Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Islamic State, is no longer in operational control of the organisation after being wounded in an air strike, it was reported by The Guardian yesterday. The newspaper said Baghdadi - the self-described "caliph" or spiritual leader of IS - was injured in a strike in a village in western Iraq on March 18.Though it was first feared he had been mortally wounded, he has since staged a gradual recovery.The Guardian cited three separate sources for its story, including a source with connections to Islamic State, a Western diplomat, and Hisham al-Hashimi, an Iraqi official.Al-Baghdadi was twice reported to have been wounded in November and December of last year, although neither claim turned out to be accurate. Prior to Islamic State's take-over of northern Iraq, the government in Baghdad also claimed to have killed or captured a man of that name several times. ..