Wounded? Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader the so-called Islamic State, is said to be among those targeted American war planes have reportedly launched a strike on a gathering of ISIS leaders, critically wounding their leader. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was hurt in the strikes today, according to local witnesses and government sources. Two witnesses confirmed that bombs had fallen on the town of al-Qaim, next to the Syrian border. Local government sources described how an aircraft had swooped over a meeting of senior ISIS figures and dropped its payload, killing more than a dozen people. Another witness said that eight people had died when a bomb struck a market.
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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi said to be among several hurt or killed ISIS leaders
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Fighters struck town of al-Qaim on Iraq-Syria border, witnesses said
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They say jihadis emptied hospital and demanded blood donors for wounded
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U.S. security sources would not confirm or deny al-Baghdadi was targeted
Prisoner: al-Baghdadi, shown before his rise to power, was held as a prisoner by the U.S. during the occupation of @placeholder