there is "rapid" action.
"If we ignore them, I am sure
they will reach Europe in a month and America in another month," he said
in remarks quoted on Saturday by Asharq al-Awsat daily and Saudi-backed
Al-Arabiya television station.
"Terrorism
knows no border and its danger could affect several countries outside
the Middle East," said the king who was speaking at a welcoming ceremony
on Friday for new ambassadors, including a new envoy from Saudi ally
the United States.
The
Islamic State (IS) jihadist group has prompted widespread concern as it
advances in both Syria and Iraq, killing hundreds of people, including
in gruesome beheadings and mass executions.
Lack of action would be "unacceptable" in the face of the phenomenon, King Abdullah said.
"You
see how they (jihadists) carry out beheadings and make children show
the severed heads in the street," he said, condemning the "cruelty" of
such acts.
"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 (necessary) speed'."
President
Barack Obama has yet to decide whether the United States should launch
raids against positions held by the Islamic State jihadist group in
Syria to follow US air strikes on IS activities in Iraq.
Writing
in the New York Times, Kerry said he and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel
will meet European counterparts on the sidelines of a NATO summit in
Wales next week, to enlist assistance.
They will then travel on to the Middle East to build support "among the countries that are most directly threatened".
"With
a united response led by the United States and the broadest possible
coalition of nations, the cancer of ISIS will not be allowed to spread
to other countries," Kerry said in Friday's op-ed piece.
Asharq
Al-Awsat said the king urged other countries to join the UN
Counter-Terrorism Centre, set up in 2011 to respond to new threats, and
to which Saudi Arabia has made a grant of $100 million.
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