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<\/p>\nIs is Real or is it Memorex Folks??<\/p>\n
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An apparently forged ISIS video disseminated online Monday praised President Obama and called for joint U.S. action with the terrorist group against Russian intervention in Syria.<\/p>\n
The five-minute video also called for designating Obama as the caliph, or ruler, of ISIS.<\/p>\n
ISIS supporters on Twitter were quick to denounce the video as a forgery.<\/p>\n
The production appears to be a foreign intelligence operation using disinformation to fuel anti-U.S. sentiment in the Middle East, where propaganda alleging U.S. support for ISIS is widespread.<\/p>\n
The video in both Arabic and English was removed from YouTube after it was disseminated through Twitter. However, screen captures from the video were posted online, including its title, \u201cA Message to Obama.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 5-minute, 35-second film shows a group of masked fighters dressed in camouflage battle gear carrying a black ISIS flag. The upper right-hand corner of the video bears the logo of the Al-Hayat Media Center, the official ISIS media outlet known for producing non-Arabic propaganda.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
According to excerpts of the video provided to the Washington Free Beacon<\/em>, a masked fighter addresses Obama and called him \u201cone of the greatest leaders of Islam.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGeorge Bush brought the spark of jihad to Iraq,\u201d the narrator states, adding that Obama is \u201ca great man who contributed a lot to our cause\u201d by \u201craising jihad to a new level.\u201d<\/p>\n The ISIS fighter then notes Obama\u2019s role in the ouster of tyrannical regimes, including Libya under Moammar Gadhafi, and asserts that jihadists \u201creceive weapons from you, O Obama.\u201d<\/p>\n The fighter goes on to say the arms supplied to ISIS were \u201cpointed against your enemies\u201d and that many fighters were \u201ctrained there in Turkey and Jordan but instead pledged \u201callegiance to the Islamic State after arriving in [the Levant].\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe owe you so much, Obama. And that is why we\u2019re going to proclaim you our caliph,\u201d he stated, adding that the United States and ISIS should joint together to battle \u201cRussian Crusaders.\u201d<\/p>\n