Destroyed on the battlefield, ISIS is beginning a new chapter of terror
The 59-second video shows eight men clasping hands and pledging allegiance to the"Emir of the Believers" and the"Caliphate of the Muslims." They were about to launch a series of devastating attacks in Sri Lanka, an atrocity that took the lives of more than 250 people and simultaneously declared that ISIS is far from extinguished as a global threat.
Within days of the attacks, ISIS' online publication al Nabaa crowed about"raising the Caliphate banner in new arenas... The days are pregnant with more disappointments for the enemies of Allah." The video was released by a news agency linked to ISIS. An image from the video released by ISIS, showing eight men purported to be the Sri Lankan attackers pledging allegiance to the terror group.
CNN goes inside last ISIS enclave 01:55In January, an ISIS sleeper cell was able to carry out a suicide attack that killed at least 14 people, including four Americans, in Manbij in northern Syria, far from the sliver of land it still controlled. Just this week, ISIS fighters staged a surprise attack on al Kawm in the desert near Palmyra.
Father's story about losing children in Sri Lanka attacks 02:20Similarly, after the attack in Riyadh a week ago, Saudi authorities raided a recently-built farm complex whose construction -- according to Dean's sources would have cost nearly $200,000. There were plenty of cash and weapons there too. So, the ISIS leadership may still exercise some control over the distribution of funds."Money absolutely was moved outside [of Iraq and Syria]," says Fitton-Brown.
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