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 The six-minute video released by Islamic State fighters in Iraq
applauds last week's Paris attacks, according to a translation of
the Arabic provided by the Maryland-based SITE Intelligence Group.
The latest threat comes one day after the militant group put out a
video showing scenes of New York City, which suggested it was also a
target.
Islamic State, which controls a large territory in Syria and Iraq,
has claimed responsibility for last Friday's attacks in Paris in
which 129 people were killed.
FBI Director James Comey said on Thursday he was not aware of any
credible threat of a "Paris-type attack" in the United States.
 State Department spokesman John Kirby told CNN that Thursday's video
was being examined to determine its "veracity." "Everybody here in
the United States government are taking these threats seriously," he
said.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond
to a request for comment on the video.
The video opens with television news clips of the Paris attacks and
then shows two militants separately speaking to the camera.
Titled "Paris Before Rome," the video shows an Islamic State fighter
threatening to "pound" French monuments and vowing to strike at the
White House.
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"We will blow it up, the same as we blew up the idols in this good
land," one fighter says, referring to the White House.
The second fighter threatens U.S. President Barack Obama and French
President Francois Hollande. "We will grill them ... with
(explosive) belts and car bombs."
(Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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