Let's see if that pbysics teacher holds on to his job as the new leader.
Wounded Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi may have to give up control of jihadists
Date
May 2, 2015 - 8:00AM
Louisa Loveluck and Magdy Samaan
Future in doubt ... The leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was reportedly paralysed by a US air strike in Iraq on March 18. Photo: AP
Cairo: The leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has been so badly wounded by a US air strike in Iraq that he may never resume control of the group he masterminded to power.
According to reports, Mr Baghdadi has been incapacitated since March 18 due to spinal damage, suffered when an air strike hit a three-car convoy in which he was travelling through the al-Baaj district of Nineveh, close to the Syrian border.
The enigmatic jihadist leader is being treated by two ideologically sympathetic doctors who travel to his hideout from the group's stronghold in the Iraqi city of Mosul. His location remains a closely guarded secret.
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Wounded Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi may have to give up control of jihadists
Date
May 2, 2015 - 8:00AM
Louisa Loveluck and Magdy Samaan
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Future in doubt ... The leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was reportedly paralysed by a US air strike in Iraq on March 18. Photo: AP
Cairo: The leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has been so badly wounded by a US air strike in Iraq that he may never resume control of the group he masterminded to power.
According to reports, Mr Baghdadi has been incapacitated since March 18 due to spinal damage, suffered when an air strike hit a three-car convoy in which he was travelling through the al-Baaj district of Nineveh, close to the Syrian border.
The enigmatic jihadist leader is being treated by two ideologically sympathetic doctors who travel to his hideout from the group's stronghold in the Iraqi city of Mosul. His location remains a closely guarded secret.
Continue reading at:
US Marines face probe over Iraq deaths