Iraqi media reported ISIS leader al-Baghdadi was hit in an airstrike today in western Iraq. The media said it was unclear if the ISIS leader was killed in the strike.
The Iran-Iraq-Russian alliance is taking credit for the strike.
HUGE! Tribe loyal to Iraqi gov claims ISIS leader Baghdadi is dead! Airstrike in result of Iraq-Iran-Russia coop pic.twitter.com/hpDU9HYqZw
— Fer G (@FGunay1) October 11, 2015
The Daily Mail reported:
Iraq’s Air Force claim to have hit a military convoy carrying the leader of Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Iraq.
A military statement claimed the strike had taken place in the Iraqi province of Anbar but admitted it was unclear if al-Baghdadi had been killed.
It is thought Iraqi jets targeted the convoy as it was travelling for a meeting close to the Syrian border in Western Anbar today.
The location of the meeting was also targeted by the Iraqi Air Force, who claimed ‘many of the group’s leaders were killed and wounded’.
‘Iraqi air forces have bombed the convoy of the terrorist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi while he was heading to Karabla to attend a meeting with Daesh commanders’, the statement read.
‘The location of the meeting was also bombed and many of the group’s leaders were killed and wounded.
This photo was posted on Arab-leaks this morning.
الإعلام العراقي الرسمي ينشر صورة وينسبها الى أبو بكر البغدادي بعد استهداف موكبه غرب محافظة الانبار pic.twitter.com/cIOzulUGed
— ويكليكس | Arab-Leaks (@WikLaeks) October 11, 2015
Translation: The official Iraqi media published a picture and attributed to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after targeting his motorcade western Anbar province.
** Apparently this was an
@WikLaeks
لا ياشيخ والله فرحت من شفت التغريده
هذي صوره قديمه — شايب في العشرينات (@Iraq_55) October 11, 2015 “>old photo
#Iraq| Baghdadi strike| 6. Iraq airstrikes also targeted & killed I.S commanders in Karabla – 5km from Syria border. pic.twitter.com/fDR23tsqrR
— Mikey Kay (@MikeyKayNYC) October 11, 2015