By Evan Perez and Shimon Prokupecz
WASHINGTON (CBS) — Federal authorities warned Friday that Islamic State of Iraq and Syria sympathizers “continue aspirational calls for attacks on holiday gatherings, including targeting churches.”
The bulletin was issued by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security and issued to law enforcement agencies and private security companies around the U.S.
There are no known specific, credible threats, U.S. law enforcement officials say. The bulletin was issued out of an abundance of caution given the public nature of the posted threats and the holiday season.
The bulletin was sent Friday to law enforcement after pro-ISIS websites had published a publicly-available list of churches in the United States.
The bulletin also describes the different signs of suspicious activity law enforcement should be aware of.
In the past, public threats by ISIS supporters have focused on military and law enforcement targets. The more recent threats have expanded to include the type of attacks we saw in Berlin, Nice, France, and Columbus, Ohio.
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I would not surprised if terror attacks were to occur especially in Washington, DC and New York City. Considering what happened at the UN on Friday. It would Obama right if a terrorist attack would happen in his back yard.
Hey ISIS! Went to church today! Had a great time! Jesus our maker loves us. Nowhere in the koran does it say that allah loves you, no matter what you do, so obviously allah is not God. The truth of what happens after you die is too ugly to post here. I assure you, it is not pleasant because you are not perfect. That means you cannot fit into perfect heaven where sin is not allowed. Only Jesus our maker can repair us so that we can perfectly fit into heaven where sin is not allowed. You rejected God’s only son and the repair that God’s son brings which means you will keep sinning after you die. God will ask, What did you do with my Son…..Did you REJECT him?
The Obama and his Kerry can’t say that every bit of the worlds chaos right now is rooted in Islam.
Since the islamo-nazis understand only force, mosques need to start being blown up in retaliation for this savage behavior…that’s the only way they’ll get the message.
I didnt get a concealed carry license for nothing less than what we see now in this country. I will bless them 16 times rapidly if they come in my church!
Muslims With the average I.Q of 70 the sub humans are prone to violence against those they consider superior!
These radical Muslims are calling for attacks on churches ..so it only makes sense that other radical non-muslims will target mosques ..so no one should act surprised.
These geniuses must actually think that shooting up a church will lessen our resolve? It reminds me of a quote from the movie “Forest Gump”. Stupid is as stupid does!
these people need hunted down like animals to the corners of the Earth and exterminated …..by the hundreds or thousands – matters not so long as me and mine are safe from their hatred and false ideology.
HUMMMM, LET ME SEE…AND WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THIS THREAT??? YES THERE IS STILL TIME TO INDICT HIM FOR TREASON.
They will only destroy themselves even further, the wold knows about them now and this will only feed fuel to the fire. It will make the rest of the world hate them even more and make us even more determined then ever to destroy them our enemies.
Try it Muslims. We no longer will do nothing. We will come for you and your families all the way from your grandparents to your kids.
I am a retired officer and I always carry when I go to church. I shot 100% during my last qualification on the combat range. Y’all come.
I carried concealed. Got my CCW years ago. I may pack a more compact firearm so I don’t print as easy in my Sunday clothes, but I still do. Seems like a church is a place that attracts these mentally ill people looking to express themselves by hurting church goers. These people come to my church and their head will be made into a canoe.
They’re not a threat if we don’t allow them within our borders. But obama has purposely let the enemy inside.
thank God Trump will soon be in charge.
Obama promised that when the Islamic terrorists shifted “the political winds…in an ugly direction” that he would be with the Muslims.
Promise kept!
I was beginning to think that I was the only one that remembered that statement. Then he directed NASA to start the Arab feel good program.
I swear to my God…if any of these subhumans hurts my family I will hunt the family members of those who allowed them into our midst…
Soon. Very soon, you subhuman murderers, your time will be over.
If any American Life is lost or injured the blame will be solely on the heads of Obama & Democrat / Socialists.
It’s not a sin to carry your weapon concealed into a church.I am.
Nuke Mecca if they so much as set off a firecracker.
Yup. Perhaps the suits at church headquarters should pray for modern-day revelation that results in a fatwa against jihad. That should work.
And Obama wants to import still more of these subhumans to slaughter us. January 20 can’t come soon enough to wipe and flush.
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So Obama’s Muslim outreach is not working?? Who know!!
Concealed carry holders – always make sure to carry to church!
I have my weapon every Sunday at Mass. I’ve skipped a few, but I never will again.
…these people (who have a pathological hatred of Christianity, come to these Christian countries, as they know that Christianity is a silly, pansy and forgiving religion! Just go to their countries, and see if you would get the same treatment?
Obama’s best buds
The “Religion of Pieces” to visit your neighborhood thanks to your Faux President-in-Chief.
stuff your caliphate up your ass – Trump is going to kill you all
They show up in some of the churches I know they’ll be facing armed security who WILL shoot them if they threaten anyone. Churches are arming to protect their parishioners.
“There are no known specific, credible threats,” But the government’s butt is covered
Hope they are churches that get money to bring them here and infest our towns.
Hopefully, the FBI will put more effort into this, than they did on the old bag’s email scandal.
hopefully happens in NYC, nobody will care
Please remove your brains from your ass.
And where is OUR little terrorist leader??
Let’s see, rather than publish the list of churches that could be hit, as it would scare the hell out of people, we’d rather keep quiet and see who gets slaughtered. Hmmm
hmmm, why wouldn’t an FBI bulletin read 100% of all terrorist immigration has been halted? Instead of the FBI has imported 40 million terrorists to attack your churches…
Then why does the current and soon to be outgoing president insist on bringing in MORE of these people? He may be shielded by the Secret Service but the rest of us certainly are not.
Well, the FBI cannot report that their terrorists are going to attack your churches if the FBI doesn’t have any terrorists… now can they.
Hey, ISIS, Americans, for the most part, aren’t like Europeans. We shoot back and love our firearms. Bring it on.
Let’s see…..can’t release the actual church list as it may cause unwarranted concern. Better to let church goers get slaughtered if it turns out to be true. Hmm…..
Please update the story with the actual bulletin. If it was provided to private security companies and …”The bulletin was issued out of an abundance of caution given the public nature of the posted threats and the holiday season” it should be easily accessible by the affected public. Also, please expand on this list of churches and who publishes it. I’m sure congregants would be interested to know if their church is on it.
Best reason for having conceal carry laws in your states.
Y’all are more than welcomed to our little family get together. Granted, we may be unwrapping firearms…
Another website said that ISIS listed thousand of churches by name, although the website would not reveal their names. Sounds pretty specific to me, despite what the low credibility FBI claims.