Not a good sign. They are gearing up for something.
"Not a good sign. They are gearing up for something."
OPINION: Either that or just pumping up the jihadis and/or the jihad supporters with a little propaganda.
...and to the Caliphate for which we kill -
Nuts, the whole bunch of them need to be neutralized.
Actually I'm not sure that this means a whole lot in and of itself - it's not that different from their previous calls to jihad though I don't know if any of them included calling for any kind of "oath."
What I think is more likely is that this is intended as just another propaganda method for lining up new recruits. Possibly because they expect major new operations soon, but also possibly just to fill in some of the foot soldiers they've lost and maybe round up a few more.
However for other reasons there is good evidence that they do indeed want to start something much larger than what they've been able to do so far. Their record so far is not great - they have pulled off a number of operations (some major) but at enormous cost both to themselves and to their good will in various parts of the Arab world. That could of course change rapidly - they're a lot like a cornered den of snakes, if we're not careful it may cost us dearly.