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Phares to Fox.com on ISIS and Halloween"
By Dr Walid Phares
Oct 30, 2014 - 3:23:41 PM

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Some costumes, however, cross the line from distasteful to potentially dangerous, according to Mideast expert and Fox News contributor Walid Phares.

Photos have emerged on social media of people dressed up as ISIS militants, toting fake knives and guns, which Phares called "alarming" especially in the wake of the Ottawa shooting in which a lone masked gunman killed a Canadian soldier. One picture, posted Oct. 27 by user T.J ‏@Skinny215 shows a group of ISIS-looking militants with the caption, "Where's the Halloween parties... Isis will be there."

"With the increase of young persons planning on wearing ISIS-like uniforms and being masked for Halloween, there are some concerns which we, and law enforcement, need to be attentive to," he told FoxNews.com.

"It is all about one day or one night, and hopefully there won't be any incidents, but here are two scenarios that could be developed by jihadi terrorists for Halloween," he speculated. "One is that they would wear ISIS type clothing and mingle with the Halloween celebrants, mostly in public places, and perform violence and film it with devices. The videos produced would be extensively used by ISIS or jihadists for propaganda purposes. They would claim having hit the enemy at home, while wearing jihadi uniforms."



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