ThesecretiveleaderoftheIslamicStateterrorgroupisspeakingoutafternearlyayearofsilence, urginghissupporterstoperseverewhilewarningof “darkdays” forhisenemies.
Theterrorgroup’sal-Furqanmediadivisionissuedthe 54-minutespeechpurportedlyfromAbuBakral-Baghdadi, titled "GiveGladTidingstothePatient,” onWednesday.
Init, heshareswishesforablessedEidal-Adha, afeastcelebratedthisweek, andurgesISsupportersnottorelent.
HealsotellssupportersitistheUnitedStates, andnotIS, thatiscrumbling.
U.S. militaryandintelligenceofficialsareawareofthenewaudiorecordingbuthaveyettoverifythatthevoiceonthetapeis, infact, Baghdadi.
ButanalystscontactedbyVOAbelievetheaudioislikelybothauthenticandalsorecent, pointingtotheEidal-Adhagreetings, andreferencestoU.S. tensionswithTurkeyoverthedetentionofPastorAndrewBrunson, andfightingbetweenISandSyrianforces.
极少公开露面的伊斯兰国组织头目在沉默了将近一年后发声，呼吁支持者继续坚持，并警告说，敌人将面临“黑暗的日子”。
伊斯兰国组织星期三公布了据信是其领袖的阿布·贝克尔·巴格达迪的54分钟讲话，题目是“给有耐心的人们以好消息”。
巴格达迪在讲话中祝贺这个星期的古尔邦节，敦促伊斯兰国的支持者不要放弃。