MISRATA, LIBYA – JUNE 02: In this handout image made available by the photographer American journalist Steven Sotloff (Center with black helmet) talks to Libyan rebels on the Al Dafniya front line, 25 km west of Misrata on June 02, 2011 in Misrata, Libya. Sotloff was kidnapped in August 2013 near Aleppo, Syria and was recently shown on a jihadist video in which fellow US journalist James Foley was executed. In the video the militant form the Islamic State (IS) threatens to kill Sotloff next if the US continues its aerial campaign against the insurgency. (Photo by Etienne de Malglaive via Getty Images)

A file photo of Steven Sotloff that was distributed when he went missing last year. he was killed by a member of the Islamic State in August. Photo by Etienne de Malglaive via Getty Images.

The Islamic State, the terrorist organization responsible for the gruesome, videotaped murders of captured American journalists James Foley, Steven Sotloff, and numerous others, is now reportedly asking sympathizers to target U.S. news media.

The Post reports that the Federal Bureau of Investigation released an unclassified Intelligence Bulletin saying that a recent posting in Arabic on an Islamic State forum issued a call to action for sympathizers in the U.S., which includes targeting members of the media—TV anchors, reporters, and radio talk show hosts—have “proved to be biased” and should be targeted especially.

The bulletin warns news agencies to take necessary security precautions as they see fit. The FBI says that the information they uncovered asks groups affiliated with the Islamic State to kidnap journalists in their regions “and [return] them to Syria.”

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