Fears Isis war chest could spark attacks
BY CHRIS HUGHES ISIS commanders have secretly stashed a war chest of “millions of pounds”, prompting fears of a fresh wave of global attacks – including in Britain.
Desperate Isis chiefs hid the cash as they faced a Western-led military onslaught in Iraq and Syria.
A UN report reveals how Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s commanders ordered the treasure to be hidden as they were under seige.
Much of it was buried and hidden in the desert, some was smuggled into Turkey and secreted in vaults and some was pumped into “businesses”.
As many as 18,000 diehard Isis fighters are thought still to be in the Syria region, despite US president Donald Trump’s claims the terror group has been beaten. MIRACLE Hanna with tiny son George