Russia's military says may have killed Islamic State leader al-Baghdadi: agencies

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Russia's military says may have killed Islamic State leader al-Baghdadi: agencies

 

 

FILE PHOTO: A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi making what would have been his first public appearance, at a mosque in the centre of Iraq's second city, Mosul, according to a video recording posted on the Internet on July 5, 2014, in this still image taken from video. REUTERS/Social Media Website via Reuters TV/File Photo

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday it was checking information that a Russian air strike near the Syrian city of Raqqa may have killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in late May, Russian news agencies reported.

 

The air strike, targeted a meeting of IS leaders and was carried out on May 28, the agencies cited the ministry as saying.

 

"According to the information which is now being checked via various channels, Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was eliminated by the air strike, was also present at the meeting," RIA news agency quoted the ministry as saying.

 

(Reporting by Polina Devitt; Writing by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Christian Lowe)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-06-16

[Gene1960]

Another Covfefe from Sputnik

[JHolmesJr]

if this is true it needs to be celebrated.

[YetAnother]

'who was eliminated'

Sounds so much nicer than ' killed'

[YetAnother]

1 hour ago, JHolmesJr said:

if this is true it needs to be celebrated.

Agreed unless his place is taken by someone even more evil

[AGareth2]

hiding in the desert

a man of conviction

obviously doesn't believe in paradise

[Penicillin]

21 hours ago, JHolmesJr said:

if this is true it needs to be celebrated.

I agree.  I'm cracking open a ice cold beer Lao right now. 

Im buying ?  

[Foozool]

Was it part of secret information Trump gave Russians while ago. ?

Russians are not sure, because they got information from Trump. They don't know if it was really Al-Baghdadi or just got fooled by their old friend, Trump. ???

 

Edited June 17, 2017 by Foozool

[nasanews]

If it is true it is a relief for people and a disappointment for ISIS recruits, he must be dead asap.

Edited June 17, 2017 by nasanews

[Stargeezr]

One less snake in the world is one less snake.  Every time I hear of one of the leaders gone

 I rejoice, but will be happiest when the whole ISIL organization is all dead and buried or

burned.

[Caps]

3 hours ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

One less snake in the world is one less snake.  Every time I hear of one of the leaders gone

 I rejoice, but will be happiest when the whole ISIL organization is all dead and buried or

burned.

Yep me too, especially the ones now sat in the UK and other countries because they ran away when they started to loose