Friday, June 10, 2016

Report: Islamic State Leader Wounded In Air Strike

A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has made what would be his first public appearance at a mosque in the centre of Iraq's second city, Mosul, according to a video recording posted on the Internet on July 5, 2014, in Mosul. REUTERS/SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE VIA REUTERS TV

Reuters: U.S., Iraqi officials can't confirm report Islamic State leader Baghdadi wounded

U.S. and Iraqi officials fighting Islamic State said on Friday they could not confirm a report by an Iraqi TV channel that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been wounded in an air strike in northern Iraq.

A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition fighting the radical Islamist militants, Colonel Chris Garver, said in an email that he had seen the reports but had "nothing to confirm this at this time".

Kurdish and Arab security officials in northern Iraq said they also could not confirm the report.

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WNU Editor: It is not a first time that reports that he has been wounded have been made .... nor do I expect it to be the last.

More News On The Report That The Islamic State Leader Was Wounded In An Air Strike

ISIS Leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi Reportedly ‘Injured In Airstrike’ -- IBTimes
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ‘wounded in air strike’ -- Express
US-led coalition can't confirm report of Baghdadi injury -- NRT
US Officials Can’t Confirm Report ISIL Leader Baghdadi Wounded -- Al-Manar
Daesh Leader Baghdadi Reportedly Injured in Coalition Airstrike -- Sputnik

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