Neither family, friends nor the Islamic State group could identify him. He collected and posted propaganda leaflets, including one on July 27, 2014, that claimed the Islamic State leader was a descendent of the Prophet Mohammed's daughter. First the Islamic State group compiled lists of women accused of prostitution, he said, stoning or shooting around 500 in the initial months. His friend the ex-taxi driver told him about an airstrike that had just killed multiple high-level Islamic State commanders, destroying a giant weapons cache. He noted a flurry of security on days when the Islamic State leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, seemed to be in town.

Source: ABC News December 07, 2017 07:04 UTC