Islamic State warned in a new video on Monday that countries taking part in air strikes against Syria would suffer the same fate as France, and threatened to attack in Washington.
The video, which appeared on a website used by IS to post its messages, begins with news footage of the aftermath of Friday’s Paris shootings in which 129 people were killed.
The message to countries involved in what it called the “crusader campaign” was delivered by a man dressed in fatigues and a turban, and identified in subtitles as Al Ghareeb the Algerian.
“We say to the states that take part in the crusader campaign that, by God, you will have a day, God willing, like France’s and by God, as we struck France in the centre of its abode in Paris, then we swear that we will strike America at its centre in Washington,” the man said.
It was not immediately possible to verify the authenticity of the video, which purports to be the work of Islamic State fighters in the Iraqi province of Salahuddine, north of Baghdad.
The US Department of Homeland Security would not comment on the video but said it had not received information indicating a potential attack.
“While we take all threats seriously, we do not have specific credible information of an attack on the US homeland,” a DHS official said on condition of anonymity.
The French Government has called the Paris attacks an act of war and said it would not end its air strikes against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
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