The Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility today (May 5, 2015) for the foiled attack on a controversial Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest near Dallas, Texas, that ended with both assailants being shot dead by a policeman. The announcement was made on the IS radio station, according to The Daily Beast website.
This marks the first time that IS has claimed it was behind an attack on U.S. soil. Until just a few months ago, U.S. officials were insisting the group was focused entirely on Syria and Iraq. (Mexican officials also revealed last month that IS has at least two cells in that country -- one near the Texas border and the other close to New Mexico.)
The Islamic State's official radio station, al Bayan, first announced the claim for responsibility describing gunmen Elton Simpson -- a convert to Islam -- and Nadir Soofi as "two soldiers of the caliphate." In a news bulletin, al Bayan said the event at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas was targeted because it "was portraying negative pictures of the Prophet Muhammad."
The IS report boasted of more attacks to come soon, warning, "We tell America that what is coming will be even bigger and more bitter, and that you will see the soldiers of the Islamic State do terrible things."
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