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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Sat Nov 8, 2014, 10:25 PM Nov 2014

ISIS chief ‘critically wounded’ in air raid: reports

Source: Al Arabiya

The leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was “critically wounded” when a U.S.-led air strike targeted the western Iraqi border town of al-Qaim, tribal sources told Al Arabiya News Channel on Saturday.

U.S. Central Command confirmed in a statement that U.S.-led air strikes targeted ISIS leaders near their northern Iraqi hub of Mosul late Friday, without confirming whether Baghdadi was killed, AFP reported.

“This strike demonstrates the pressure we continue to place on the ISIL [ISIS] terrorist network and the group's increasingly limited freedom to maneuver, communicate and command," US Central Command said.

Anbar province MP Mohammad al-Karbuli told Al Arabiya News Channel that coalition aircraft had targeted a gathering of ISIS leaders in al-Qaim that led to the killing of tens of people and wounded.

Read more: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/11/08/Reports-ISIS-leader-critically-wounded-in-air-strike.html

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ISIS chief ‘critically wounded’ in air raid: reports (Original Post) n2doc Nov 2014 OP
Excellent! I hope this is true rollin74 Nov 2014 #1
Yep. 840high Nov 2014 #3
I would say ISIS has sprung a leak n/t Strelnikov_ Nov 2014 #2
I hope that guy in the videos decapitating Americans gets a explosive enema. Archae Nov 2014 #4
No, that doesn't take much time. demosincebirth Nov 2014 #7
K&R DeSwiss Nov 2014 #5
He was critically wounded once before ....... kwassa Nov 2014 #6
Really? SkyDaddy7 Nov 2014 #10
Congrats to all involved flamingdem Nov 2014 #8
Gee, ISIS and Ebola Hysteria Fears Have Quieted Down bucolic_frolic Nov 2014 #9
EXACTLY!!!!!! SkyDaddy7 Nov 2014 #11

SkyDaddy7

(6,045 posts)
10. Really?
Sun Nov 9, 2014, 06:56 AM
Nov 2014

I try to follow this as close as possible & I have read nothing about prior attempts on his life via airstrikes or any other attacks...Got a link?

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