Yesterday, ISIS released an audio clip, purportedly from ISIS caliph al-Baghdadi himself:

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/12/27/isis-leader-taunts-us-saudi-led-coalition-in-latest-audio-message.html

Emphasis on the word *audio.* Al Baghdadi is dead. He has been dead for some time.

In fact, there never was an Al Baghdadi: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/world/africa/18iht-iraq.4.6718200.html?_r=4&

He was the co-invention of the Egyptian leader of Al Qaida in Mesopotamia, Abu Ayab al-Masri & infamous Pakistani Al Qaida leader and Bin Laden confidant, Ayman al-Zawahiri in an attempt to consolidate power over the various factions of Al Qaida in Iraq under the name *The Islamic State.* The first fake al Baghdadi, an actor by the name of Abu Abdullah al-Naima was killed in 2010. He was quickly replaced by a second fake al-Baghdadi shortly thereafter.

The only legitimate video footage that we have of him giving a speech, he is seen [wearing a rolex watch](http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02965/al-Baghdadi_watch__2965830c.jpg), suggestive of the fact that he is a paid actor, not a caliph.

The actor who played him, is likely dead. He and 3 major ISIS commanders/puppeteers were killed in an airstrike earlier this year launched by Iraqi forces, not the US: https://www.rt.com/news/318291-iraq-air-force-isis/ However, we were told that he was merely "injured" in this strike while the others died. He has not appeared in public since this attack.