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The Mad-Max-style tunnelling machines ISIS use to help squirrel their cowardly leaders out of war-torn Mosul

Iraqi forces hoped to 'pick off' fleeing jihadi warlords as they are funnelled into kill zone but now it's suspected they could be escaping under their noses

BIZARRE tunnelling machines are being found in Mosul as anti-ISIS forces move to expel the death cult and capture its crazed leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Mad Max style boring machines are being discovered as Iraqi forces have entered the Iraqi town for the first time in more than two years and are battling jihadist in fierce fighting.

 Like something out of Mad Max, this mean machine can carve out huge tunnels
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Like something out of Mad Max, this mean machine can carve out huge tunnels
 The discovery of the tunnel drills could signal widespread underground networks
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The discovery of the tunnel drills could signal widespread underground networks
 An ISIS tunnel in Mosul may be part of a massive maze of underground routes
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An ISIS tunnel in Mosul may be part of a massive maze of underground routesCredit: Twitter
 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is on the run
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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is on the runCredit: AP:Associated Press

Among those they hope to snare and kill is ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi who is trapped in Mosul and looking for a way out.

The second most wanted man in the world has a $10million bounty on his head and he’s the number one target for those fighting to recapture Mosul.

But after the tunnelling machines have been found hidden among homes, fears are growing that the ISIS leader and his cronies may slip away in a secret labyrinth of tunnels.

The deluded al-Baghdadi  issued desperate rallying call today  to his warped followers — telling them they will WIN the battle of Mosul.

His desperation has been likened to Adolf Hitler in his final days of World War 2 in a bunker under Berlin as the Soviet Union closed in.

In his first message for over a year, the self-declared ‘caliph’ told jihadists to make infidels’ blood “flow like rivers”.

 Smaller tunnelling machines have also been found
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Smaller tunnelling machines have also been foundCredit: Getty Images
 A screen grab from an ISIS propaganda video showing the so called Cubs of Caliphate who are being used as canon fodder
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A screen grab from an ISIS propaganda video showing the so called Cubs of Caliphate who are being used as canon fodderCredit: Memri TV

The despicable terror chief is so low on troops he is sending the so-called “Cubs of Caliphate” into battle.

Human rights organisations say hundreds of brainwashed schoolboy soldiers have been killed as the terror nutjobs try to keep hold of its key bastion in Iraq.

Terrified al-Baghdadi is thought to still be in Mosul, Iraq's second city, after fleeing ISIS 'capital' Raqqa over the border in Syria to avoid allied bombings.

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 A boy looks on as fire fighters try to extinguish the fire at oil wells, were set on fire by ISIS as they fled Iraqi government forces
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A boy looks on as fire fighters try to extinguish the fire at oil wells, were set on fire by ISIS as they fled Iraqi government forcesCredit: Getty Images

It is unclear whether the fanatical leader will stand and fight with his comrades or wiggle free from the noose and flee through tunnels.

Meanwhile his fleeing extremist army have set fire to dozens of oil wells on the outskirts of the city.

Dramatic photographs show 30ft-high fireballs rising into the air as thick black smoke fills the sky.


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