埃及激進組織宣佈效忠伊斯蘭國組織

The Islamic State leader has won the allegiance of Egypt's deadliest militant group.

Ansar Beit al-Maqdis pledged its loyalty Monday to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

The Egyptian jihadist group announced their support on its Twitter account where it referred to Baghdadi as "caliph" and urged other Muslims to support him.

Senior Iraqi officials reported Sunday that Baghdadi had been wounded in an airstrike, but the U.S. Defense Department says it has no such information.

Iraqi Defense Minister Khalid al-Ubaydi purportedly issued a message on his Facebook page confirming that Baghdadi was wounded in a U.S. airstrike Friday in the northern city of Mosul.

The Iraqi Interior Ministry also confirmed the news to the Associated Press. Various other reports claim the airstrike killed one of Baghdadi's close aides.

Earlier Sunday, Britain's senior military officer warned that even if the reports are true, the Islamic State will regenerate its command. British Chief of Defense Staff Nick Houghton said that even if Baghdadi were killed, he would not rush to the conclusion that it would be a "strategic reverse" for the insurgents.埃及最致命的激進組織宣佈支持伊斯蘭國組織領導人。

埃及聖戰組織頭目安薩爾.貝特.馬克迪斯星期一宣佈效忠伊斯蘭國領導人阿布·貝克爾·巴格達迪。

聖戰組織在其推特上發佈這一消息，他們稱巴格達迪爲“哈里發”，並敦促其他穆斯林支持巴格達迪。

伊拉克高級官員星期天報告說，伊斯蘭國領導人巴格達迪在空襲中受傷，但是美國國防部說，他們沒有這樣的信息。

據稱伊拉克國防部長奧巴迪在臉書上發信息證實巴格達迪在美軍上星期五對北部城市摩蘇爾的空襲中受傷。

伊拉克內政部也向美聯社證實了巴格達迪受傷的消息。 還有報道說，空襲炸死了巴格達迪一名貼身助手。

英國軍方高級將領則警告說，即使報道屬實，伊斯蘭國還會推出新的指揮官。英國國防參謀長尼克·霍頓星期天表示，即使巴格達迪被打死，他也不會貿然下結論說，這是反叛組織遭遇的一個戰略挫折。