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| Iraq IS: Military claims al-Baghdadi convoy hit | |
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| Iraq's air force has hit a convoy of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a military statement says. | |
| The fate of the IS leader was unknown, it said. The strike has not been independently confirmed. | The fate of the IS leader was unknown, it said. The strike has not been independently confirmed. |
| The attack is said to have happened in western Anbar province, near the Syrian border. | |
| There have previously been reports that the IS leader has been killed or seriously injured in attacks, but none was subsequently confirmed. | There have previously been reports that the IS leader has been killed or seriously injured in attacks, but none was subsequently confirmed. |
| The Iraqi air force "bombed the convoy of the terrorist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi while he was heading to Karabla to attend a meeting" with Daesh (IS) commanders", Sunday's statement said. | |
| "The location of the meeting was also bombed and many of the group's leaders were killed and wounded," it added. | |
| Low profile | |
| Rumours about Baghdadi's death surfaced earlier this year, after reports that he had been seriously wounded in an air strike in March by the US-led coalition that is opposing IS. | |
| Reports that he was injured in 2014 were inaccurate. | |
| Baghdadi has been careful to reveal little about himself and his whereabouts, and even his own fighters reportedly do not speak about seeing him face-to-face. | |
| In October 2011, the US officially designated Baghdadi as a "terrorist" and offered a $10m (£5.8m; 7.3m euros) reward for information leading to his capture or death. |