Posted on 09/07/2014 8:48:50 PM PDT by gandalftb
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has lost his aide after a strike on the ISIS-held city of Mosul, in northern Iraq, the Iraqi defense ministry said Thursday.
Another ISIS figure was also declared dead, the ministry added.
Baghdadi, who was a prominent figure in the Sunni extremist response to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the later Sunni insurgency, has declared himself the caliph of an Islamic State in the territories his organization has seized in Iraq and northeastern Syria.
He has been leader of ISIS since it was formed in 2013, and was previously the leader of ISIS’s predecessor, the Islamic State of Iraq.
(Excerpt) Read more at english.alarabiya.net ...
Since Thursday, there heave been growing rumors that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was also killed. The Pentagon initially denied it and now is saying that it is unconfirmed.
Kurdish and Iraqi intel claim that al-Baghdadi was injured in the airstrike and died while getting medical treatment in Syria.
An (unconfirmed) photo of the unconfirmed dead body of al-Baghdadi has been circulating the jihadist social media for the last 8 hours.
This could all be a hoax to give cover for al-Baghdadi to hide.
Here is the photo and story:
The DNC news media is just putting out these stories. I do not believe a word of it.
I wouldn’t offer the rumor if Kurdish and Iraqi sources weren’t being so strong in their claims. Jihadist sources are now claiming that he was injured but still alive.
We will know if this turd actually went to Hell when Obama starts taking credit for killing him.
There, is quite the entertaining comment section.
Mithrandir, this reminds me of all the #2 and #3 Al Queda leaders who supposedly were killed in Afghanistan over the years. A never ending string of second bananas.
Agreed, I recall one that we killed three times and he survived an autopsy.
There are new and credible claims that the photo is a fake, a photoshop of another dead jihadist named Sami Abdullahu.
Yup, the photo is a fake, here;s the original:
What ever Jihadist in the picture looks like he is in hell with his 72 virgin camels.
If this is true, Obama and his Black Muslim buds are our true enemies:
“Pentagon Spokesman Col. Steve Warren could not confirm the deaths and said ISIS leaders had not been targeted. But he added that if ISIS leaders were embedded “inside troop formations they are likely to be killed.”
Why in hell, would we not target the serial killer leaders of ISIS, unless Holder wants to try them in an American court for the rest of their lives. To provide an eternal $ flow for his lawyer buddies.
Oh my. They need some mods.
Hmmm...
Note that there is no advertisement on that website.
Makes you wonder who’s paying for it.
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