Feel Good Story of the Day.
Via Fox News:
A coalition air strike in western Iraq overnight reportedly killed 17 Islamic State militants in an area where the extremist group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, had been several hours before.
The strikes occurred in Al-Qaim, a town along the Euphrates River that lies about 200 miles northwest of Iraq’s capital, Baghdad.
Arabic TV channel al-Arabiya al-Hadath, citing anonymous sources, said al-Baghdadi had been in the area hours before the airstrikes. But the report could not be confirmed and no further information was given about his fate or whereabouts.
A hospital source told Reuters that 17 Islamic State militants were killed and 29 were wounded in the airstrikes. Nine civilians were also killed, and some of the wounded were taken across the border into Syria for treatment, the source added.
Jerusalem Post reports “senior ISIS commanders” among those killed, fate of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi unknown.
Sounds like a targeted attempt to take out the leaders.