A Look At The Islamic State

[printcraft]

Comforting: French soldiers joining ISIS

https://APBULLETIN: ISIS in surprise retreat experts puzzled

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Video Appears to Show Decapitated Body of a Japanese Hostage of ISIS

 

[mrjarrell]

IS is demanding that a female terrorist be released by sundown Thursday or they'll execute the captured Jordanian pilot.
https://news.vice.com/article/new-i...ts-sunset-deadline-for-proposed-prisoner-swap

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Somehow, I doubt this.

ISIS To Obama: 'We Will Cut Off Your Head In The White House'

 

[mrjarrell]

Well, they've killed the last remaining Japanese hostage. Now to see what they do with the Jordanian pilot. Jordan has already threatened to expedite the executions of IS related prisoners if he's killed.

https://news.vice.com/article/islam...hows-beheading-of-japanese-hostage-kenji-goto

 

[ModernGunner]

Some folks still aren't willing to accept who they're dealing with.

Until that time comes, and the discussion of it becomes open and honest, these atrocities will increase.

 

[firehawk1]

Somehow, I doubt this.

ISIS To Obama: 'We Will Cut Off Your Head In The White House'

That sounds like a great plot line for another season of 24!

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Heh, nice.

Iraqi old man kills 7 ISIS militants in revenge for slain son - Global Times

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Breaking news: ISIS makes most barbaric video yet: burning Jordanian pilot al-Kasasibah alive.

 

[T.Lex]

Oh snap.

So... the prisoner exchange must be a no-go.

http://news.sky.com/story/1420656/is-says-jordanian-pilot-burned-alive-in-video

Mu'ath Al Kassasbeh was taken captive by IS when his fighter jet crashed in Syria in late December.

Images of his apparent murder have been circulated by IS supporters on Twitter.

They show a man in a cage with a line of fuel leading to him.

The fuel is then lit and the cage bursts into flames.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/04/w...ilot-to-death-in-new-video.html?smid=tw-share

Give Jordan many, many weapons... then start making the popcorn.

 

[T.Lex]

Just saw the pictures.

The pilot took it like a soldier. Looks like he shouted "Allahu Akhbar" as it was happening. How incredibly, sadly, ironic.

 

[printcraft]

Wait, wait, wait..... I heard here that these videos were all fake. I'm gonna need to have this verified by alex jones before I can trust the source.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

BREAKING: Jordan government promises 'seismic' reaction to execution of pilot Mu'az Kasasbeh

I hope Jordan does what our Administration is too chicken**** to do: wage war & obliterate ISIS.

 

[T.Lex]

INGO needs a

Spoiler

tag.

Pic of the immolation. (Not embedded.) WARNING: it isn't super-graphic, but it basically shows somebody standing up with the clothes on their lower body on fire. It is less graphic than the Vietnam protester self-immolation, but more graphic than what you'll see on broadcast TV.

http://newswirengr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Jordanian-Pilot.jpg

ETA:
One of the comments I read somewhere gave Daesh credit for actually making beheading look like mercy.

 

[T.Lex]

Update: Jordanian officials suggesting that the execution occurred the first week of January. That's why the negotiations fell through. Daesh was bluffing that they still had him, so they couldn't prove he was still alive.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

UN Agency Investigating Photos Showing ISIS Distributing Its Food « CBS DC

 

[ArcadiaGP]

APNewsbreak: Canada police make IS terror cell arrest

 

[T.Lex]

Interesting BBC commentary:
BBC News - Islamic State: Can its savagery be explained?

Islamic State has become synonymous with viciousness - beheadings, crucifixions, stonings, massacres, burying victims alive and religious and ethnic cleansing.
While such savagery might seem senseless to the vast majority of civilised human beings, for IS it is a rational choice. It is a conscious decision to terrorise enemies and impress and co-opt new recruits.
IS adheres to a doctrine of total war without limits and constraints - no such thing, for instance, as arbitration or compromise when it comes to settling disputes with even Sunni Islamist rivals. Unlike its parent organisation, al-Qaeda, IS pays no lip service to theology to justify its crimes.
...

Conscious of the importance of winning hearts and minds, Bin Laden sold his message to Muslims and even Americans as self-defence, not aggression.
This kind of justification, however, carries no weight with IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who cannot care less what the world thinks of his blood-letting.

In fact, he and his cohorts revel in displaying barbarity and coming across as savage.
In contrast to the first two waves, IS actually stresses violent action over theology and theory, and has produced no repertoire of ideas to sustain and nourish its social base. It is a killing machine powered by blood and iron.

 

[seedubs1]

Glass is looking a bit better than sand these days