As Jordan continues its bombing campaign against the Islamic State, the head of the country's air force says that the onslaught is making ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi "frightened."
"[ISIS leadership] always hide and they are always on the move but we have assets always in the air for an opportunity to target al-Baghdadi and his gang," Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Jabour told NBC News. If al-Baghdadi isn't scared, he added, then "let him show himself to us and he'll see what we can do against him."
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