The Islamic State is using an American child in its latest propaganda video.
The boy spoke clear English while issuing a threat to President Trump.
“My message to Trump, the puppet of the Jews: Allah promised us victory, promised you defeat,” the boy says in the video. “This battle is not gonna end in Raqqa or Mosul. It’s gonna end in your lands. … So get ready for the fighting has just begun.”
The 10-year-old boy says his father is an American soldier who “fought in Iraq,” according to SITE Intel Group, a firm that analyses terrorist communications and threats. The boy moved from America to Syria with his mother two years ago, he adds.
BREAKING: #ISIS video features 10 y/o American boy in #Raqqah #Syria promising #realDonaldTrump that the battle will “end in your lands” pic.twitter.com/kElhFrZ8ov
— SITE Intel Group (@siteintelgroup) August 23, 2017
A Georgia State University professor who studies terrorist groups said it’s the first time the Islamic State has featured an American child speaking in a video.
“While this is the first time they have used an American child speaking, it’s significant that he identifies his father as a former U.S. soldier and makes an overt threat to Trump,” Mia Bloom told the Daily Beast.
“The use of children in this way is intended to show the conflict is multi-generational. That even the kids are radicalized,” Bloom continued.
