Iraq investigating reports IS chief wounded in raid

[WorldNews]

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Iraq's security services were attempting Monday to confirm reports that Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was wounded in an Iraqi strike on his convoy. Iraq's security forces said in a statement Sunday that Iraqi warplanes had struck Baghdadi's convoy as it was heading to an IS leadership meeting in Karabla, near the border with Syria. Security sources in Baghdad have in the past made similar claims that were never verified and pro-IS accounts on social media mocked Baghdad's latest announcement.

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