Rediff.com » News
Pentagon can't confirm fate of IS leader
November 11, 2014
The US military can not confirm reports that the Islamic State group leader may have been struck in an airstrike, but a Pentagon official suggested today that lower-level figures may have been hit.
Speculation has swirled over the fate of jihadist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after local claims that he was killed or wounded in a strike by the US-led air armada targeting his group.