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Video Purports to Show Reclusive ISIL Leader

A video has emerged on radical Islamist websites purporting to show the self-appointed leader of a newly proclaimed Islamic state in Syria and northern Iraq. The video, posted Saturday, apparently shows Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi giving a sermon at a mosque in Mosul. He appealed to his followers to help him if he is right, and put him "on the right track" if he is wrong. Experts said it is likely the man in the video is the rarely seen Baghdadi. Baghdadi's Islamic State...

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