ISIS suicide bomb plotter insists 'I am no butcher, it was jihad'

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ISIS jihadi named Abu Abdullah organised deadly bombings in Baghdad
He built and fitted suicide belts for so many attacks that he lost count
Extremist was caught by the Iraqi regime last year and is now an informant
But he remains unrepentant, speaking of atrocities with a chilling calm

Published: 10:38 EST, 16 July 2015 | Updated: 12:29 EST, 16 July 2015

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A explosives expert who killed hundreds of people on behalf of the the Islamic State terror group in Iraq has refused to apologise for his crimes, saying: 'I am no butcher...it was jihad'.

Speaking from a high security prison in the capital Baghdad where he is held, the terrorist named Abu Abdullah described in detail how he would order ISIS fighters to carry out suicide bombings.

The Islamic extremist, who is in his late 30s, speaks about the atrocities with a chilling calm that prison guards say proves he is a 'level-headed fanatic' - precise and methodical in his organisation of scores of atrocities carried out while he was serving as ISIS' head of suicide attacks planning.

Deadly: Speaking from a high security prison in Baghdad where he is held, the terrorist named Abu Abdullah described in detail how he would order ISIS fighters to carry out suicide bombings in the Iraqi capital (pictured)

Abu Abdullah is now understood to be cooperating with the Iraqi regime to reveal the inner workings of the bloodthirsty terror group led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

But although he is now a reluctant part of efforts to degrade and eventually destroy ISIS, he remains unrepentant about his past life organising attacks on police officers, soldiers and Shia mosques.

'I didn't do it because I am bloodthirsty. It was jihad. I thought, at some point these Shiites would convert or leave the city. I'm not a butcher. I was carrying out a plan,' he told Germany's Spiegel.

Speaking of his role, Abu Abdullah said: 'I was only responsible for the last part of the operation, and that meant preparing the men in my workshop and then bringing them to the right location.'

'I received the person's measurements in advance from the leadership in order to be able to make a well-fitting belt. But I always had belts in different sizes prepared.'

The ISIS militant revealed that he had lost count of the number of mass murders he'd helped to plan during the 18 months he served as ISIS' head of suicide attacks, but boasted of developing a range of techniques as he experimented to maximise his explosive belts' power and capacity to kill.

Destruction: The Islamic extremist, who is in his late 30s, speaks about the atrocities with a chilling calm that prison guards say proves he is a 'level-headed fanatic' - precise and methodical in his organisation of scores of atrocities carried out while he was serving as ISIS' head of suicide attacks planning

Abu Abdullah said the majority of the suicide bombers he assisted were of Arab origin and came from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Algeria.

He said there were two Westerners among the killers, one of them an Australian and the other a 21-year-old German named Ahmet who called himself Abu al-Qaqa al-Almani after joining ISIS.

The captive jihadi claimed that all of the suicide bombers he encountered were happy about being chosen to kill, with many of them remarkably calm and even joking in the hours before their mission.

The terrorist was captured last July following an lengthy intelligence operation by Iraqi officials.

Eventually they traced the string of suicide bombers who carried out missions in Baghdad to a run down car garage in the Iraqi capital.

Despite appearances the building was in fact Abu Abdullah's bomb factory, where he would build and fit suicide belts as well as plot the final stages of terror attacks in the city.

The jihadi even had his own explosives prepared in case security officials stormed the property but on the day that eventually happened he was overpowered before getting the chance to detonate.

Stronghold: As well as carrying out suicide bombings in regime controlled Baghdad, the terror group still have full control over the northern Iraq city of Mosul (pictured)

The news comes as a Jordanian government official and the state news agency Petra revealed that Iraq has closed the only border crossing between the two countries.

Much of the area between the Trebil crossing and the Iraqi capital of Baghdad is controlled by Islamic State militants, and travel there is dangerous.

A prolonged border closure would mean a further blow to the Jordanian economy because it cuts off another export route.

In the spring, Jordan closed its trade crossing with Syria after Islamic militants seized it.

Petra today said that Jordanian drivers are being urged not to head to the Iraqi border.

A Jordanian official confirmed the report. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss closure details with the media.