The Anti Media 16-08-29 Original post Cached copy ISIS Leader Was in US Custody When He Likely Created the Terror Group The Anti Media - 2016-08-29 - Original post - Cached copy (ANTIMEDIA) For some time now, there have been reports that in 2004, current ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi spent time as a prisoner of the American occupation in Iraq before heading out into the world to form ISIS.