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A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has made what would be his first public appearance at a mosque in the centre of Iraq's second city, Mosul, according to a video recording posted on the Internet on July 5, 2014, in this still image taken from video. There had previously been reports on social media that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi would make his first public appearance since his Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) changed its name to the Islamic S — A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, makes what would be his first public appearance at a mosque in the center of Mosul, in a still image taken from a video recording posted on the Internet, July 5, 2014. — REUTERS

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