ISIS "Lone Wolf" Taunts New Yorkers With Chilling Selfies Taken in Their Midst
Authorities in New York are reportedly investigating what appears to be an Islamic State group-supporting young man taking “selfies” around New York City, specifically outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the One World Trade Center.
The images began circulating through social media over the previous weekend, according to Fox News, and their appearance has concerned countless thousands, if not millions.
According to the New York Daily News, “one of the images had the caption ‘We are in your own Backyard,'” said Eric Feinberg, the co-founder of GIPEC, a cyber-intelligence firm that monitors potential terrorist activity on social media.
That’s certainly cause for some concern.
#BREAKING: ISIS releases a photo of what appears to be one of their supporters in front of New York's Metropolitan Museum. pic.twitter.com/3le9A5YPzl
— UA News (@UrgentAlertNews) January 2, 2018
The above image from Twitter shows a young man wearing cold weather clothing with Islamic State branding on it.
The purpose of such a photo is obvious: to instill fear in the hearts of the American people.
The Islamic State group wants to inspire lone wolves to believe that they are not alone, and that if they attack, they’ll be participating in the take-down of the United States, rather than the final gasps of the shell of a terrorist organization.
Should they be foolish enough to believe that, they’ll pay for it dearly. Thanks to President Donald Trump, his administration, and the men and women of our armed forces, the Islamic State group is very quickly approaching “history textbook footnote” status.
Their antics may be slightly intimidating, but it’s important to keep in mind that the image above may well have been doctored.
“Maybe it’s Photoshopped, maybe it’s not. It should be taken seriously,” Feinberg said.
And this potential lone wolf is being taken very seriously. While a NYPD spokesman didn’t call the threat “credible,” he did say the matter was being looked into.
“The NYPD is aware of the photograph. As with all terror related threats, the NYPD is looking into the incident. At this time there are no credible threats related to New York City,” an NYPD spokesman said Tuesday night according to the New York Daily News.
It’s a dumb terrorist who deliberately provokes the boys in blue.
While leftist may crow that the United States has a mandate to keep its proverbial doors wide open to whoever would like to enter, incidents like these tell us a very different — and far more factual — story.
H/T The Sun
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