Baghdadi was great, he was children's ideal father, says Islamic State leader's ex-wife

April 01, 2016 09:58

Speaking for the first time since her release from a Lebanese prison last year, Saja al-Dulaimi who was married to the most wanted man in the world- Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Islamic State has revealed she fears for the daughters she bore with him.

Speaking to CNN Swedish affiliate Expressen TV, Dulaimi claimed that Baghdadi was not a bloodthirsty terrorist back then and that he a university lecturer and a family man.

"He was great. He was the children's ideal father. The way he was with children ... he was a teacher -- you know how teachers are. He knew how to deal with children, better than how to deal with the mother," she said.

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