief worker Kayla Mueller. Given to al-Baghdadi as his personal slave by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s Tunisian oil minister Abu Sayyaf, Kayla became al-Baghdadi’s sex slave. “Baghdadi was at the house of Sayyaf. He delivered Kayla Mueller, live and in-person,” an unnamed counter-terrorism official told ABC News. Led by Saddam Hussein’s former red-haired general Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, ISIS seized 30% of Iraq and Syria in 2014, exposing al-Baghdadi’s mission: Reinstating Saddam’s old Baathist rule. Reports of ISIS spiritual leader raping Mueller should surprise no one, exposing the criminal nature of the ISIS regime. New information about Mueller proves she was al-Baghdadi’s sex slave.
Prior correspondence by Kayla while in ISIS custody indicated she was unharmed and treated well. Mueller wrote a letter to her parents saying she was “completely unharmed and in good health [put on weight in fact]; I have been treated w/ the utmost respect and kindness,” showing pernicious ISIS propaganda. While ISIS insisted Mueller was killed by Jordanian air strike in February, new Pentagon debriefings say otherwise. “We were told that Kayla was tortured, that she was the property of al-Baghdadi. We were told that in June by the government,” said Kayla’s parents, Carl and Marsha Mueller. Delta Force raided Abu Sayyaf’s compound May 16 hoping to rescue Kayla and other hostages. Instead, Special Forces killed Abu Sayyaf and took his wife, Umm, into custody. Interrogation of Sayyaf’s wife and Yazidi hostages confirmed al-Baghadi’s role in rape and torture.
Newly released documents by Special Forces indicate al-Baghdadi routinely used Kayala as a sex slave, attesting to the motives of ISIS recruits, promised cash, sex slaves, guns and power for joining ISIS. Delta Force interrogators debriefed Abu Sayyaf’s wife, confirming her home was used by al-Baghdadi as his personal harem. U.S. officials can’t say how Kayla died, doubting ISIS’s account of a Jordanian air-strike. Circumstance of Kayla’s death remain unclear, despite knowing she was killed in ISIS custody. Initial reports of Kayla marrying al-Baghdadi voluntarily look fraudulent. Delta Force debriefings of Sayyaf’s wife, Umm, and other former Yazdi hostages confirm al-Baghdadi used Sayyaf’s compound as his personal harem. Yazid teens provided Delta Force officials with invaluable intel about what really happened in al-Sayaf’s compound in the ISIS controlled Syrian town of Ibril.
News of al-Baghdadi raping Kayla Mueller sent chills inside the White House whose passive ISIS policy allowed the group to grab, hold territory and engage in its criminal operations. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush forcefully defended his brother at the Iowa State Fair Aug. 14, former President George W. Bush’s, Iraq War policies, blaming Obama for the rise of ISIS. Despite appearing even-keeled, Jeb proved he’s good propagandist, blaming Obama rather than acknowledging “W” signed the war’s end date in 2008 with former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Al-Maliki essentially booted out U.S. forces Dec. 15, 2011, refusing to give the Pentagon the necessary immunity agreement to continue deploying U.S. combat troops. News of al-Baghdadi’s egregious criminal actions, repeatedly sexually assaulting Kayla and others, raises pressing issues on the 2016 campaign trail.
Confirming that ISIS “calif” raped an American citizen raises the stakes in the ongoing debate of whether or not the U.S. should put boots on the ground in Iraq and Syria. Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told a crowd at the Iowa State Fair today that dealing with ISIS was the Iraqi’s problem. Echoing the White House position, Hillary’s at odds with Jeb and several other Republican candidates led by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who want to put U.S. combat forces back in Iraq. Reports of Al-Baghdadi’s repeated sexual assault discredits his claims as the Muslim faith’s supreme calif. Delta Force interrogators indicated that Abu Sayyaf’s wife, Umm Sayyaf, confirmed that al-Baghdadi “owned,” Kayla, meaning she was his slave to do whatever he wished. Knowing the abuse and eventual murder of a U.S. hostage embarrasses the White House.
Al-Baghdadi’s egregious sexual assault against American hostage Kayla Mueller exposes the true nature of ISIS: A criminal gang. Pretending to represent Islam, Saddam’s former Baathists, running ISIS military operations, promise young recruits unbridled power and sex, to otherwise disenfranchised men and women. Al-Baghdadi’s sexual assault of Mueller reveals the exact reason why the U.S. must take a more active role in eliminating ISIS. Obama’s air campaign against ISIS doesn’t do enough to stop ISIS’s siege of Iraqi and Syrian cities and towns. After debriefing Abu Sayyaf’s wife, Umm, Delta Force officials turned her over to Kurdish authorities in Irbil, not sending her to the U.S. for further debriefing and prosecution. Whatever the failing of Obama administration to rescue Kayla, news of al-Baghdadi’s repeated sexual assaults is a game-changer.
