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By: Anthony Kimery, Editor-in-Chief
08/08/2014 ( 4:40pm)
The Islamic State, formally the Islamic State
of Iraq and Syria, has yet to publish an official response to the US's
military strikes against it in Iraq, but sources close to the IS
announced on Twitter Friday that IS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi will
shortly be issuing an announcement declaring the beginning of "jihad
against America."
"Pro-IS figures, on the other hand, began rallying
over social media" immediately following President Obama's announcement
Thursday night that he authorized air strikes against IS to protect US
interests and minority Christians and other religious groups threatened
by the savage jihadist organization, said the Middle East Media Research
Institute (MEMRI), which monitors jihadist websites.
MEMRI said, “The Hashtag
#Obama_announces_bombing_Islamic_State" (in Arabic) was used by pro-IS
elements to respond to the announcement, and call to target American
interests and people and to bring the war home.”
"Today is Mosul, tomorrow is Seattle," wrote one individual on Twitter.
Following are some of the responses to the US's decision to target the IS MEMRI found on Twitter.
@3kasha3 tweeted on August 8, 2014:
"#Obama_announces_bombing_Islamic_State and the mujahideen respond:
today Mosul and tomorrow Seattle. Say Allah Akbar oh Muslims, the bells
of war have been sounded."
In another tweet by @3kasha3, he wrote:
"#Obama_announces_bombing_Islamic_State the Americans are entering a
swamp [that has] no way out of it, [and which signals] the beginnings of
the end of the oppressive Christian empire."
@AsawirtiMedia, “who is a staunch supporter of the
IS, published several tweets on the matter,” MEMRI. “He questioned,
among other things, the timing of the US military intervention against
the IS, and refuted the US's claims of doing so for humanitarian
reasons. Instead, he said, Kurdistan is home to US soldiers, operation
rooms for the Sahawat (i.e. Sunni tribal forces that oppose the IS), and
the CIA, and that ‘the liberation of Kurdistan [by the IS] means the
liberation of Baghdad shortly thereafter.’”
@AsawirtiMedia also attributed the US attack against
the IS to the endangerment of Israeli interests that are located in
Kurdistan, MEMRI said.
"Among the most important reasons for the Crusader
campaign against the Islamic State [is] the presence of Israeli
companies in Irbil,” said @AsawirtiMedia on Friday.
@sabahanbari wrote, "More than 40 Western and Arab
embassies and consulates are present in Irbil, in addition to tens of
hundreds of oil companies and missionary churches... [all of which will
become] booty [for] the [Islamic] State."
@shaiba_alhamad, “another staunch IS supporter,
asked his followers to adopt the Hashtag #AmessagefromISIStoUS, and to
use it to issue threats to the US,” MEMRI said. “He also called for
English-speakers to translate pro-IS tweets, including those instigating
American Muslims to carry attacks inside the US.
"This [i.e. the English Hashtag] will be directed at
Muslims in America, and will call on them to carry out operations that
squander their [i.e. Americans] security, and obligates [American
Muslims'] support for [this]."
@samarraly wrote, "I call on Muslims to target all American interests and American citizens, all of them without exception."
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