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Will ISIS
Attack the United States?
Katie Pavlich
Aug 11, 2014
As the extremely radical terror group the Islamic State, better known
as ISIS, continues its march on Iraq and mass slaughter of Christians,
many are asking the question: Will ISIS strike inside the United States?
According to experts, and ISIS itself, it's a possibility and steps
must be taken immediately to prevent it. More from CNN:
Within hours of U.S. military jets and drones conducting a strike on
ISIS artillery that had been used against Kurdish forces defending
Irbil, ISIS supporters called for retaliatory attacks against the
United States.
"It is a clear message that the war is against Islam and the
mujahideen. The mujahideen must strive and seek to execute proactive
operations in their own home, America, to discipline America and its
criminal soldiers," Abu al-Ayna al-Khorasani, an administrator of
Shumukh al-Islam, the top-tier forum for ISIS propaganda, wrote on his
account Friday, according to a translation by the SITE Intelligence
group.
Other ISIS supporters railed against the United States using the
Twitter handle #AmessagefromISIStoUS, posting images of the wreckage of
the twin towers. "Don't forget 11 Sept .. Maybe US citizens want more
like that," one extremist tweeted. In June after ISIS captured Mosul,
its supporters had warned against strikes in a Twitter campaign
#CalamityWillBefallUS.
One major concern is homegrown U.S. fighters currently overseas in
Syria of Iraq coming back home on U.S. passports to carry out attacks.
Just two weeks ago we saw American Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha of Florida
carry out a suicide attack in Syria after first returning home to the
U.S. for a visit. Before executing his suicide mission overseas, he
directly threatened the U.S. and said, "We are coming for you."
A new video released by Al Qaeda-linked fighters in Syria allegedly
shows 22-year-old Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha ripping up his American
passport and chewing parts of it before setting it on fire.
In May, Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha became the first known American to
carry out a suicide bomb attack in Syria's civil war when he detonated
a truckload of explosives in an effort to kill Syrian troops.
And before he blew himself up, Abu-Salha had returned to the United
States for months following training with Syrian Islamic militants.
Meanwhile, pro-ISIS allies are taunting President Obama directly and
apparently hung this flag outside of the White House late last week.
Last week, an ISIS leader proclaimed to VICE News the terror group will
raise the "flag of Allah" above the White House and called the United
States cowards for sending drones instead of soldiers to fight them.
"I say to America that the Islamic Caliphate has been established. And
we will not stop. Don’t be cowards and attack us with drones. Instead
send your soldiers, the ones we humiliated in Iraq. We will humiliate
them everywhere, God willing, and we will raise the flag of Allah in
the White House," said in a video report by VICE.
ISIS has quickly and forcefully proven they are not the "JV team" the
White House recently classified them to be.
Currently, there are no updated terror alters from Homeland Security's
National Terrorism Advisory System.
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