Islamic State calls on backers to kill 100 U.S. military personnel
Mar 22nd 2015 7:56AM
(Reuters) - Islamic State has posted online what it says are the names, U.S. addresses and photos of 100 American military service members, and called upon its "brothers residing in America" to kill them.
The Pentagon said after the information was posted on the Internet that it was investigating the matter. "I can't confirm the validity of the information, but we are looking into it," a U.S. defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Saturday.
"We always encourage our personnel to exercise appropriate OPSEC (operations security) and force protection procedures," the official added.
In the posting, a group referring to itself as the "Islamic State Hacking Division" wrote in English that it had hacked several military servers, databases and emails and made public the information on 100 members of the U.S. military so that "lone wolf" attackers can kill them.
The New York Times reported that it did not look like the information had been hacked from U.S. government servers and quoted an unnamed Defense Department official as saying most of the information could be found in public records, residential address search sites and social media.
The Times quoted officials as saying the list appeared to have been drawn from personnel mentioned in news articles about air strikes on Islamic State. The group's forces control parts of Syria and Iraq and have been targeted in U.S.-led air strikes.
The posting, addressed to disbelievers, Christians and "crusaders" in America, included what the group said were the names, military service branch, photos and street addresses of the individuals. The posting includes the military rank of some but not all of those named.
(Reporting by Will Dunham and Eric Beech; Editing by Frances Kerry)
Posters note: It's time to cease playing nice. Put me in charge of training some peop with no interference or intrusion and in nine to ten months I'll produce a class of warriors in nine to ten months that will put an end to ISIS and jihad. The initial reaction when they are let loose on the islamic world will be angers and defiance. After a few more doses, their anger and defiance will turn to terror and looking for a place to hide. There will be no place to hide.
