THE AUSTRALIAN

Put poison in the meals of the Crusaders

MARK SCHLIEBS THE AUSTRALIAN 12:00AM June 30, 2017

Islamic State has stepped up its calls for lone wolf attacks in Australia and other Western countries, with
its Nashir media arm calling on supporters to rise up this week and a Ramadan speech from the terror
groups official spokesman urging the same earlier this month.

Late on Wednesday night, Nashir shared a post calling for attacks in Australia, America, Canada, Europe
and Russia.

It followed a similar call shared by the same media agency on Monday, which urged supporters in
Australia, America, Canada, France and Russia to put poison in the meals of the Crusaders.

Separately, unofficial Islamic State media group al-Battar distributed a video that used a photo of
Melbourne terrorist Yacub Khayre who killed one man and took an escort hostage before police shot
him dead in Brighton this month when urging similar attacks.

Weve had more (of those calls) in the last six months than weve had before, Greg Barton, who holds
the chair in Global Islamic Politics at Deakin University, said yesterday.

I dont know how much thats driven by the strength of Australian networks or if it just reflects their
global insurgency plans. Theres a midpoint between an act of desperation and a sign of real capacity. Part
of their toolkit is to put the call out there to try to crowdsource something, to get a response.

They dont know what theyre going to get in response, but theyll keep on trying. Its like an email scam;
it costs very little to put out a whole lot of calls and then if they get some response its worked for them.

Wednesdays call was made on encrypted communication platform Telegram and was directed at
supporters unable to join the Middle East conflict.

O you who cant make Hijrah (migration) to the land of Khilafa (caliphate)! the post shared on Nashirs
mirrored Telegram channels said. O soldiers and supporters of the Caliphate in America, Europe,
Russia, Australia, Canada and every part of the world! Stand up! Make a plan, rely upon Allah, wage
operations and kill as many infidels as you can in the land of kufur (disbelief).

During the holy month of Ramadan, Islamic States official spokesman Abu al-Hassan al-Muhajir made a
similar statement.

To the brethren of faith and belief in Europe, America, Russia, Australia, and others, he said in Arabic,
according to one translation, your brothers in your land have done well so take them as role models and
do as they have done.