Iraqi air force hits convoy of Islamic State leader Baghdadi
Source: Reuters
The Iraqi air force struck a convoy of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in western Anbar province close to the Syrian border on Sunday, a military statement said.
The fate of the militant leader, who has declared himself the leader of a caliphate in areas his ultrahardline Sunni group controls in Iraq and Syria, is unknown, the military said.
"Iraqi air forces have bombed the convoy of the terrorist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi while he was heading to Karabla to attend a meeting with Daesh commanders," the statement read, using the Arabic acronym for Islamic State.
The military said the air force bombed a location where Baghdadi was planning to meet Islamic States commanders. "The location of the meeting was also bombed and many of the group's leaders were killed and wounded. Fate of murderer al-Baghdadi is unknown and he was carried away by a vehicle. His health condition is still unclear," the military said.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/11/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-baghdadi-idUSKCN0S50KI20151011
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(61,899 posts)Source: The Guardian and agencies
Groups leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi not among the victims, hospital sources
say, after military claimed to have hit Baghdadis convoy
Agencies
Sunday 11 October 2015 15.58 BST
Senior commanders of Islamic State were killed in an Iraqi airstrike near the countrys border with Syria but the groups leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was not among them, hospital sources and residents have told the Reuters news agency.
The Iraqi military claimed in a statement earlier that the raid had hit Baghdadis convoy as it travelled to a meeting in Karabla, a town in the western province of Anbar.
The whereabouts of Baghdadi, who has declared himself the leader of an Isis-controlled caliphate in Iraq and Syria, have been unknown for long periods.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/11/islamic-state-leader-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-hit-in-strike-iraq-military-claims
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