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Al-Baghdadi blows himself up in ISIS VA parking lot

By Duffel Blog Staff · Bureau · 1 minute

Filed 5 October 2022 · 1552

SYRIA — After being denied care for serious mental health issues at his local ISIS VA hospital, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi walked out to the parking lot and detonated an explosive vest.

“He was paranoid that armed men in black helicopters were coming to take him away,” said ISIS psychologist Dr. Ramul Omar. “Which in retrospect was absolutely true, and we made a huge mistake by not believing him.”

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