Iraq Used Telegram On Top Baghdadi Aide’s Phone to Capture ISIS Commanders

Iraq Used Telegram On Top Baghdadi Aide’s Phone to Capture ISIS Commanders
Four of ISIS most wanted; Essam Abdul Qader Al-Zawbai, Omar Shihab Al-Karbouli, Ismail Alwan Al-Eithawi, Mohamed Hussein Al-Gadeer, caught by Iraqi and U.S. coalition forces. Reuters TV
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BAGHDAD—Iraqi agents are holding a top aide to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and used an app on his mobile phone to lure four commanders from the group into a trap, a security advisor to the Iraqi government said on Thursday.

Ismail al-Eithawi, who also uses the alias Abu Zaid al-Iraqi, was captured in February in Turkey by Turkish authorities and handed over to Iraqi agents, Iraqi security advisor Hisham al-Hashimi told Reuters on Thursday.