Islamic State Leader Was Not Killed By An Iraqi Air-Strike As Earlier Reported

Reuters: Islamic State leader probably not in targeted convoy: Iraqi security officials

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was probably not in a convoy hit by air strikes near the Syrian border on Sunday, senior Iraqi security officials said on Monday.

Iraq's military had said that the reclusive Baghdadi was taken away in a car after the assault on his entourage in a town near the Syrian border.

But one of the senior security officials said preliminary information now indicated the convoy actually carried lower ranking Islamic State figures, led by Abu Saad al-Karbouli, a senior local Islamic State policeman.

WNU Editor: He may not have been in the convoy, but it looks like they got some of his top lieutenants .... Senior ISIS figures killed in Iraq airstrike (The Hill).

Update: Maybe he was seriously injured .... Confirmed:ISIL Leader Al-Baghdadi Injured, Guarded at Hospital by Militants (Sputnik).