New ISIS Audio Suggests Leader Is Alive; Speech Rallies Fighters
September 29 2017
The Islamic State has released a new audio recording that appears to be of group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, reports the New York Times.
The ISIS leader's voice has not been heard for 11 months.
Baghdadi has been reported killed several times. In June, Russia reported that he had likely been killed in an airstrike outside Raqqa, Syria.
The 46-minute audio message released Thursday seem to be Baghdadi praising his foot soldiers. It makes indirect references to terrorist...
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