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Al-Karar Al-Iraqi
The information office of the Islamic State in Salah Al-Din Province, Iraq, posted a 12-minute video on November 16 titled "Kill All The Polytheists".[i] The video features three speakers, two Algerian and one Iraqi, congratulating the Islamic ummah for the Paris attacks and praising the perpetrators. The three promise that ISIS will continue to strike France and also to strike America in its heart – Washington DC.
The first speaker in the video, Abu Ibrahim Al-Jazrawi, thanks the perpetrators of the Paris attacks, stating that they have made Muslims around the world stand tall. He addresses the French and says that they are those who launched aggression against the Muslims first, and therefore they deserved to be punished: "You are those that started, and now it is time for revenge... I swear that we will take vengeance for the religion of Allah the Almighty and for the Prophet, peace by upon Him. I swear we will avenge the blood of the Muslims.
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Abu Ibhrahim Al-Jazrawi
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Al-Gharib Al-Jazae'ri
The second speaker in the video, Al-Gharib Al-Jazae'ri, threatens France and other European countries: I say to France – France that has destroyed and killed millions and millions of Muslims... I say to it: The men of tawhid [Islamic monotheism] have come to you... and set you on fire... And I say to European countries: We are coming to you with car bombs and explosions. We are coming to you with explosive vests and silencers. You cannot respond to us because we are far stronger now than we were before." Al-Jazae'ri promises future waves of attacks against France and Europe, and repeatedly calls on his mujahideen comrades in France to continue to stand tall and strike the French.
The third speaker, Al-Akrar Al-Iraqi, addresses French President Francois Hollande, promising him that the French people will no longer be able to live safely or sleep soundly in their bedrooms. He mockingly states that ISIS has been gathering weapons and ammo boxes while the French were preparing ballot boxes. He later states that the other Crusader members of the anti-ISIS coalition will have their day of reckoning as well: "We tell countries participating in the Crusader campaign: We swear that you will experience a similar day to the one that France experiences; since if we have struck France in its heart – in Paris – then we swear that we will strike America at its heart – in Washington [DC] – and with Allah's help, we will conquer Rome as well."
