SAUDI KING SAY-ISIS- WEST BE NEXT UNLESS RAPID ACTION

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Saudi King warns, as jihadists now behead a Lebanese soldier
West will be next ISIS target unless there is ‘rapid’ action,
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King Abdullah made the comments at a reception for foreign ambassadors
Said terrorists 'know no border' and could reach Europe and U.S in months
Urged heads of state to fight terrorism with 'force, reason and speed'
Comes as ISIS posted video of beheading of Sunni Muslim Ali al-Sayyed
He was captured by forces with 18 others near a border town this month
Earlier today, suicide bomber killed 11 at army checkpoint near Baghdad
Iraqi army and Kurdish forces are also closing in on ISIS fighters in Amerli
By STEPH COCKROFT FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 19:25, 30 August 2014 | UPDATED: 19:55, 30 August 2014
The king of Saudi Arabia has warned that Europe and the U.S. could be ISIS's next targets unless Western government fight terrorism with 'force, reason and speed'.
King Abdullah said extremists 'know no border' and could begin sweeping through countries outside of the Middle East unless action is taken.
His comments, made at a reception for foreign ambassadors, came as ISIS posted another video on social media showing the beheading of a Lebanese soldier who was captured in Syria.
Although he did not mention any terrorist groups by name, King Abdullah's comments - published by state media today - appeared to be aimed at drawing Washington and NATO forces into a wider fight against the Islamic State and its supporters in the region.
The group has already seized wide areas of land across Syria and Iraq.
He said: 'If we ignore them, I am certain that after a month they will reach Europe and, after another month, America.
'These terrorists do not know the name of humanity and you have witnessed them severing heads and giving them to children to walk with in the street.'
British officials raised the country's terror threat level Friday to 'severe', its second-highest level, because of developments in Iraq and Syria.
The White House has said it does not expect the U.S. to bump up its terrorism threat warning level.
He continued: 'Terrorism knows no border and its danger could affect several countries outside the Middle East.
'It is no secret to you, what they have done and what they have yet to do. I ask you to transmit this message to your leaders: "Fight terrorism with force, reason and speed".'
While providing arms and support to Sunni militants in Syria, Saudi Arabia has denied directly funding or backing the Islamic State group.
Islamic State, which declared a 'caliphate' in June in parts of Iraq and Syria under its control, has been cited as a major security threat by Western governments since posting a video in August of the beheading of U.S journalist James Foley.
The group has been fighting moderate rebels, other extremists and Assad's forces in Syria for nearly three years.

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But, this year, violence in Iraq has spiralled out of control, reaching levels not seen since 2007, when the country was convulsed by civil war.
Today, the jihadist group posted a shocking video which showed the beheading of soldier Ali al-Sayyed, a Sunni Muslim from north Lebanon.
He had been seized alongside 18 others near border town Arsal earlier this month.
The footage - which is too graphic to publish- shows the soldier blindfolded with his hands tied behind his back, writhing and kicking the dusty ground while a militant announces he will be killed.
Another militant then beheads him.
The Lebanese army declined to comment but security and Islamic State sources confirmed the latest beheading.
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Relatives of Lebanese soldiers, who were captured by ISIS militants in Arsal, react during a protest demanding their release.ISIS released a video today showing one of the soldiers being beheaded
Hours later, the group posted a second video showing nine other soldiers begging for their lives, urging their families to take to the streets in the next three days to demand the release of Islamist prisoners as a condition to escape al-Sayyed's fate.
Earlier this month, several Syrian groups, including Islamic State and the al-Nusra Front battled the Lebanese army after the arrest of rebel commander Emad Gomaa in the border town of Arsal.
Gomaa is an al-Nusra commander who switched affiliation to Islamic State but remained popular among al-Nusra fighters.
The militants seized Arsal for five days before withdrawing to a mountainous border region, taking 19 captive soldiers with them.
They have demanded the release of Gomaa and several Islamists jailed since a 2007 insurrection by an al Qaeda-inspired group at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon.
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Meanwhile, police in Iraq said a suicide bomber drove his explosives-laden car into an army checkpoint in the town of Youssifiyah, killing 11 people, including four soldiers, and wounding at least 24 people. Youssifiyah is 12 miles south of Baghdad.
Hours later, a roadside bomb targeting an army patrol killed two soldiers and wounded five in Latifiyah, a town 20 miles south of Baghdad.
Medical officials confirmed the casualty figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not allowed to speak to journalists.
Today, Iraqi army and Kurdish forces also closed in on Islamic State fighters today in a push to break the Sunni militants' siege of the Shi'ite town of Amerli, army sources said.