"Iraqi forces reported that the head of the Islamic State of Iraq and the
Levant (ISIL) 'Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi' was killed in U.S airstrikes.
"Despite
that Iraqi and U.S sources confirmed the killing of Abu Bajr
al-Baghdadi, but the White House did not confirmed it yet", AFP
reported.
Three senior members of the Islamic State of Iraq and
al-Sham (ISIS) - including an aide to its leader - were killed in a U.S.
airstrike in Iraq, a senior Iraqi security official told NBC News
Thursday. The strike on the ISIS stronghold of Mosul killed Abu Hajar
Al-Sufi, an aide to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as well as an explosives
operative and the military leader of nearby Tel Afar, the source said on
condition of anonymity. Al Arabiya cited the Iraqi Defense Ministry
saying Baghdadi's aide had been killed.
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." The U.S. has been
carrying out airstrikes across the country's north after the brutal
terror group gained ground in a murderous sweep in June." Source:
abnaNote: Good riddance to trash.