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2015-05-02 Terror Networks
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IS chief said sidelined after being wounded in attack
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[IsraelTimes] US air strike left al-Baghdadi with spinal injuries, reports The Guardian; group now led by deputy who may become next leader
Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
leader His Supreme Immensity, Caliph of the Faithful and Galactic Overlord, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
...formerly merely the head of ISIL and a veteran of the Bagram jailhouse. Looks like a new messiah to bajillions of Moslems, like just another dead-eyed mass murder to the rest of us...
has been effectively replaced as head of the jihadist group after suspected spinal injuries sustained in an attack by US forces left him incapacitated, according to a Friday report by The Guardian.
Al-Baghdadi's deputy Abu Alaa al-Afri was now said to be running the organization's day-to-day operations, and could remain its leader indefinitely as sources close to IS told the newspaper that it was not clear whether al-Baghdadi would be able to resume command in the future.
A report in The Guardian last month had claimed that the self-proclaimed caliph was left seriously hurt in a March 18 US Arclight airstrike in Iraq. The strike in question killed three individuals traveling in a convoy in the Iraqi city of al-Baaj, 128 km (80 miles) west of djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
The Pentagon has acknowledged that it was responsible for the attack, but said it was unaware of al-Baghdadi being one of the casualties.
Previous reports of al-Baghdadi's death or injury -- in November and December of last year -- were later proven false.
However,
the way to a man's heart remains through his stomach...
on Friday sources within Mosul gave credence to the earlier report, reporting that the IS chief was being treated by doctors in a hideout in the city. They said a female radiologist and male surgeon were treating the jihadist leader, adding that the medical professionals were ideological proponents of the Sunni holy warrior group.
Al-Baghdadi was the head of al-Qaeda in Iraq before founding the holy warrior Islamic State group in 2010. In June of last year, he proclaimed the large parts of Syria and Iraq under the group's control as an Islamic caliphate, and named himself as caliph.
Recently, the jihadist group -- notorious for horrific acts of violence including rape, torture and beheadings -- has lost substantial ground in both countries. An offensive of Shia militias, the Iraqi army and Kurdish forces last month reclaimed key areas from IS, including Iraq's third-largest city of Tikrit.
Two sources within the Islamic State said that coalition strikes had dealt immense blows to the group's morale and numbers, asserting that the jihadist group would attack the West for its large-scale air campaign.
"They are planning to fight back against Europe," one member said. "They want to take Dire Revenge for Baghdadi." 
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