Islamic State threatens to blow up White House
The six-minute video titled “Paris Before Rome” was produced by the IS in the Dijlah province of Iraq, according to the Middle East Media Research Institute based in Washington, Xinhua reported.
The video showed an IS fighter threatening to attack French monuments and vowing to strike the White House.
“We began with you, and we shall conclude with the so-called White House,” a fighter in the video said, “We shall blow it up, just like we blew up the idols on this good land”.
Another fighter in the video threatened US President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande. “We shall burn you with our suicide belts and our car bombs, we shall track you down wherever you go”.
The latest threats came a after the terrorist group released a video that threatened to attack New York City.
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