The Emirati website 24.ae published an article stating that several social networking websites have recently circulated the copies of documents allegedly affiliated with Abou Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the militant Islamic State.
Some social media accounts tied to the IS claimed that the documents are "official" revealing personal information about Baghdadi's early life, the Emirati website said. The Iraqi goverment did not pass any comments on the reliability of those documents. However, according to the website, the documents match authentic CIA records.
Birth certificate of the leader of IS.
According to the birth certificate dating back to 1971, the real name of Baghdadi is Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim and was born in Samarra city, Iraq.
Identity card of IS leader
Another document shows that Baghdadi failed to graduate on time as he stayed in high school untill the age of 20.
School certificate lists IS leader's grades of different subjects in twelfth grade in 1991.
The website published a certificate that unveils that Baghdadi managed to graduate only after was granted the required number of grade points under the pretext of being a martyr's brother.
Graduation certificate showing IS leader's final year in high school was 1991 accomapined with a question "Did you fail to pass high school exit examination before?", and that was answered with "yes". At the bottom of the certificate, it is mentioned that the reason of acquiring additional grade points to graduate is: "brother of martyr."
Baghdadi, who is well-known as the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, has appointed himself as the caliph of Muslims in 2014. IS has put its hands on a number of areas in Iraq, Syria, and Libya. United States of America has put up US$10 million reward for information leading to the capture of Baghdadi.
IS leader in his young age picture.
