Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel will step up and be a part of the international coalition to destroy the Islamic terrorist group Islamic State.
Netanyahu addressed the statements of President Obama in an address where he also warned Iran against acquiring nuclear weapons. Netanyahu said that Islamic State is no different than terror groups like Hamas, al-Qaeda, Boko Haram and al-Shabab.
“These groups must be fought. They must be rolled back and they must ultimately be defeated. That’s why Israel fully supports President Obama’s call for united actions against ISIS,” Netanyahu said.
“All civilized countries should stand together in the fight against the radical terrorism currently sweeping the Middle East, Netanyahu added. “And we are playing our part in this continued effort. Some of the things are known; some of the things are less known.”
Netanyahu said to the Muslims around the world they need to realize that Israel is an ally against Islamic extremism and that perhaps some Arab nations need to re-evaluate their relationships with Israel.
“They understand Israel is not their enemy but their ally in the fight against this common enemy. I believe that presents an opportunity for cooperation and perhaps an opportunity for peace.”
While the world is focusing on the Islamic terrorist group ISIS in Iraq and Syria, the terror unit is quietly working to help another extremist group set up their own “caliphate” in Nigeria.
The Nigeria Security Network has found connections between Boko Haram and ISIS that indicates the major terror network is helping the Nigerian outfit with military tactics, supplies and “spiritual” guidance.
“Unless swift action is taken, Nigeria could be facing a rapid takeover of a large area of its territory reminiscent of ISIS’s lightning advances in Iraq,” the NSN said.
The Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans is calling on President Obama to look beyond ISIS to the terror groups that are receiving their assistance as he builds a world coalition against terrorism.
“As the US President Barack Obama is articulating a strategy to degrade and destroy ISIS, we urge him not to forget Boko Haram as well. Every moment we leave Boko Haram alone empowers the terrorists to become even more devious and devilish,” CANA Executive Director Pastor Laolu Akande said in a statement.
Boko Haram followed in the footsteps of ISIS in declaring an Islamic Caliphate in northern Nigeria. Some local leaders are now calling Boko Haram the “Islamic State Nigeria Branch”.
A Nigerian Bible College has been forced to close because of the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram.
The leaders of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria announced the closure of Kulp Bible College and also many churches because of the terrorist attacks in the last few weeks that have left more than 300 Christians dead.
“Boko Haram violence has been getting worse every day, and our members are fleeing the area by the thousands,” EYN President Samuel Dali said. “Recent attacks in Borno and Adamawa states where are our churches are located have seen Boko Haram take over the Army base. As a result, about 350 Christians have been killed.”
The headquarters of the church is also under threat from the terrorist group.
“Every night at the EYN headquarters, our staff and their families go to bed with hearts bound in fear for their lives,” Dali said. “This has forced them to be prepared to flee at any time of the night in an event an attack occurs during the hours of darkness.”
The Bible College is in Kwarhi which is one of the towns claimed in the “caliphate” that Boko Haram says they have set up in northern Nigeria.
A witness who escaped a Boko Haram attack on a Christian village said they are progressing through the area using the same tactic.
“They went from house to house shooting and killing those they came in contact with,” Luka Sabo said. “I have seen bodies of some of those killed, but it is difficult to say how many have died.”
A British imam appeared on a Russian television program and confirmed that terrorism is part of the Islamic faith.
Imam Anjem Choudary was being interviewed by Russia Today journalist Oksana Boyko about the beheading of two American journalists by the Islamic terrorist group Islamic State.
“You said just recently on CNN that the decapitation of journalist James Foley was, in fact, an attempt by the Islamic State to terrorize their enemy, which in this case is the United States,” Boyko said to Choudary. “I wonder whether something like that could be justified under the Sharia law. Can you really hold an individual responsible for the actions of a collective? Is that legal in Islam?”
Choudary said that every action for a Muslim has to be based on the Qur’an and the teachings of Mohammed. Then he surprised many with his next statement.
“I would first invite the people to think about and embrace Islam, but those who are already Muslim must know that Allah mentions in the Koran—in fact if you look in chapter 8 verse 60, he said, ‘Prepare as much as you can steeds of war to terrorize the enemy,’” he explained.
“So terrorizing the enemy is in fact part of Islam.”
Choudary is the former leader of Al-Majajiroun which is banned in England. Two former members of the group were involved in the beheading of a British soldier in broad daylight on a public street.
Federal law enforcement and intelligence officials are concerned that a group in Juarez, Mexico, just across the border from El Paso, Texas, is connected to ISIS.
They believe that the jihadists are already working on a plan to attack the United States by crossing terrorists over the unsecured Mexican border.
Judicial Watch has reported that intelligence officials have recording of radio talk and chatter indication the terrorist groups aim to “carry out an attack on the border” and that it is “coming very soon.”
The unnamed source told Judicial Watch that the threat is considered so severe that the commanding general at Ft. Bliss in El Paso is being given details on security measures to protect the base from potential attack.
The Texas Department of Public Safety has sent a bulletin about the situation that was obtained by Fox News: “A review of ISIS social media messaging during the week ending Aug. 26 shows that militants are expressing an increased interest in the notion that they could clandestinely infiltrate the southwest border of the U.S., for terror attack.”
The Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram is refusing to allow Christians to bury the bodies of other slaughtered Christians, leaving them strewn all over roads and buildings.
Residents of the city of Bama say that the stench of the rotting bodies is overwhelming.
“So many bodies litter the streets, and people are not allowed to even go and bury the dead ones. So the situation is getting worse and worse,” Borno senator and lawmaker Ahmed Zanna told the BBC..
The Nigerian government had initially denied the terrorists had overtaken Bama but later admitted the 26,000 people had fled the town because of the terrorists. The Nigerian Security Network says that Boko Haram is making what they call “lightning territorial gains” over the last two months.
Andrew Noakes of the NSN says that the danger is growing from Boko Haram because they are “beginning to operate like a conventional army.”
A Fox television station in Minnesota has discovered a shocking and potentially earth-shattering discovery about a member of the Islamic extremist group ISIS.
A member of that extremist group had top security clearance at the Minneapolis airport.
Abdirahmaan Muhumed, who recently died while fighting with the terrorist group, had full access to the airport, tarmac and all the aircraft that entered or left the airport for ten years.
KMSP reports that Muhumed, who leaves behind nine children, reportedly only worked the one job at the airport and experts say on his salary alone it would have been impossible to provide for his family. An investigation is underway to find out when he was first approached to work with Islamic terrorist groups.
Authorities now say that as many as 15 men and one woman have fled the Minneapolis area to fight with ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
“We are in your state, we are in your cities, we are in your streets,” ISIS said in a statement directed at the United States.
Senior officials with the Israeli Defense Force has admitted to the Times of Israel that they underestimated the tenacity of Hamas and that they did not expect the conflict to last long.
“If you’d asked me two months ago, I wouldn’t assess that it’s going to take us 50 days,” the unnamed official said. “We thought it’s going to take them a shorter time to understand what happened, and we are mistaken here. It’s a tactical assessment mistake, but it’s a mistake.”
The official who demanded anonymity said that Hamas also had surprised the IDF with the power of their forces.
“They were in pretty good shape and pretty well trained,” he said, referring to amphibious commando-style raids.
“You can see for sure they were trained outside of the Gaza Strip,” he said. He also said that nothing surprised them militarily and that right now they’re believed to be in very bad shape.
The truce on August 26th continues to hold.
A U.S. drone strike targeted the leader of an Islamic terrorist group in Somalia on Monday.
Pentagon officials confirmed the U.S. targeted the head of Al-Shabaab, a Al-Qaeda related group that had been fighting against the Somalia government.
“We are assessing the results of the operation and will provide additional information as and when appropriate,” Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said.
Somali officials say that Ahmed Abdi Godane, the leader of al-Shabaab, might have been killed in the strike and they’re working to confirm his death. The air strike came after al-Shabaab attacked a high security prison in an attempt to free several terrorists. All terrorists were reported killed in the assault along with three government soldiers and two civilians.
The U.S. has periodically carried out air strikes in Somalia against terrorist headquarters and training centers.
Al-Shabaab is mostly active in rural areas of the country after losing control of major cities in 2011 after an offensive from Somali and African Union forces.
Reports have been released of a Muslim man who threatened to shot up an Ohio high school because of his hatred of Israel.
Police said that a man “with a heavy accent” called Pickerington North High School Wednesday morning and said that he would be shooting students at the school with an AK-47 assault rifle. The man said he was “Mohammed Shehad” and that his actions would be in response to Israel’s actions in the Gaza strip.
The school was put into lockdown until police could determine there was no actual threat in the area of the school.
Police say that no one has been arrested and it’s likely the threat has passed but they were not taking anything for granted.
“There is no way to be absolutely certain,” Fairfield County Sheriff Dave Phalen said.
Terrorism analyst Patrick Poole, who lives in Ohio, said radical Islam in Ohio is on the rise.
“We have had a growing problem here in the Columbus area for years that local law enforcement and the media want to continue to sweep under the carpet,” Poole said. “Not only has central Ohio been the home of the largest known al-Qaeda cell since 9/11—with several members currently in prison on terrorism charges and at least two deported—we’ve had a number of cases of homegrown jihadists come through town.”
