{"id":45307,"date":"2017-09-29T11:11:34","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T11:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=45307"},"modified":"2017-09-29T11:11:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T11:11:34","slug":"islamic-state-baghdadi-in-undated-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/islamic-state-baghdadi-in-undated-audio.html","title":{"rendered":"Islamic State Baghdadi in undated audio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Islamic State Baghdadi in undated audio<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Islamic State Baghdadi in undated audio urges militants to keep fighting: Islamic State leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi has exhorted followers across the world to wage attacks against the West and to keep fighting in Iraq, Syria and elsewhere.<\/span><\/p>\n

The message released on Thursday was his first purported audio communication in almost a year during which his jihadist group lost much of its self-proclaimed \u201ccaliphate\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

The audio, partly dedicated to religious scriptures, came after several reports Baghdadi had been killed. His last recording was in November 2016, two weeks after the start of the battle to recapture the city of Mosul from Islamic State (IS).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOh Soldiers of the Caliphate, fan the flames of war on your enemies, take it to them and besiege them in every corner, and stand fast and courageous.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBeware of retreat, or the feeling of defeat, beware of negotiations or surrender. Do not lay down your arms,\u201d Baghdadi said, referring to followers in Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia, North Africa and elsewhere in Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n

The date of the 46-minute recording, released via the Al-Furqan news organization, was not clear. But in it, Baghdadi makes an apparent reference to recent events including North Korean threats against Japan and United States and the recapture two months ago of Mosul by U.S.-backed Iraqi forces.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since Baghdadi proclaimed the caliphate stretching across Iraq and Syria in 2014, Iraqi forces have retaken a string of cities in western and northern Iraq including Mosul, where Baghdadi made his announcement from the city\u2019s El Nuri mosque.<\/span><\/p>\n

Western-backed Syrian forces are also thrusting into the eastern Syrian city of Raqqa, Islamic State\u2019s operational headquarters from where it plotted many of the attacks that have killed hundreds of people around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Baghdadi also called for attacks on Western media, saying: \u201cOh soldiers of Islam in every location, increase blow after blow, and make the media centers of the infidels, from where they wage their intellectual wars, among the targets.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cContinue your Jihad and your blessed operations and do not let the crusaders rest in their homes and enjoy life and stability while your brethren are being shelled and killed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The fall of Mosul in July effectively marked the end of the Iraqi half of Baghdadi\u2019s \u201ccaliphate\u201d even though Islamic State continues to fight in some territory outside of Mosul, the largest city they came to control in both Iraq and Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n

An IS branch in Libya was also defeated last year in the city of Sirte, where they had set up a North African beachhead in 2014. In Egypt\u2019s northern Sinai, another affiliated militant group is still fighting Egyptian military forces.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWith God\u2019s will and his strength, we are staying determined, patient…The abundance of killing will not stop us,\u201d Baghdadi said in the audio recording.<\/span><\/p>\n

Officials have said they believed it could take years to capture or kill Baghdadi as he is thought to be hiding in a vast swathe of sparsely-populated desert between Mosul and Raqqa, where attacking drones are easy to spot.<\/span><\/p>\n

The United States has offered a $25 million bounty for information that would locate Baghdadi.<\/span><\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s defense ministry said earlier this year it might have killed Baghdadi in an air strike on a gathering of IS commanders on the outskirts of Raqqa. But U.S. officials said they could not corroborate the death and other Western as well as Iraqi officials were skeptical.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mideast-crisis-baghdadi\/islamic-states-baghdadi-in-undated-audio-urges-militants-to-keep-fighting-idUSKCN1C32C4<\/span><\/p>\n

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