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The Islamic State’s (ISIL) leadership has called on its supporters in Europe to carry out attacks against Christian civilians. ISIL referred to the Christian civilians as “crusaders” and told its supporters via its social media wing that killing these people will benefit them during the month of Ramadan. The terrorist group encouraged its supporters to carry out attacks against Christian civilians using vehicles, guns, or knives. This is not the first time that the terrorist group has encouraged its supporters to carry out attacks during holidays; however, this has certainly raised security concerns in Europe, especially after the Manchester attack.

Prior to the June 3 London terror attacks a pro-ISIS channel sent out a meme urging Islamists touse trucks to “kill the civilians of the Crusaders.” The meme also urged Islamists to use guns and knives. Details of the attack remain unclear, but CBS Philadelphia reports that the attackers ran through the restaurant at Borough Market after driving a van into pedestrians on London Bridge. Witnesses said the attackers entered the restaurant yelling “This is for Allah!” and stabbed random Londoners.

Saturday on Fox News Channel's "America's News HQ," network military analyst Ret. Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney told host Uma Pemmaraju that in oder to address the current threat ISIS posses, the Untied States should "go to DEFCON 1, our highest state of readiness and be prepared as we lead up to 9/11," because he warned "we may even see a 9/11/14."

Israel was among those who warned Kenya's government of the high risk of an attack before the deadly assault on a Nairobi mall by Islamist terrorists, security sources have told the AFP news agency. Cabinet ministers and Kenya's army chief had received information warning of a plan to carry out a major attack, the officials told the news agency, confirming an intelligence report leaked in Kenyan newspapers.

WASHINGTON – By the end of April, terror threats to the U.S. will no longer be described in shades of green, blue, yellow, orange and red, The Associated Press has learned.

The Obama administration will issue a warning Saturday to U.S. travelers in Europe to avoid places frequented by Westerners after new intelligence suggested an attack by Al Qaeda could be imminent, a senior U.S. intelligence official told Fox News. The travel warning is expected to be announced at 4 p.m., pending Secretary Hillary Clinton's approval, the official said. The move is expected to have significant implications for European tourism. The travel warning will advise Americans to stay away from European tourist sites, transportation hubs and other facilities because of fresh threat information, U.S. officials said. A European official briefed on...

The United States has warned of possible terrorist attacks against its interests in the Middle East and North Africa, and has cautioned American citizens to be vigilant about their security in those areas. In a statement posted Saturday on the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait's website, the State Department says potential attacks could include bombings, hijackings, hostage taking, kidnappings and assassinations. It also warned that chemical and biological agents must be considered a possible threat. The State Department singled out Westerners, oil workers and U.S. contractors working with the military as potential targets. The statement pointed to last month's bombings of...

New evidence supports the belief that a terror plot to bomb U.S. financial targets could still be in the works ... Officials cite three pieces of evidence to support the claim, reports Martin. First, the 500 pages of surveillance files stored in the computer of an al Qaeda operative captured last month in Pakistan have been transmitted to other operatives in the past year. Second, the captured al Qaeda man, who goes by the name Abu Talha, has provided evidence of phone calls between al Qaeda operatives and someone in the U.S. within the past year. Third, under questioning Talha...

Aug. 1 (Bloomberg) -- New York police advised businesses to step up security procedures, citing reports that the al-Qaeda terrorist network may be planning suicide attacks on commercial and financial institutions in the city, the New York Times reported on its Web site. Police told building managers and corporate security personnel to guard against vehicles rigged with explosives and chemical agents placed in ventilation system, the newspaper said. The warnings followed meetings between New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and Pasquale D'Amuro, assistant director for the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, it said, citing Kelly spokesman...

(IsraelNN.com) With security forces operating on heightened alert inside pre-1967 Green Line Israel and throughout Yesha (Judea, Samaria & Gaza) areas, intelligence community officials are reporting approximately 50 terror alerts.

A SOURCE CLOSE TO AL-QA'IDA SAID THAT 'THE HOLY WARRIORS HAVE COMPLETED THE PREPARATORY STAGE AND STARTED THE COUNTDOWN FOR THE EXECUTION OF AN ATTACK INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.' THE SOURCE CLAIMED THAT THE NEXT ATTACKS WILL CAUSE AMERICA 'TO LOSE CONTROL OF ITSELF AND THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH ITS ARMY.' HE AGAIN URGED MUSLIMS IN AMERICA TO LEAVE IF THEY DID NOT WISH TO DIE. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 11/26/03)

At least 9 people overcome with breathing problems in wake of Homeland Security warning on al-Qaida On the heels of a Homeland Security memo warning of an al-Qaida terror threat to gas U.S. subways, six transit workers in New York and three people in Boston were overcome today by fumes in the cities' respective subway systems. "There were negative results on anything radiological. No foul play is suspected," John Odermatt, head of New York's Office of Emergency Management told Reuters. "Six transit workers were being treated after being exposed to fumes." A strange odor before lunch on the New York...

Terrorists intend to carry out attacks against Israeli and Western targets in South Africa, and are also working to organize attacks in Southeast Asia, North Africa, western Europe and Turkey, Minister Gideon Ezra warned in the Knesset on Wednesday. According to the latest figures from the Absorption Ministry, there are about 15,000 Israelis living in South Africa. As for Jewish communities, Ezra emphasized that the government does not have any "immediate concrete warnings" about plans for attacks. Ezra was responding to a parliamentary query from Likud MK Yehiel Hazan. He asked Ezra to detail the form of security for Jewish...

NAIROBI, June 21 (Reuters) - Kenyan authorities arrested dozens of people on Saturday and halted flights to and from Somalia after the United States closed its embassy in Nairobi because of what it called a terrorist threat, police said. U.S. defense officials said on Friday the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency had put its threat level for Kenya at "high", the highest of four levels of security. Kenyan police said on Saturday they had arrested 36 suspects in a major swoop in the Eastleigh estate, a part of the city inhabited mostly by Kenyan Somalis. Kenya also halted flights to and...

LONDON (Reuters) - European ministers warned that dormant Islamic terrorist cells could strike at any time, heightening worldwide alerts against a possibly resurgent al Qaeda after suicide bombings in Saudi Arabia and Morocco. Both Saudi Arabia and Morocco announced the detention of suspected Islamic militants, and the Saudis said on Sunday they were looking seriously at al Qaeda links to last Monday's bombings in the capital Riyadh. Suicide attackers killed Westerners, including Americans, in Riyadh, and several Europeans in Morocco's Casablanca. Both Arab kingdoms have historically close ties with Washington. "There are dormant Islamic terrorism cells which could wake up...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has received intelligence warning of plans by Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network to attack Jews and Israelis in Prague, an Israeli security source has said. Israel named al Qaeda as the prime suspect in a suicide bombing at a hotel in Kenya on November 28 that killed 13 Kenyans and three Israelis and a failed attempt to shoot down with missiles an Israeli airliner taking off nearby. "A specific warning was received recently about plans to attack Jews and Israelis in Prague," the security source said on Sunday, without giving details. The capital of the...

Terrorists are planning a series of spectacular attacks on American, British and Israeli targets to coincide with the anniversary of the destruction of the World Trade Centre on 11 September last year. Intelligence agencies in the UK, southern Asia and the Middle East are detecting an increased volume of communications between suspected al-Qaeda cells as the organisation, led by the fugitive Saudi-born dissident Osama bin Laden, accelerates efforts to pull off a major operation in the days around the anniversary of the New York and Washington attacks. According to sources in Pakistan, al-Qaeda activists there have been given a three-month...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The recent audio recording of al-Qaida's spokesman threatening new attacks against the United States appears to be legitimate, a U.S. official said Tuesday. Government analysts have matched the voice of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith to his voice from previous recordings, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Officials will analyze the recording further before making a final determination, the official said. In the recording, Abu Ghaith says bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, are alive, and so is Taliban leader Mullah Omar. The message was released as an audio file on Islamic Web sites. A similar...

<p>June 24, 2002 -- WASHINGTON - Top lawmakers said yesterday that terrorists have "perfected" oil-tanker truck bombs as a new form of terrorism and may be angling to use them against Americans with a deadly July 4 attack.</p> <p>Sen. Bob Graham (D-Fla.) said he fears that al Qaeda terrorists recently demonstrated their skill by destroying a synagogue in Morocco and could use the new weapon here.</p>

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has been asked by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works to study nine regional dams to assess the threat of terrorism and other risks. "It's not like we think we're a big target but you never know," said Ken Pellman, the county's public works spokesman. "We're taking precautions just in case. Why wouldn't our dams be taken out? They're there for a reason." Big Dalton, Big Tujunga, Cogswell, Morris, Pacoima, Puddingstone, San Dimas, San Gabriel and Santa Anita dams will be studied at the request of county officials. Santa Fe Dam in...