LEND ME YOUR EARS ISIS SERIES

It also appears to be trying to sway public opinion by pressuring British Prime Minister David Cameron to pay ransom for its prisoners.īoth the U.S. Using Cantlie as its messenger, the jihadist group seems intent on projecting a message of fearlessness in the face of the American-led military campaign. But his monologue makes no mention of any events that occurred after early September, including the beheading of Alan Henning, a fellow prisoner whom ISIS murdered earlier this month. It’s still unclear when the latest episode of Cantlie’s series was filmed. There have also been reports that ISIS is marching towards Baghdad for a long-awaited battle with the Iraqi military and a variety of Shiite militias. continues airstrikes against ISIS in Kobane, Syria, a Kurdish town along the Turkish border. The latest Cantlie video comes as the U.S. The program follows the release of a video over the weekend showcasing ISIS’s military training and the latest issue of IS Magazine, which features a long article by Cantlie and a letter purportedly written by Steven Sotloff, a journalist whom ISIS recently beheaded.

LEND ME YOUR EARS ISIS SERIES

The episode is part of a seven-part web video program called “ Lend Me Your Ears.” Since it began, the series has cast a spotlight on ISIS’s sophisticated propaganda efforts, which appear to have made the group the world’s most well-known jihadi organization. Anyone looking for a nice, neat surgical operation is in for a horrible surprise.” “War only makes the jihadists stronger,” Cantlie says in the video, which seems to have been scripted by his captors.

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