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FILE PHOTO - 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. REUTERS/Social Media Website via ReutersTV/File Photo

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Standing under a black flag of the Islamic State, eight men declare their loyalty to the group's leader, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi.

"We pledge allegiance ... and to obey him on everything either in easy or difficult conditions," they say, before praising Allah.