IS worldwide told to kill Americian military in their homes

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Islamic State targeting U.S. military at home through social media, FBI says
By Gabrielle Levy

U.S. military personnel should be cautious in posting on social media so as not to make themselves targets, the FBI said.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The FBI warned U.S. military personnel around the world Sunday that it had received threats against them made by the Islamic State.

Warnings were first issued by the Army after Islamic State militants encouraged supporters around the world to seek out U.S. military and "shot up [at their homes] and slaughter them."

"Overseas based individuals are looking for like-minded individuals to carry out these attacks," the FBI warned.

The bulletin warned military personnel to take care in posting on social media so as not to make themselves target.

"We also request members of the military review their online social media presence for any information that might attract the attention of violent extremists," the bulletin said. "Use caution and practice operational security when posting."

Federal officials issued two similar warnings in October. Sunday's warning specifically cited two attacks on members of the Canadian military linked to the Islamic State, including the Oct. 22 attack in Ottawa.

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Reuters

U.S. military warned of possible Islamic State attacks at home: report
(Reporting by Mark Hosenball, Aruna Viswanatha and David Alexander; writing by Bill Trott; editing by G Crosse, Bernadette Baum)

U.S. officials have warned military personnel that Islamic State forces may be planning attacks against them in the United States, ABC News reported on Monday.

A joint intelligence bulletin sent to law enforcement agencies by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security urged members of the U.S. military to erase from their online social media accounts anything would draw attention from "violent extremists," or reveal service members' identity, the news network said.

ABC said the government indicated late Sunday it had obtained intelligence that Islamic State militants, who have taken over parts of Iraq and Syria with the intention of setting up a fundamentalist caliphate, were targeting the United States within its borders.

"The FBI recently received reporting indicating individuals overseas are spotting and assessing like-minded individuals who are willing and capable of conducting attacks against current and former U.S.-based members of the United States military," the bulletin said, according to a Reuters source.

An FBI spokesman confirmed the accuracy of the ABC report, but declined to provide a copy of the memo.

U.S. Army Colonel Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, said the advisory "reinforces the guidance that our combatant commanders had put out several weeks ago."

The Pentagon had most recently advised personnel to check their social media after two Canadian soldiers were killed in their country in October in separate attacks that police said were carried out by converts to Islam, he said.

"The department has long been aware and mindful of the potential for homegrown extremism and we have continued to encourage and to advise all of our personnel to exercise the maximum amount of vigilance," Warren said.

A U.S. government source told Reuters the warning most likely was issued in response to an upsurge in social media postings by suspected militants threatening U.S. service members.

The source also said one concern was that many military personnel would be traveling in uniform over the holiday period, but the bulletin was not circulated until the Thanksgiving holiday weekend was nearly over.

Anthea: Will this mean that the military in other coalition countries could soon be at risk - remember that last year Lee Rigby was slaughtered in England by Islam converts