US: No reason to doubt authenticity of al-Baghdadi video

(IraqiNews.com) The U.S. State Department said on Monday that the United States does not have any reason to doubt the veracity of the video clip claiming to be of the leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi which IraqiNews.com published with English subtitles here: http://www.iraqinews.com/features/urgent-video-isis-releases-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-sermon-mosul-grand-mosque/

A spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department, Jane Sacchi explained, in a news briefing, that “there is no reason to doubt the authenticity of the video.”

The sites belonging to the terrorist organization of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant published earlier on Saturday photographs and a video clip claiming to be of the leader of ISIL, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon during Friday prayers in one of the mosques in Mosul which can be seen here: http://www.iraqinews.com/features/urgent-video-isis-releases-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-sermon-mosul-grand-mosque/