John McCain targeted by ISIL, calls it a ‘true badge of honor’
U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) today released the following statement on being targeted by the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as “the enemy” and “crusader” in its new propaganda magazine:
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“I was proud to be sanctioned by Vladimir Putin earlier this year, but to be targeted by ISIL as the ‘enemy’ and ‘crusader’ is a true badge of honor. ISIL is the most dangerous Islamic extremist terrorist group in the world, and now maintains the largest terrorist sanctuary in history between Iraq and Syria, where it has killed thousands.
The Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the FBI, and the Secretary of Homeland Security have all warned that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United States, and Attorney General Eric Holder recent called the ISIL threat to America ‘more frightening than anything I think I’ve seen as attorney general.’
I will never cease my efforts to advance the values of freedom, democracy and human rights in the Middle East and around the world, and to counter groups like ISIL which offer nothing but darkness, extremism and terror.”
