ISIS Uses ‘American’ Boy to Threaten US

ISIS Uses ‘American’ Boy to Threaten US
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Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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An American boy was apparently used in an ISIS propaganda video to threaten U.S. President Donald Trump.

A child who says he is of U.S. origin was featured in a video of the terrorist group, CBS News reported. The boy can be heard speaking with a distinctly American accent.

He warned Trump and the United States that the battle against the terrorist group “is not gonna end in Raqqa or Mosul,”  but instead, “in your lands.”

The video featuring the alleged “cub” was released Wednesday, Aug. 23, showing the boy identifying himself as Yousef while saying he’s 10 years old. He says he lives in Raqqa, Syria, but not where he previously lived inside the United States. 

He said he didn’t “know much about Islam except the name” before he arrived in ISIS territory. 

Iraqi security forces climb into trucks travelling to Mosul to fight against ISIS terrorists at an Iraqi army base in Camp Taji, Baghdad, on Feb. 21, 2016. (REUTERS/Ahmed Saad)
Iraqi security forces climb into trucks travelling to Mosul to fight against ISIS terrorists at an Iraqi army base in Camp Taji, Baghdad, on Feb. 21, 2016. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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