Standing amidst the rubble of Syria's ancient city of Palmyra, the militants threaten Angela Merkel and vow to avenge "the blood of Muslims...spilled in Afghanistan."
Addressing their "brothers and sisters" in their latest execution video uploaded to Youtube on Wednesday, the Islamic State for the first time turned their attention to Germany, threatening the country in its own language before apparently murdering two men believed to be Syrian regime soldiers.
Repeating the refrain that European Muslims should make their way to territories in Syria and Iraq held by the self-styled caliphate, the group's militants, standing amidst the rubble of Syria's ancient city of Palmyra, switch between German and Arabic and call on their coreligionists "to wage Jihad" in Germany and Austria, Germany's Die Welt reports.
"Slaughter each infidel," in their homes, "everywhere," the gunmen demand, before focusing personally on German Chancellor Angela Merkel and threatening to avenge "the blood of Muslims...spilled in Afghanistan," where Germany had deployed troops in support of the American led campaign against the Taliban and al-Qaida and participated in counter-insurgency operations.
Repeating the refrain that European Muslims should make their way to territories in Syria and Iraq held by the self-styled caliphate, the group's militants, standing amidst the rubble of Syria's ancient city of Palmyra, switch between German and Arabic and call on their coreligionists "to wage Jihad" in Germany and Austria, Germany's Die Welt reports.
"Slaughter each infidel," in their homes, "everywhere," the gunmen demand, before focusing personally on German Chancellor Angela Merkel and threatening to avenge "the blood of Muslims...spilled in Afghanistan," where Germany had deployed troops in support of the American led campaign against the Taliban and al-Qaida and participated in counter-insurgency operations.
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