In a video released Monday on a site to which the Islamic State posts its messages, a man identified in subtitles as Al Ghareeb the Algerian proclaimed that ISIS was setting its sights on the nation’s capital: “We swear that we will strike America at its center in Washington.”
Emily Miller, chief investigative reporter at FOX5 News in Washington, D.C., took note of this “be on the lookout” notice concerning four men inside the Pentagon Metro Station. We’re assuming there’s more to the transit police’s interest than is listed on the poster.
This is scary: Be On The Lookout alert for these men on DC metro at Pentagon. Note it was a warm on Sunday. pic.twitter.com/hkgTuhBgKx
— Emily Miller (@emilymiller) November 19, 2015
https://twitter.com/millennialviews/status/667169613365575680
@EmilyMiller We need to profile. These guys look like Syrians just off the boat!
— KayDee ? (@ally_gardener) November 19, 2015
https://twitter.com/CosmicFuhrer/status/667170938220228609
https://twitter.com/Runcie/status/667175425496317953
@EmilyMiller @SanaeaPatryck they are just lost orphans
— JP Evans (@pevans4uga) November 19, 2015
https://twitter.com/SanaeaPatryck/status/667177054626967552
https://twitter.com/greymagus/status/667173148928929792
But what about the bulky clothing on a warm day in D.C.?
https://twitter.com/CAW622/status/667172059735154688
@EmilyMiller Those who know, know what this means. Pray those who should be on their toes, ARE
— Vaughan Pitts (@vaughanpitts) November 19, 2015
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@EmilyMiller @Women4Trump This is what it is coming to at the end of Obama's reign of terror. It will get worse. What happened to America?
— Jere??⚖️⭐️⭐️⭐️⚖️?? (@smith_jere) November 19, 2015
https://twitter.com/1st_Son_of_MD/status/667178871129776129
The poster doesn’t say, but it does remind us of the FBI’s similar poster of all the men milling about the Benghazi compound, some carrying rifles, during the Sept. 11 attack. Maybe these four from the train station know some bad guys from back home who are planning something.
Update. The men have been located and cleared by D.C.’s Metro Transit Police:
The 4 men in internal MTPD bolo were ID'd & contacted by us yest evening. All checked out, fully cooperative, no nexus to criminal activity.
— Metro Transit Police (@MetroTransitPD) November 19, 2015
Editor’s note: This post has been updated.
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