On February 5, 2014 in testimony before Congress on resurgence of al Qaeda in Iraq, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq and Iran Brett McGurk read a statement from the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: “Our last message is to the Americans. Soon we will be in direct confrontation, and the sons of Islam have prepared for such a day, So watch, for we are with you, watching.”
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