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Islamic State leader raped American hostage, US finds
In this May 30, 2013, photo, Kayla Mueller is shown after speaking to a group in Prescott, Ariz. KEN DILANIAN ficials.
The parents of the late American hostage Kayla Mueller say they were told by American officials AP Intelligence Writer A U.S. official confirmed
that their daughter was repeatedly forced to have sex with Abu Bakr Baghdadi, the leader of the WASHINGTON (AP) — their account, first reported
Islamic State group. American hostage Kayla by London’s Independent
Mueller was repeatedly newspaper. The official was
(AP Photo/The Daily Courier, Jo. L. Keener ) forced to have sex with not authorized to be quot-
Abu Bakr Baghdadi, the ed by name and spoke on
leader of the Islamic State condition of anonymity.
group, U.S. intelligence offi- Abu Sayyaf was killed in a
cials told her family in June. Delta Force raid of his Syr-
The news is but the latest ian compound in June,
in a litany of horrors perpe- which resulted in a treasure
trated by the Islamic State trove of intelligence about
group, which has behead- the Islamic State group.
ed, burned and crucified Umm Sayyaf has been
male captives while pass- turned over to the Iraqi
ing around women as sex Kurds for trial.
slaves. The Muellers have been
Mueller was held for a time told she can be expected
by Islamic State financier to serve a long prison sen-
Abu Sayyaf and his wife, tence, said a family spokes-
known as Umm Sayyaf. Al- woman, Emily Lenzner.
Baghdadi took Mueller as Mueller was held with three
a “wife,” repeatedly rap- other women, all Yazidis,
ing her when he visited, the Muellers were told.
according to a Yazidi teen- All were sexually abused.
ager who was held with When al-Baghdadi visited,
Mueller and escaped in he would take Mueller to
October 2014. his room, the witness told
The 14-year-old made American officials. She
her way to Iraqi Kurdistan, would tell her fellow cap-
where she talked to U.S. tives — sometimes tearfully
commandos in November — what had happened.
2014. Intelligence agencies “Kayla tried to protect
corroborated her account these young girls,” her
and American officials mother said. “She was like
passed it on to her parents a mother figure to them.”
in June. When the teenaged Ya-
“They told us that he mar- zidi girl escaped with her
ried her, and we all under- sister, she asked Mueller to
stand what that means,” accompany her, the par-
Carl Mueller, Kayla’s father, ents were told, but Kayla
told The Associated Press refused, worrying that her
on Friday, which would obvious Western appear-
have been his daughter’s ance would lead to their
27th birthday. Her death capture.
was reported in February. By the time the Yadizi es-
Her mother, Marsha Muel- capee reported the situ-
ler, added, “Kayla did not ation to Delta Force com-
marry this man. He took her mandos in Iraq, Kayla had
to his room and he abused been moved, her parents
her and she came back were told.
crying.” U.S. intelligence officials
Umm Sayyaf confirmed found information on Sayy-
that al-Baghdadi had af’s computer indicating
“owned” Kayla during that Mueller, who spoke
Umm Sayyaf’s lengthy some Arabic, had been
American interrogation in searching for information
Iraq, the Muellers said they about fertility to help Umm
were told by American of- Sayyaf.q
