The Islamic State group leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been critically wounded in an air strike, according to news filtering out from Iraqi officials.
Though the US Pentagon officials said they had no immediate information on such a strike or of al-Baghdadi being wounded. Iraq’s Defence and Interior Ministries issued statements saying al-Baghdadi had been wounded, without giving further detail.
An Interior Ministry intelligence official said al-Baghdadi was hit during a meeting yesterday with militants in the town of Qaim in Iraq’s western Anbar province.
The official, citing informants within the militant group, said the strikes wounded al-Baghdadi. A senior Iraqi military official also said he learned in operational meetings that al-Baghdadi had been wounded.
Read More; http://metro.co.uk/2014/11/10/isis-leader-injured-in-airstrike-during-meeting-in-iraq-4942126/
Though the US Pentagon officials said they had no immediate information on such a strike or of al-Baghdadi being wounded. Iraq’s Defence and Interior Ministries issued statements saying al-Baghdadi had been wounded, without giving further detail.
An Interior Ministry intelligence official said al-Baghdadi was hit during a meeting yesterday with militants in the town of Qaim in Iraq’s western Anbar province.
The official, citing informants within the militant group, said the strikes wounded al-Baghdadi. A senior Iraqi military official also said he learned in operational meetings that al-Baghdadi had been wounded.
Read More; http://metro.co.uk/2014/11/10/isis-leader-injured-in-airstrike-during-meeting-in-iraq-4942126/
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