Libya's ISIS leader sets sights on Rome

(ANSA) - Rome, March 10 - The reported new Islamic State (ISIS) leader in Libya, Abdel Qader Al-Najdi, has invoked the conquest of Rome in an interview with jihadist weekly Al-Naba. "We pray to God that we might be pious faithful and those that conquer Rome," Al-Najdi said in the interview published Wednesday.
    "We pray that the Caliphate's vanguard in Libya might be the ones to conquer Rome," he added.
    "Preparations are underway for the creation of a new coalition of crusaders aiming to wage war against the Islamic State," Al-Najdi continued.
    Its principal members are "France, Great Britain and Italy, supported by local combatant factions that will strengthen the coalition", he added. Thought to be of Saudi origin, Al-Najdi replaces Iraqi Abu-al-Maghirah al-Qahtani, who was reportedly killed in an American air strike last November.