ISIL targets Washington, threatens Paris-type attacks on all conducting air attacks

Special to WorldTribune.com

Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) threatened to “strike America at its center in Washington,” in a video released on Nov. 16.

The video began with footage from the Nov. 15 terror attacks in Paris and followed with a message to nations taking part in air strikes in Syria, which ISIL refers to as the “crusader campaign.”

ISIL jihadists.
ISIL jihadists.

“We say to the states that take part in the crusader campaign that, by God, you will have a day, God willing, like France’s and by God, as we struck France in the center of its abode in Paris, then we swear that we will strike America at its center in Washington,” a jihadist in the video said.

The video message was delivered by a man identified in subtitles as “Al Ghareeb the Algerian,” who also warned that more attacks would be carried out in Europe.

“I say to the European countries that we are coming, coming with booby traps and explosives, coming with explosive belts and (gun) silencers and you will be unable to stop us because today we are much stronger than before.”

Another jihadist in the video, in what observers say is a reference to international talks to end the Syrian war, tells French President Francois Hollande “we have decided to negotiate with you in the trenches and not in the hotels.”

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it has not received information indicating a potential attack in the United States.

“While we take all threats seriously, we do not have specific credible information of an attack on the U.S. homeland,” a DHS official said on condition of anonymity.

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