IS leader�s convoy hit, says Iraq

Iraq’s air force has hit a convoy of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a military statement says, reports BBC. The fate of the IS leader was unknown, it said. Hospital sources told Reuters news agency that several IS figures were among the casualties but there was no sign of Baghdadi. There have previously been reports that the IS leader has been killed or seriously injured in attacks, but none was subsequently confirmed. The BBC’s Jim Muir says military statements from the Iraqi authorities on the results of actions against jihadi or insurgent leaders have been unreliable in the past, and are treated with some caution. The attack is said to have happened in western Anbar province, near the Syrian border. The Iraqi air force “bombed the convoy of the terrorist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi while he was heading to Karabla to attend a meeting” with Daesh (IS) commanders”, Sunday’s statement from an interior ministry intelligence unit said. Baghdadi was “transported in a vehicle” after the air strike but “his health status is unknown,” the statement said. “The location of the meeting was also bombed and many of the group’s leaders were killed and wounded.”

 

IS leader�s convoy hit, says Iraq

Iraqs air force has hit a convoy of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a military statement says, reports BBC. The fate of the IS leader was unknown, it said. Hospital sources told Reuters news agency that several IS figures were among the casualties but there was no sign of Baghdadi. There have previously been reports that the IS leader has been killed or seriously injured in attacks, but none was subsequently confirmed. The BBCs Jim Muir says military statements from the Iraqi authorities on the results of actions against jihadi or insurgent leaders have been unreliable in the past, and are treated with some caution. The attack is said to have happened in western Anbar province, near the Syrian border. The Iraqi air force bombed the convoy of the terrorist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi while he was heading to Karabla to attend a meeting with Daesh (IS) commanders, Sundays statement from an interior ministry intelligence unit said. Baghdadi was transported in a vehicle after the air strike but his health status is unknown, the statement said. The location of the meeting was also bombed and many of the groups leaders were killed and wounded.