ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />The Iraqi Interior Ministry has announced that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was wounded in an air strike carried out by the country's armed forces, according to Iraqi state television.<br/> <br />An Iraqiya TV News anchor appeared on television saying, "Interior Ministry sources say that the leader of Daesh network, terrorist Ibrahim al-Samaraei, also known as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was wounded in an air strike on al-Qaim in the Anbar province carried out by air force planes in cooperation with the Al-Suqour Intelligence cell."<br/> <br />Contradictory reports had emerged over the fate of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after U.S.-led air strikes against the group in at least two locations in Iraq on Friday.<br/> <br />The strikes could have killed or wounded some of his aides, who Iraqi officials said were in gatherings targeted by the strikes.
