article_snippet: ISIS leader avoided a deadly airstrike in Iraq thanks to a bureaucratic dispute, a deadly airstrike in Iraq was claimed today.
article_snippet: The strike last November - which was reported by MailOnline - saw an aircraft swoop over the meeting of ISIS figures and kill more than a dozen people, according to local government sources.
article_snippet: A leader from the elite cell - who gave the pseudonym of Major Bakr - insisted that it was 'very close' to getting their target, Baghdadi.
article_snippet: Another witness said that eight people had died when a bomb hit a market.
article_snippet: A nearby hospital was said to be overwhelmed with the volume of patients from the raid - including Baghdadi.
article_snippet: Local ISIS officials were reportedly roaming the streets ordering residents to donate blood to help the wounded.
article_snippet: Al-Qaim and the neighbouring Syrian town of Albukamal are on a strategic supply route linking territory held by ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
article_snippet: The shady figure was eventually released, and rose through the ranks of the jihadist groups which eventually united to form ISIS.
article_snippet: his maintained a low profile for months as ISIS rose to global infamy and even Al Qaeda denounced them as 'too extreme'.
highlights_snippet: ISIS leader was meeting with senior aides and dozens of men pledging allegiance .
  