Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was slammed by Jewish groups Thursday after saying that "Islamic State" (ISIS) terrorists in
Iraq and Syria were worse than Nazis as they "boast about their evil".
AFP reports that the Australian leader, who is considering extending Australia's air campaign against ISIS in Iraq into Syria following a request by the United States, made the comments after describing the jihadist group's actions as
"unspeakable evil" and "medieval barbarity".
"I mean, the Nazis did terrible evil but they had sufficient sense of shame to try to hide it. These people boast about their evil," Abbott told Sydney
commercial radio station 2GB.