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FBI warns media: Journalists “desirable targets” for the Islamic State

Oct 24, 2014 5:20 pm By Robert Spencer

Still image from undated video of a masked Islamic State militant holding a knife speaking next to man purported to be James Foley at an unknown locationOh, the ingratitude! After all the mainstream media has done to keep the Western public ignorant and complacent about the nature and magnitude of the jihad threat! Perhaps we should send some of our large coterie of pro-jihad journalists over to the Islamic State. Christiane Amanpour, Spencer Ackerman, Niraj Warikoo, Jennifer Fermino, Bob Smietana — what a wonderful time they would have, and we would be treated to a series of puff pieces showing the good side of those poor, misunderstand jihadis. Then they would put down their scimitars and show us Islam’s peaceful and tolerant side.”FBI warns media: Journalists ‘desirable targets’ for ISIL,” by Dylan Byers, Politico, October 23, 2014:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation sent a bulletin to reporters on Thursday warning that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant had identified reporters and media personalities as “desirable targets” for retribution attacks against the United States.

“The FBI assesses, based on open source statements and postings, that [ISIL] members and supporters view members of the US media establishment as legitimate targets for retribution attacks as the US-led air campaign against ISIL in Iraq and Syria continues,” the FBI bulletin states. “Online supporters of ISIL have called—via various social media sites—for retaliation against the United States and US interests abroad, especially since US-led air strikes in Iraq and Syria began.”

In the bulletin, the FBI claims to have “recently obtained credible information indicating members of an ISIL-affiliated group are tasked with kidnapping journalists in the region and returning them to Syria. Members of this group might try to mask their affiliation with ISIL to gain access to journalists,” the bulletin reads.

The bulletin also noted the recent executions of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and cited an online post by an ISIL supporter titled “A Message to 2.6 Million Muslims in the United States: This Is How To Respond to Obama’s War on Islam.” The post’s author identified media personnel such as anchormen, field reporters and talk show hosts as people “proved to be biased” and, as such, prioritized targets for execution….

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  1. Diane Harvey says

    Oct 24, 2014 at 5:46 pm

    Dear ISIS,

    The following individuals, if I may make a suggestion or two, would like to learn about Islam as practiced by Mohammed. its founder,
    Diane Sawyer
    Brian Williams
    Lisa Wangsness
    Rosie O’Donnell and all members, past and present, of the View
    Katie Couric
    Al less-than Sharp(ton)
    Scott Pelley

    Oh, I have to stop here; my head’s spinning with possible names. There are sooooooo many worthy candidates.

    • jihad3tracker says

      Oct 24, 2014 at 6:05 pm

      I watch the major network’s evening news for a nightly dose of “How can such otherwise smart persons be so stupid ??”

      But, of course, what comes out of THE ANCHORS’ mouths is the end of a chain whose links are strung together by privilege guilt.

      • Laura says

        Oct 25, 2014 at 5:11 am

        “I watch the major network’s evening news for a nightly dose of “How can such otherwise smart persons be so stupid ??”

        This is something that has puzzled me for some time, but I now wonder if it’s because of their innate fear of retribution, should they write something, even mildly critical of muslims.
        The atrocities across the ‘muslim world’ cannot be ignored and it’s the job of journalists to keep us posted on the latest developments. However, and no matter how dreadful the latest slaughter fest, the press people on the ground will ignore their personal moral and ethical codes and frantically look for some excuse, or justification, no matter how small and unlikely, in order to explain the unspeakable horror.
        Time after time we read the old ‘tried and trusted’ explanations of, ‘US, UK, EU foreign policy’ and ‘colonial guilt’ or ‘the Crusades’ the ‘Gaza situation’ the ‘West’s war on Islam’ ‘Zionism’ and a host of other convenient lies.
        To speak/write honestly and without trying to shield the reader from the true horror of Jihad, and the obvious threat that Islam presents to the free world, would likely have the journalist marked for death.
        Therefore, obfuscation, scapegoating, denial and deflection become the enemedia tools of choice. After all, the truth can go your head!

        • Jay Boo says

          Oct 25, 2014 at 6:08 am

          Grievance mongering Muslim leaders love it when social media relies on the ‘Muslims are subhuman’ meme.
          It enables them to whine to the mainstream media about their supposed victimhood.

          The news media should comment on Muslims wishing to play the victim while covertly supporting jihad.
          I wonder where Muslims got that idea.

          Muhammad befriended the Jews of Medina and adopted their customs.
          When Muhammad beheaded 900 or so male Jews in Medina and raped their daughters, you can bet he was whining to the stones and trees about being the ‘real’ victim.

    • Martyn says

      Oct 26, 2014 at 12:16 am

      I can help. Chris Matthews, all of CNN and most of MSNBC, Kimberly guilfoyle, Shepard smith who depending on whether he wants to be on the right side of the story or the propaganda side of the story may need a refresher course.

  2. jewdog says

    Oct 24, 2014 at 6:38 pm

    The FBI is stating the obvious. ISIS has already decapitated Sotloff and Foley, two American journalists. What I would like from the FBI is some sense that they understand something about the ISIS ideology, or are those workplace beheadings by extremists?

  3. Wellington says

    Oct 24, 2014 at 6:40 pm

    I have much to say but I will say only this: The man wearing a mask in this photo is a coward. If you’re going to cut off a head, then at least have the balls enough to show who you are. This guy has no balls. He should be an object of derision for all time, both while still alive (hopefully not much longer) and forever once he’s dead.

    • duh_swami says

      Oct 25, 2014 at 8:20 am

      Every time I see that picture, I have an urge to take that knife away from him and make him eat it…

  4. Don McKellar says

    Oct 24, 2014 at 6:46 pm

    In a perfect world all these lying, idiotic, self-deluded “journalists” listed above would be rounded up and shipped out to the Islamic State on “assignment”. Dropped by parachute over the ISIS capital, they’d be given cameras and microphones and a deadline for pick-up in Baghdad in a month so they can deliver their stories about the wonders of True Islam.

  5. No Fear says

    Oct 24, 2014 at 9:28 pm

    There are journalists in Australia who constantly tell everyone that the Islamic State is not Islamic. I wonder if they have any idea how the “perfect role model for man”, Mohammed, actually behaved. I don’t think they care.

    They say it so often that it is getting monotonous.

    • Salah says

      Oct 25, 2014 at 12:05 am

      “I wonder if they have any idea how the “perfect role model for man”, Mohammed, actually behaved. I don’t think they care. ”

      Just in case some of them do indeed care…here’s the Perfect Man of Islam:
      http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2010/12/perfect-man-of-islam.html

  6. Jen says

    Oct 24, 2014 at 9:48 pm

    Yes, that Satan-infested sub-animal with his face covered is a coward. Along with the Muslim woman that holds the head of a severed man, while wearing a burqa over their head.

    Why don’t you show us your faces, you tough guys and gals? If your death will be the “death of martyrs” then what’s the problem huh?

    • Laura says

      Oct 25, 2014 at 5:15 am

      Masked faces are more scary and intimidating than when unmasked, and most of the Jihadi scum are extremely ugly anyway, therefore the balaclava serves 2 useful purposes.

  7. Don McKellar says

    Oct 24, 2014 at 10:22 pm

    They wear their masks because they are planning to return to the land of the Infidel when they get a chance and murder there in the name of Allah, too. Or, if the ISIS thing doesn’t work out and they manage to flee in time, they can return to collect their welfare again and murder if they have a chance later. Showing their faces makes that a lot harder to do. It’s really as simple as that — and that’s not a simplification of their motives.

  8. London Jim says

    Oct 24, 2014 at 11:03 pm

    Some of you may remember that I have a longstanding personal gripe with the first journo Mr Spencer mentions in the article above, the former Ms Amanpour, however I’lLendeavour not to let my opinion be clouded by a minor work-related quarrel. I was very unlearned about Islamic eschatology and history in the 80s/90s , and Christiane seemed pretty together in her little flat in a shabby Victorian town house, what with her framed photos of her and Slick Willy, not to mention the Gold microphone award for her coverage of the Balkan war. During those two decades I was in a wilderness of survival, and ignorant of the bigger picture, and it’s only now the squirming embarassment of admitting to somehow feeling priviledged to be working for a public ‘name’ is realy sinking in. I should follow the example of the indominatable David Woods, and lampoon the tinpot icons posturing on crumbling facade of respectable authority. Time’s a comin. . .

    • classicus says

      Oct 25, 2014 at 2:06 am

      There isn’t a reason in the world that you couldn’t follow David Wood, London. It is in you. Go.

  9. Jay Boo says

    Oct 24, 2014 at 11:13 pm

    Mainstream Muslims don’t see these beheadings as ‘their’ problem.

    But burn a flaming Qur’an in non-halal bacon fat and watch how fast they cop an attitude as if they have a right to be offended.

  10. citycat says

    Oct 25, 2014 at 12:18 am

    Islam’s peaceful side is misogynistic orgasm at the expense of all humanity.
    Reincarnation of dog level.

  11. ECAW says

    Oct 25, 2014 at 3:52 am

    The jihadis biting the hand that strokes them is the best thing we could wish for. I never believed they could be so stupid although I did hope. Imagine how quickly things would change in Britain after a bomb being placed outside the offices of the Guardian or the BBC.

  12. London Jim says

    Oct 25, 2014 at 2:12 pm

    @classicus. Many thanks for the morale boost. It means a lot to me to get the nod from a true intellectual well-versed in ancient literature. I never got further than The Aneid in O level Latin, have not studied Greek, but do know that many powerhouse minds have strong classical foundations.

  13. shabeer_hassan says

    Oct 26, 2014 at 11:46 am

    KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE PROHIBITED:

    49: 6. O you who believe! If a rebellious evil person comes to you with news, verify it, lest you harm people in ignorance, and afterwards you become regretful to what you have done.
    17:33. and do not kill anyone which Allah has forbidden, except for a just cause. And whoever is killed (intentionally with hostility and oppression and not by mistake), We have given his heir the authority [(to demand Qisâs, Law of Equality in punishment or to forgive, or to take Diya (blood money)]. But let him not exceed limits in the matter of taking life (i.e he should not kill except the killer only). Verily, he is helped (by the Islamic law).
    Malik :: Book 21 : Hadith 21.3.10
    Do not kill women or children or an aged, weak person,Do not cut down fruit-bearing trees.Do not destroy an inhabited place. Do not slaughter sheep or camels except for food. Do not burn bees and do not scatter them. Do not steal from the booty,
    Dawud :: Book 14 : Hadith 2763
    Narrated AbuHurayrah:
    The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Faith prevented assassination. A believer should not assassinate.
    Dawud :: Book 35 : Hadith 4244
    Narrated Sa’d ibn AbuWaqqas:
    I asked: Apostle of Allah! tell me if someone enters my house and extends his hands to kill me (what should I do?) The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) replied: Be like the two sons of Adam. The narrator Yazid (ibn Khalid) then recited the verse: “If thou dost stretch they hand against me to slay me.”
    Bukhari :: Book 9 :: Volume 93 :: Hadith 611,623
    Bukhari :: Book 9 :: Volume 83 :: Hadith 10,12,21

    KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE IS A SYMBOL OF IGNORANCE [WEAKENS OF RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE]:

    Muslim :: Book 34 : Hadith 6458
    Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: (When) the time would draw close to the Last Hour, knowledge would be snatched away, turmoil would be rampant, miserliness would be put (in the hearts of the people) and therewould be much bloodshed. They said: What is al-harj? Thereupon he said: It is bloodshed.
    Bukhari :: Book 9 :: Volume 88 :: Hadith 185
    Narrated Abu Musa:
    The Prophet said, “Near the establishment of the Hour there will be days during which (religious) knowledge will be taken away (vanish) and general ignorance will spread, and there will be Al-Harj in abundance, and Al-Harj means killing.”
    Bukhari :: Book 1 :: Volume 3 :: Hadith 85
    Narrated Abu Huraira:
    The Prophet said, “(Religious) knowledge will be taken away (by the death of religious scholars) ignorance (in religion) and afflictions will appear; and Harj will increase.” It was asked, “What is Harj, O Allah’s Apostle?” He replied by beckoning with his hand indicating “killing.”
    Bukhari :: Book 9 :: Volume 88 :: Hadith 183
    Narrated Anas:
    Allah’s Apostle said, “From among the portents of the Hour are (the following):
    1. Religious knowledge will be taken away (by the death of Religious learned men).
    2. (Religious) ignorance will prevail.
    3. Drinking of Alcoholic drinks (will be very common).
    4. There will be prevalence of open illegal sexual intercourse.
    Bukhari :: Book 1 :: Volume 3 :: Hadith 80
    Muslim :: Book 41 : Hadith 6903
    Bukhari :: Book 9 :: Volume 88 :: Hadith 184,187,237
    Bukhari :: Book 1 :: Volume 3 :: Hadith 85

  14. shabeer_hassan says

    Oct 26, 2014 at 11:47 am

    JIHAD DECLARE ONLY THE PEOPLE WHO BROKEN THE AGREEMENT/MISCHIEF LAND/TERRORISM/INJUSTICE

    22:39. Permission to fight is given to those (i.e. believers against disbelievers), who are fighting them, (and) because they (believers) have been wronged, and surely, Allâh is Able to give them (believers) victory
    8: 56. They are those with whom you made a covenant, but they break their covenant every time and they do not fear Allâh.
    57. So if you gain the mastery over them in war, punish them severely in order to disperse those who are behind them, so that they may learn a lesson.
    58. If you (O Muhammad SAW) fear treachery from any people throw back (their covenant) to them (so as to be) on equal terms (that there will be no more covenant between you and them). Certainly Allâh likes not the treacherous.
    59. And let not those who disbelieve think that they can outstrip (escape from the punishment). Verily, they will never be able to save themselves (from Allâh’s Punishment).
    60: 9. It is only as regards those who fought against you on account of religion, and have driven you out of your homes, and helped to drive you out, that Allah forbids you to befriend them. And whosoever will befriend them, then such are the Zâlimûn (wrong-doers those who disobey Allah).
    42: 42. The way (of blame) is only against those who oppress men and wrongly rebel in the earth, for such there will be a painful torment.
    9: 12. But if they violate their oaths after their covenant, and attack your religion with disapproval and criticism then fight (you) the leaders of disbelief (chiefs of Quraish – pagans of Makah) – for surely their oaths are nothing to them – so that they may stop (evil actions).
    9:13. Will you not fight a people who have violated their oaths (pagans of Makah) and intended to expel the Messenger, while they did attack you first? Do you fear them? Allah has more right that you should fear Him, if you are believers.
    4: 75. And what is wrong with you that you fight not in the Cause of Allah, and for those weak, ill-treated and oppressed among men, women, and children, whose cry is: “Our Lord! Rescue us from this town whose people are oppressors; and rise for us from You one who will protect, and rise for us from You one who will help.”
    5: 33. The recompense of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and do mischief in the land is only that they shall be killed or crucified or their hands and their feet be cut off on the opposite sides, or be exiled from the land. That is their disgrace in this world, and a great torment is theirs in the Hereafter.
    42: 39. And those who, when tyranny strikes them, they defend
    themselves.[ avenge themselves in a just manner, restoring their rights and not
    3: 111. They will do you no harm, barring a trifling annoyance; and if they fight against you, they will show you their backs, and they will not be helped.
    112. Indignity is put over them wherever they may be, except when under a covenant (of protection) from Allâh, and from men; they have drawn on themselves the Wrath of Allâh, and destruction is put over them. This is because they disbelieved in the Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of Allâh and killed the Prophets without right. This is because they disobeyed (Allâh) and used to transgress beyond bounds (in Allâh’s disobedience, crimes and sins).
    Dawud :: Book 38 : Hadith 4357
    ……”The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Apostle and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is execution or crucifixion.”
    Bukhari :: Book 7 :: Volume 63 :: Hadith 210
    Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
    The pagans were of two kinds as regards their relationship to the Prophet and the Believers. Some of them were those with whom the Prophet was at war and used to fight against, and they used to fight him; the others were those with whom the Prophet made a treaty, and neither did the Prophet fight them, nor did they fight him…….
    Muslim :: Book 1 : Hadith 176
    …………Sa’d said: By Allah, I would never kill any Muslim so long as a person with a heavy belly, i. e., Usama, would not kill. Upon this a person remarked: Did Allah not say this: And fight them until there is no more mischief and religion is wholly for Allah? Sa’d said: We fought so that there should be no mischief, but you and your companions wish to fight so that there should be mischief.
    Muslim :: Book 1 : Hadith 30
    It is reported on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah said: I have been commanded to fight against people so long as they do not declare that there is no god but Allah, and he who professed it was guaranteed the protection of his property and life on my behalf except for the right affairs rest with Allah.

  15. London Jim says

    Oct 27, 2014 at 10:50 am

    OT@Buck in London. Hey dude, it’s interesting that both Classicus and your goodself are saying, gently,that I should seriously consider stepping up to the plate and voice my opinions, observations and what has been gleaned from nearly six years of reading JWatch , almost obsessively, on a daily basis. An opportunity has presented itself to get a hd video camera, and though my teeth look like a row of bombed houses and my life a right shambles at the moment, if Joe the plumber can do it, Jim windows could grow a pair. Sod it, ‘when you ain’t got nothing, you got nothing to lose’ , as a very famous man once sung. Hell, i even done the invisible bit once, tho it cost me a fortnight in the nuthouse. But i digress.

  16. London Jim says

    Oct 27, 2014 at 3:14 pm

    @ shabeer ,thank you the references. To ynu they might be articles of faith, to me, however, they are merely documents of a time when a cunning and ruthless ideology took hold of humans masquerading as the diktat of aome omnipotant tyrant.

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