ISIS Encourages Attacks on US Hurricane Relief Centers
ISIS is encouraging its members to attack Hurricane Harvey relief centers in Houston. A social media post by the terror group and quoted by Newsweek reads:
“To all the (lone mujahids) in the U.S. (warrior), popOne analyst quoted by CNBC says that “these posts appear to be more
down to Houston and drop in at any of the relief centers housing
displaced people from the Houston floods, make sure to bring lots of
supplies/gadgets/toys to see if you can help put any (unbeliever) out of
their misery.”
aspirational than operational, with hopes that their followers would
then act on calls for attacks. Incidents involving lone wolf attackers
have demonstrated the potential danger, lethality and effectiveness of a
rehearsed small arms or knife attack that can be carried out by a
single individual with little or no training. It also underscores the
potentially higher consequences of an assault attack involving multiple
operatives.”
An alert put out by Homeland Security in Florida warns police
officers to “maintain situational awareness of their surroundings.”
ISIS jihadis not only view centers set up for those displaced by the
recent hurricanes as ripe for attack opportunities, they also view the
devastation wreaked by the storms as divine retribution by Allah.
Ahmed Mansour, an Egyption journalist for the Qatari-based Al Jazeera channel, wrote that Hurricane Irma was a “display of God’s greatness which many dare to deny.”
On Facebook, Mansour posted a picture of cars backed up on a Florida
highway driven by people evacuating from the hurricane with the caption,
“The grand escape from Florida…20 million American running away in fear
of hurricane Irma which is wiping out everything in its wake.” He added
the verse from the Quran, “and He will show you His signs, and what signs of Allah will you deny?”
After tremendous backlash, Mansour removed the post.
ISIS Encourages Attacks on US Hurricane Relief Centers | Clarion Project Clarion Project – Re-Shared and administered by Aaron Halim
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