IS claims it brought down Russian plane with IED

The Islamic State claims it brought down the Russian passenger jet with an IED stashed in a soda can.

In its newest edition of the Dabiq magazine, the terror group features a photo of the makeshift explosives as well as pictures of passengers who were on the flight.

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It says the Russian plane was targeted due to Moscow’s airstrikes in Syria. “It was a rash decision of arrogance from Russia… And so after having discovered a way to compromise the security at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport and resolving to bring down a plane belonging to a nation in the American-led Western coalition against the Islamic State, the target was changed to a Russian plane,” it writes. “A bomb was smuggled onto the airplane, leading to the deaths of 219 Russians and 5 other crusaders only a month after Russia’s thoughtless decision.”

It also praises the Paris attacks, and the “brave knights” who carried them out.

“A year earlier, on “19 September 2014,” France haughtily began executing airstrikes against the Khilāfah. Like Russia, it was blinded by hubris, thinking that its geographical distance from the lands of the Khilāfah would protect it from the justice of the mujāhidīn. It also did not grasp that its mockery of the Messenger would not be left unavenged. Thus, the Islamic State dispatched its brave knights to wage war in the homelands of the wicked crusaders, leaving Paris and its residents ‘shocked and awed.’

“The eight knights brought Paris down on its knees, after years of French conceit in the face of Islam. A nationwide state of emergency was declared as a result of the actions of eight men armed only with assault rifles and explosive belts. And so revenge was exacted upon those who felt safe in the cockpits of their jets.”

The magazine also praises stabbing attacks on Israelis.