Following Donald Trump’s announcement of his anti-Muslim policy, Anonymous aimed at the Republican presidential candidate after the cyberwar against ISIS. Among all USA voters, nearly half – 46 percent – favor a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States, while 40 percent are opposed, 14 percent undecided.
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The group’s warning to Trump came days after the outspoken billionaire proposed to temporarily bar Muslims from entering the United States in response to last week’s shooting spree in San Bernardino by two Muslims who the Federal Bureau of Investigation said had been radicalised.
Here’s part of the script from the Anonymous video, which depicts the speaker wearing a Guy Fawkes mask.
Operation Trump or #OpTrump was launched earlier this week but has yet to gain widespread support within the Anonymous community.
Anonymous reminds Trump to be more cautious on his statements.
Trump says that if he’s elected president, he’ll know within six months whether he can achieve an elusive peace accord between Israelis and Palestinians, one of the world’s most vexing challenges. It claims to have taken down thousands of Twitter accounts that support the group. “This is what ISIS wants”, the person states.
While Ali didn’t use Trump’s name in the statement, judging by that title – and the content – it’s pretty clear he didn’t have to. Fifty-seven percent of adults in the USA are against the idea, while 25 percent are for it, according to the survey by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal on Thursday.
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Trump told ABC News on Tuesday that disallowing Muslims from entering the U.S. would be a “short-term” measure until elected American leaders can “figure out what is going on”.
