Pentagon says no evidence IS leader hurt in strike

Pentagon officials deny a report in The Guardian that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was seriously wounded in a coalition strike in northern Iraq in March.

US defense officials tell The Daily Beast that there is no information or evidence to suggest that al-Baghdadi was hurt in a March 18 strike, as reported in the British newspaper.

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