http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/14/world/middleeast/abu-bakr-baghdadi-islamic-state-leader-calls-for-new-fight-against-west.html 2014-11-13 17:59:38 ISIS Chief Said to Emerge, Urging ‘Volcanoes of Jihad’ An audiotape posted online said to be of the Islamic State leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, appears to be the first indication that he was not killed in an airstrike last weekend. === Countering rumors that he was seriously wounded or dead, the leader of the Islamic State militant group issued a new call to arms on Thursday, asking disciples to “erupt volcanoes of jihad everywhere,” a monitoring organization reported. The organization, the SITE Intelligence Group, said the leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a self-proclaimed caliph, had issued the call in an audio statement posted online. It was not immediately clear how the SITE group determined that the voice on the audiotape was that of Mr. Baghdadi, whose militants have seized large areas of Syria and If confirmed, Mr. Baghdadi’s statement would be the first indication that he is alive, following speculation last weekend that he had been The audiotape was distributed on the same day that top American military officials were testifying in Congress about the Islamic State, also known as