US believes ISIS leader al-Baghdadi still alive, despite Iraqi airstrike claim

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U.S. military officials believe that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group , is still alive, despite claims by the Iraqi military Sunday that its air force struck a convoy carrying the terror leader. A statement Sunday said the Iraqi air force carried out a heroic operation targeting the convoy of the criminal terrorist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as he made his way to a meeting in the town of Karablah, in Iraq's western Anbar province. Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool told the Associated Press the military is still investigating whether al-Baghdadi was in the convoy that was struck.