Belgian ISIS fighters praise Brussels attacks and pledge further terror atrocities in Europe
ISIS have released a new propaganda video showing Belgian jihadis in Iraq celebrating the Brussels’ attacks and declaring it Belgium’s 9/11.
The shocking footage, which appears to have been filmed in the Iraqi city of Mosul, was uploaded following the triple suicide bomb attack at Brussels’s main airport and metro station.
34 people were killed and dozens wounded in the attack, which was carried out by brothers Ibrahim and Khalid El Bakraoui and master bombmaker Najim Laachraoui.
In the video, two French-speaking jihadis, claiming to be Belgian nationals, warn that Belgium would be subjected to more terror attacks.
The fighters, named as Abu Abdullah al-Belgiki and Abu Mujahid al-Belgiki, both claim that the attacks were ‘just the beginning of your nightmare.’
‘It is just the beginning of your nightmare. Today we declare a new 9/11,’ one of the fighters says.
It is understood that the fighter known as Abu Abdullah has previously appeared in another propaganda video.
In November, the same fighter praised the Paris attacks and boasted that France would be attacked again.
The jihadis are also shown among a young audience of children, watching a propaganda ISIS film on a projector screen.
The news comes as ISIS’s top finance officer and other senior leaders were likely killed this week in a major offensive targeting the militant group’s financial operation.
The targets were confirmed by U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter in a statement today.
Carter said the United States believes it killed Haji Iman, a senior Islamic State leader in charge of the group’s finances as well as some plots and external affairs.
‘We are systematically eliminating ISIL’s cabinet,’ Carter told reporters at a briefing at the Pentagon, using an acronym to refer to the group.
Earlier media reports said Haji Iman, who also went by Abd ar-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli and other aliases, had been killed in a U.S. air strike in Syria, but Pentagon officials gave few details of the operation.
Source: Daily Mail
