US rejects IS threat of attack

(Baonghean) - On November 19, the Director of the FBI intelligence agency denied previous threats by IS about carrying out an attack on the United States like the one in Paris on the evening of November 13.

FBI Director James Comey officially denied IS's threat to reassure public opinion. Photo: Reuters

At a press conference, FBI Director James Comey stated: “We have not found a single credible threat here (in the US) like the attack in Paris.” Comey stressed that there was no connection between the attackers and the US.

The above statements by US authorities are aimed at reassuring public opinion after IS released a video showing a man carrying a bomb threatening to attack iconic structures in the US such as the White House, Times Square,...

“ISIL (another acronym for IS) and its supporters are publishing a series of videos and magazines, but this information is not reliable,” according to the head of the US counterterrorism agency.

Currently, the US is focusing on tracking “lone wolves” - those who are obsessed with IS extremist propaganda on the Internet. According to statistics from US Attorney General Loretta Lynch, since 2013, the US has had more than 70 subjects directly or indirectly related to a terrorist organization at home or abroad.

Chu Thanh

(According to Le Figaro)