US General: Baghdadi very scared running for his life somewhere Euphrates
As US-backed fighters in Syria continue to box the
remnants of Daesh into a smaller and smaller corner of Syria, the American
general preparing to take commend of the region says the end is near for the
2,000 or so remaining fighters, the Washington Examiner reported.
At a Senate Hearing, Lt. Gen. Frank McKenzie,
President Trump’s nominee to head the US Central Command, warned once Daesh no
longer holds any territory in Syria, it will simply go underground and fight on
as an insurgency, as it has in neighboring Iraq.
The US military estimates there are approximately
2,000 Daesh fighters left operating in less than 1 percent of the territory
they once held.
One goal that has so far eluded the US is the
capture or killing of notorious Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, whose death
has been rumored several times but never confirmed.
"I think he's a very scared man running for his
life somewhere in the desert near the Euphrates river," McKenzie said,
while downplaying the importance of eliminating him.
