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Iraqi Isis Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 'Severely Injured and Flees to Syria'
International Business Times ^ | 07/05/2014 | Vasudevan Sridharan

Posted on 07/05/2014 6:17:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Sunni militant outfit Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis), is said to have been severely injured in the raging battle forcing him to flee to neighbouring Syria.

According to a report in the Iraqi news network Al Sumaria, the insurgent leader was injured during a raid led by Iraq's Shiite-led security forces in the west of Anbar.

"The Iraqi security forces carried out an operation in the city of Qaim on the border with Syria based on accurate intelligence and with the help of the Air Force where the leader of ISIL, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was seriously injured," said Haidar al-Shara, a representative of the international parliament in Iraq.

However, the report has so far not been independently verified. If confirmed, it will be a severe blow to the militant group which has been marching on several Iraqi cities.

The Iraqi official said: "After being hit, al-Baghdadi, with a range of elements of his organisation fled into Syrian territory because of its proximity to Qaim," adding: "al-Baghdadi might be killed as a result of the severity of his injuries."

(Excerpt) Read more at ibtimes.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: albaghdadi; alqaeda; baghdadi; caliphate; iran; iraq; isis; jordan; kurdistan; lebanon; russia; syria; turkey; vasudevansridharan
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1 posted on 07/05/2014 6:17:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Ok. Who’s next to step up to the Caliphate plate?


2 posted on 07/05/2014 6:18:47 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: SeekAndFind

Sad....;-)


3 posted on 07/05/2014 6:20:38 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Good news—if its true. In war the truth is many times a victim.


4 posted on 07/05/2014 6:21:09 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade
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To: SeekAndFind

always a good strategy - take out the leaders first

often snipers are given the assignment


5 posted on 07/05/2014 6:22:28 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Caliphs aren’t bulletproof?


6 posted on 07/05/2014 6:23:10 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To: SeekAndFind

One can only hope Allah takes him slowly and painfully.


7 posted on 07/05/2014 6:25:25 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: SeekAndFind

He should change his name. In-thebagdaddy.


8 posted on 07/05/2014 6:26:49 AM PDT by outofsalt
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To: Georgia Girl 2

but takes him nonetheless


9 posted on 07/05/2014 6:29:15 AM PDT by shalom aleichem
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To: SeekAndFind
Wait' I though allah (piss be upon him) was on their side and ISIS was going to march across the ME and set up the Caliphate from Arabia to Turkey ...

Then replace Big Bens numbers with arabic numbers and make infidels ride mules and wear red scarves ...

Guess life's a bitch...and then he hopefully dies

10 posted on 07/05/2014 6:32:56 AM PDT by Popman ("Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God" - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: SeekAndFind

Why didn’t he stay and fight...Allah willing...ISIS would have won....uhm....maybe they aren’t the chosen ones....now where is the Oracle and Neo?


11 posted on 07/05/2014 6:33:01 AM PDT by BCW (Amazon Books: "Babylon's Covert War" - the Iraq conflict explained in detail - by JH White)
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To: SeekAndFind

Isn’t the Mahdi supposed to recover from some near death injury? Sounds like he is setting himself up for messiah status.


12 posted on 07/05/2014 6:33:09 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (If you want to keep your dignity, you can keep it. Period........ Just kidding, you can't keep it.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

If true...


13 posted on 07/05/2014 6:34:09 AM PDT by Doofer
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To: outofsalt
In-thebagdaddy too funny
14 posted on 07/05/2014 6:37:24 AM PDT by SisterK (behold a pale horse)
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To: SeekAndFind

Many of these Sunni jihadists are from Chechnya.They are the same jihadists who are causing mayhem in southern Russia. The Russians hope to slaughter as many as possible while they are overextended in Iraq. Hence the logistical and leadership support for Iraq and the common cause with Iran in Syria.


15 posted on 07/05/2014 6:40:11 AM PDT by allendale
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To: SeekAndFind

Bagdhadi is dead and GM is alive; what difference does it make?


16 posted on 07/05/2014 6:41:16 AM PDT by gusopol3
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That was the strategy we had in Iraq also wasn’t it? Killing field for terrorists who flocked there?


17 posted on 07/05/2014 6:42:34 AM PDT by gusopol3
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To: SeekAndFind

Tweets with photos today show him preaching in Mosul, allegedly. Hard to say when.


18 posted on 07/05/2014 6:43:35 AM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Suffer....just suffer....


19 posted on 07/05/2014 6:50:34 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Not a very impressive showing as the Mahdi...0 & 1 and done. So much for: “See you in New York”.

The infamy surrounding his guy was part of their marketing ploy...so it’s certainly a setback.


20 posted on 07/05/2014 6:52:10 AM PDT by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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