Italy, France, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands are among the countries that have participated in the US-led coalition fighting the militants of Islamic State. The gruesome attack appeared to be meticulously planned, but randomly executed. More than 70 alleged supporters of ISIS were arrested in the last two years, a few with deadly intentions.
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A man recognized as “Al Karar the Iraqi”, threatened the “crusader” nations who’re preventing collectively towards the ISIS and the united statescapital was particularly singled out, in accordance with the day by day.
The video, on a site used by the extremist group to post messages, shows a man dressed in fatigues and a turban who is identified in subtitles as Al-Ghareeb the Algerian.
Another fighter warned nations that are taking part in the “Crusaders’ campaign”, saying that as “we struck France on its ground in Paris we will strike America on its ground in Washington”.
“We are coming to you (European countries), coming with explosives, explosive belts and (gun) silencers”.
“It is an act of war that was committed by a terrorist army, a jihadist army, Daesh, against France”, he said on Saturday, using the derogatory reference to ISIS.
The worldwide news agency Reuters was first to report this new threat. “DHS and the FBI routinely share information with our state, local, federal, and global law enforcement, intelligence and homeland security partners, and continually evaluate the level of protection we provide at federal facilities”.
Nelson works a few miles from the Capitol building and has seen increased security since Friday.
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In retaliation France has launched a series of air strikes in Islamic State’s de facto capital, Raqqa. Twelve French aircrafts dropped at least 20 bombs over jihadi training camps during an evening assault. The comments come as a few members of the GOP have criticized the president for not implementing a more aggressive US military effort against ISIS.
