Author: Ben Hubbard / Source: New York Times
SITE Intelligence Group
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Islamic State released a video on Monday of a man it said was Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the group’s mysterious and reclusive leader, which would mark the first time he has showed his face while addressing his followers since the early days of the terrorist group’s rampage through Iraq and Syria.
In an 18-minute video released by an Islamic State media group and distributed by the SITE Intelligence Group, the man identified as Mr. al-Baghdadi sits on the ground in an Arab-style sitting room, speaking calmly to a group of unidentified followers with an assault rifle at his side.
He acknowledges that the group has lost its so-called caliphate in Iraq and Syria, a territory the size of Britain that it ruled as an extremist proto-state. But he said that the group’s battle with the West and its allies…
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