By Bill Tong
While Iraqi officials have recently boasted of killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in targeted airstrikes, this no longer seems to be the case.
The man claiming to al-Baghdadi delivers a sermon in a 17 minute video, calling the U.S led coalition "weak" and "terrified."
He describes the effort as a failure, and that America will be "forced" in the end to "send ground forces to their death and destruction," and urges jihadists to "light the Earth with fire upon all tyrants."
Laith Alkhouri, a senior analysts at a firm that tracks jihadist websites, said analysts believe the audio is authentic.
It was "issued on the top-tier Islamic State web forum and other top jihadi web forums," Alkhouri said. "It was posted by the handle of the Islamic State's official media correspondent. Al-Baghdadi's voice is clearly heard in the audio."
Caption on top: ISIS releases map of 5 year plans on an Islamic conquest.
While Iraqi officials have recently boasted of killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in targeted airstrikes, this no longer seems to be the case.
The man claiming to al-Baghdadi delivers a sermon in a 17 minute video, calling the U.S led coalition "weak" and "terrified."
He describes the effort as a failure, and that America will be "forced" in the end to "send ground forces to their death and destruction," and urges jihadists to "light the Earth with fire upon all tyrants."
Laith Alkhouri, a senior analysts at a firm that tracks jihadist websites, said analysts believe the audio is authentic.
It was "issued on the top-tier Islamic State web forum and other top jihadi web forums," Alkhouri said. "It was posted by the handle of the Islamic State's official media correspondent. Al-Baghdadi's voice is clearly heard in the audio."
Caption on top: ISIS releases map of 5 year plans on an Islamic conquest.