IRAQ
Profile of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
By Duncan Mil
July 8, 2014 - Before appearing in a video delivering a sermon in Mosul on July 5, there were only two authenticated photos of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the newly named Islamic State, formerly ISIS -- the Islamist insurrection sweeping through Syria and Iraq. Al-Baghdadi has now declared himself leader of a new caliphate representing the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims.