Great news if you're an aspiring teen jihadist:
ISIS has reportedly accepted Nigerian terror group Boko Haram's
pledge of allegiance. ISIS spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani announced the deal
on Thursday in a speech distributed across social media, according to the SITE
Intelligence Group.
In the same speech,
Adnani said ISIS wanted to take over Paris, Rome, and Andalusia, and destroy
Big Ben and the White House.
Adnani: If West/ US wants #ISIS strongholds, ISIS wants #Paris, #Rome,
& #Andalusia
after "blowing up" #WhiteHouse,
#BigBen,
#EiffelTower
Boko Haram made the pledge of allegiance on Saturday, according to Reuters. "We announce our allegiance to
the Caliph... and will hear and obey in times of difficulty and prosperity, in
hardship and ease," an English language translation of the group's audio
message read. "We call upon Muslims everywhere to pledge allegiance to the
Caliph."
It's not clear what,
exactly, the pledge means or if it makes either group more dangerous—they are,
after all, approximately a full continent apart—but Nigeria is taking the
collaboration seriously.
"[The audio] is
confirming what we always thought. It's sad, it's bad," Nigerian
government spokesman Mike Omeri told Reuters. "It's why we were appealing
to the international community... Hopefully the world will wake up to the
disaster unfolding here."
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