ISLAMIC STATE SAYS U.S. 'BEING RUN BY AN IDIOT'
CAIRO (Reuters) -
Islamic State said on Tuesday the United States was drowning and "being
run by an idiot".
In the first official
remarks by the group referring to President Donald Trump since he took office,
spokesman Abi al-Hassan al-Muhajer said:
"America you have
drowned and there is no savior, and you have become prey for the soldiers of
the caliphate in every part of the earth, you are bankrupt and the signs of
your demise are evident to every eye."
"... There is no
more evidence than the fact that you are being run by an idiot who does not
know what Syria or Iraq or Islam is," he said in a recording released on
Tuesday on messaging network Telegram.
Trump has made
defeating Islamic State a priority of his presidency.
U.S.-backed forces are
fighting to retake Islamic State's two biggest cities - Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa
in Syria.
"Die of spite
America, die of spite, a nation where both young and old are racing to die in
the name of God will not be defeated," al-Muhajer said.
Trump is examining
ways to accelerate the U.S.-led coalition campaign that U.S. and Iraqi
officials say has so far been largely successful in uprooting Islamic State
militants in Iraq and Syria.
The loss of Mosul,
Islamic State's last major stronghold in Iraq, would deal a major defeat to
Islamic State.
U.S. and Iraqi
officials are preparing for smaller battles after the city is recaptured and
expect the group to go underground to fight as a traditional insurgency.
(Reporting by Ali Abdelaty; Writing
by Maha El Dahan; Editing by Alison Williams)
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