◼ “I say to America that the Islamic Caliphate has been established,” Abu Mosa, a spokesman for the terror group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), told VICE Media in a video interview posted online Thursday. “Don’t be cowards and attack us with drones. Instead send your soldiers, the ones we humiliated in Iraq.” - Daily Caller
ISIS — which recently began referring to itself simply as the Islamic State — now controls a large swath of territory extending from Syria into Iraq, where it has implemented a harsh form of Islamic law and appears to be committing a genocide against religious minorities who refuse to convert to Islam.
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WARS OF RELIGION:
◼ ISIS Captures Largest Christian City in Iraq
Pulls down church crosses...
Pope calls for action...
◼ OBAMA: 'America Is Coming to Help' - Daniel Halper/Weekly Standard
'LIMITED AIRSTRIKES'...
Jets, explosions reported near Islamic State lines...
Airstrike announced on TWITTER...
Largest Dam Seized, Stoking Panic...
ISIS VOWS: 'We will raise the flag of Allah in the White House'...
◼ REPORT: Children beheaded - Gateway Pundit
◼ In the interview with CNN’s Jonathan Mann, Chaldean-American businessman Mark Arabo said that the “world hasn’t seen an evil like this for generations.” - MSN
“There is a park in Mosul, where [ISIS] they actually beheaded children and put their heads on a stick and have them in the park,” he explained. “More children are getting beheaded, mothers are getting raped and killed, and fathers are being hung.”
◼ CNN Interview