{"id":314238,"date":"2017-06-24T01:04:43","date_gmt":"2017-06-24T00:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/islamic-state-linked-media-group-calls-for-vehicle-knife-attacks-in-us\/"},"modified":"2017-06-24T01:04:43","modified_gmt":"2017-06-24T00:04:43","slug":"islamic-state-linked-media-group-calls-for-vehicle-knife-attacks-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/islamic-state-linked-media-group-calls-for-vehicle-knife-attacks-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamic State-linked Media Group Calls for Vehicle, Knife Attacks in US"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRun Them Over Without Mercy,\u201d pro-ISIS propaganda posters say<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mikael Thalen<\/strong><!-- NO_ADS_IN_ARTICLE --><br \/>Prison Planet.com<br \/>June 23, 2017<\/p>\n<p>An Islamic State-linked media group began distributing images this week calling for knife and vehicle attacks within the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Nashir News Agency, which issued the call to violence Thursday, spread the content throughout numerous channels in the messaging app Telegram.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Islamic State-linked Nashir News Telegram channels have distributed posters calling for attacks in the US using cars and knives <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VkswicHkkk\">pic.twitter.com\/VkswicHkkk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael S. Smith II (@MichaelSSmithII) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelSSmithII\/status\/878054572777799680\">June 23, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to terrorism analyst Michael S. Smith II, who posted to Twitter screenshots of the images \u2013 which call on IS-sympathizers to \u201creply the call and stab them\u201d as well as \u201crun over them without mercy\u201d \u2013 Nashir\u2019s latest propaganda push is part of continued calls for attack dating back to late 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis material is simply amplifying calls for attack in the West dating back to September 2014, when then Islamic State spokesman Abu Mohamed al-Adnani called for attacks in Europe and the US, identifying, among other things, cars and knives as ideal weapons for attacks targeting police officers and civilians,\u201d Smith says.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Knife-Attack.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Knife-Attack.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"432\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-292410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Knife-Attack.jpg 620w, https:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Knife-Attack-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Knife-Attack-79x55.jpg 79w, https:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Knife-Attack-459x320.jpg 459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The images come amid a larger campaign encouraging the pursuit of \u201cmartyrdom\u201d in which Nashir describes such adherents as the \u201cmost feared of the enemies of Islam\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cManagers of Islamic State-linked Nashir News Telegram channels have distributed a Nashir-produced memo focused on the virtues of attaining \u2018martyrdom,&#8217;\u201d Smith says. \u201cNashir News channels have become initial points for distribution of official IS propaganda.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, during recent months, there has been an increase in the distribution of Nashir-produced materials thereon.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Smith notes that while Nashir has clear links to the Islamic State, the news group \u201cwas not&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/islamic-state-linked-media-group-calls-for-vehicle-knife-attacks-in-us.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cRun Them Over Without Mercy,\u201d pro-ISIS propaganda posters say Mikael ThalenPrison Planet.comJune 23, 2017 An Islamic State-linked media group began distributing images this week calling for knife and vehicle attacks within the United States. Nashir News Agency, which issued the call to violence Thursday, spread the content throughout numerous channels in the messaging app Telegram. 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