Warplanes Hit Convoy Near Mosul In Attempt To Kill ISIS Leaders -- CNN
CNN) -- U.S. warplanes attacked a convoy near Mosul in Iraq this weekend in an attempt to kill ISIS leaders, said a spokesman for U.S. Central Command.
Col. Patrick Ryder, in a statement Saturday, said he could not confirm that top ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was in the convoy.
Ryder issued that information in response to news reports indicating the ISIS leader may have died or been injured.
"I can confirm that coalition aircraft did conduct a series of airstrikes yesterday evening in Iraq against what was assessed to be a gathering of ISIL leaders near Mosul, destroying a vehicle convoy consisting of 10 ISIL armed trucks," Ryder said, using another acronym for ISIS.
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More News On Reports That The U.S. Launched Air Strikes To Kill Islamic State Leaders
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ‘hit in air strike’ -- The Australian/AP
U.S. air strikes target Islamic State convoy in Iraq -- Reuters
U.S. Airstrikes in Iraq Target ISIS Leaders -- NYT
ISIS chief ‘critically wounded’ in US air strike on extremist leaders’ convoy – reports -- RT
U.S. Strikes Target Islamic State Leaders -- WSJ
US air strikes target IS gathering in Mosul, Iraq -- BBC
U.S. Targets IS Leaders In Iraq -- Radio Free Europe
US-led airstrikes target ISIS leaders in Iraq -- FOX News
U.S. airstrikes target Islamic State leaders in Iraq, destroy convoy -- L.A. Times
Fate of IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi unknown after airstrikes target him -- Sydney Morning Herald
Airstrikes against Islamic State kill 15, death of leader not known -- UPI
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