US Airstrikes Reportedly Wound ISIS Leader
U.S. airstrikes have reportedly wounded the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Al-Baghdadi took over the terrorist Islamic organization in 2010, and has a $10 million bounty on his head.
Iraqi officials say he was wounded Sunday during an airstrike over the Western Anbar Province. Pentagon officials have not confirmed the attack or that the terrorist leader was injured.
Meanwhile, an Egyptian Jihadi organization is joining forces with the Islamic State. Ansar Beit al-Maqdis pledged it’s allegiance Sunday by posting an audio speech to Twitter and a terrorist website.
The unknown speaker said al-Maqdis decided to join the Islamic State group “whose emergence resembles a new dawn raising the banner of monotheism.”
In Arabic, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis means “champions of Jerusalem.” The group has claimed responsibility for a number of deadly attacks targeting Egyptian security forces.
The group is based in the Northern part of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.
