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The Islamic State posted a new video of British hostage John Cantlie within hours of airstrikes on Syria Tuesday, warning the U.S. and its allies that they were embarking on “Gulf War III.”

“Not since Vietnam have we witnessed such a potential mess in the making,” the captured photographer says in the video.

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Cantlie delivers the apparently scripted message from behind a table, wearing the same orange jumpsuit that his fellow prisoners, journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, were seen wearing in footage of their executions.

It is unclear when the video was made. But it shares the hallmarks of the video, titled “Lend Me Your Ears,” that was released last week. In that video — what Cantlie promised to be the first in a series of propaganda videos — he said: “You’re thinking: ‘He’s only doing this because he’s a prisoner. He’s got a gun at his head and he’s being forced to do this.’ Right? Well, it’s true. I am a prisoner, that I cannot deny.”