Is ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dead?

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Noah Rothman

November 9, 2014

 

When coalition forces became aware of a gathering of ISIS leaders near the Iraqi border town of al-Qaim, they acted quickly. Intelligence identified a house where senior Islamic State leadership was meeting, possibly including ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Within minutes, that house and a 10 vehicle armored convoy was destroyed, according to witnesses. News quickly began circulating that ISIS’s spiritual and political leader had been seriously injured, or worse.

 

American commanders, however, could not confirm al-Baghadadi’s condition or even if he had been present in the targeted building.

 

“We cannot confirm if ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was among those present,” read a statement released on Saturday by Central Command. “This strike demonstrates the pressure we continue to place on the ISIL terrorist network and the group’s increasingly limited freedom to maneuver, communicate and command.”

 

According to al-Arabiya, al-Baghdadi’s injuries may be significant:

 

 

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.

 

Karbuli said chaos ensued the air raid with ISIS members scrambling to transport their wounded to al-Qaim hospital which was overwhelmed with the number of patients.

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The witnesses said ISIS fighters had cleared a hospital so that their wounded could be treated. ISIS fighters used loudspeakers to urge residents to donate blood, the witnesses said.

 

 

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So in this day and age they think they can call a meeting in one central spot and all drive in a convoy to get there?