Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made his first appearance on video when he gave a sermon in Mosul in July. BBC
Daily Mail: How coalition forces had the head of ISIS in their sights but missed him because of RED TAPE: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dodged airstrike thanks to bureaucracy bungle
* ISIS leader was attending nursery school in al-Qaim on Iraq-Syria border
* He was meeting with senior aides and dozens of men pledging allegiance
* Elite Iraqi intelligence unit 'Falcons cell' ordered Iraqi air force to strike
* But defence ministry didn't act after Falcons didn't reveal target's identity
* Office of Prime Minister then became involved - but not for another hour
* But by then Baghdadi had left meeting and Iraqi jets hit moving convoy
* Didn't know which vehicle contained Baghdadi, who escaped with injuries
The world’s most wanted man avoided a deadly airstrike in Iraq thanks to a bureaucratic dispute, it was claimed today.
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was attending a nursery school in al-Qaim on the Iraq-Syria border, with senior aides and dozens of men set to pledge allegiance to him.
An elite Iraqi intelligence unit known as the ‘Falcons cell’ were aware of this thanks to their sources, and the Iraqi air force were ordered to strike the school – but the defence ministry did nothing.
Update: Al Baghdadi dodged 2014 air strike in Iraq -- Gulf News
WNU Editor: They may have missed .... but he will be killed one day .... that is something that I have no doubt about.
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