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Iraq
Analyst: Islamic State Propaganda Seeks to Draw West to Battle
2014-09-20
[VOA News] As a U.S.-led coalition coordinates strategy against the Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, the group's tech-savvy public relations machine grabs headlines with shocking videos and other propaganda. But some regional analysts say while the Islamic State warns the coalition to stay away, its real goal is to draw the West into battle.

In a video released Thursday, British journalist John Cantlie speaks like a newscaster, saying he is a prisoner of the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS and ISIL.

Cantlie was kidnapped in Syria two years ago while traveling with James Foley, an American reporter. The militants have beheaded Foley, another American journalist and a British aid worker. In the video, which looks professionally shot, Cantlie wears orange like the other men wore when they were beheaded.
Posted by:Fred

#4  Yes, they are sunni. But I seem to recall that Osama binLaden and the rest of the Al Qaeda leadership believed that if they could precipitate a major American attack on the ummah, then Allah would be forced to intervene on the side of his truest believers.

Clearly this did not happen, obviously because they were not true enough. ISIS will show them how it should be done.
Posted by: trailing wife   2014-09-20 13:19  

#3  The ISIL guys are "twelvers" the group of Islamist that believe in the 12th imam

No. They're Sunni
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-09-20 13:05  

#2  SO, now we know.

The ISIL guys are "twelvers" the group of Islamist that believe in the 12th imam. According to their ideas, his return will signal the apocalypse and the return of Mohammed and the other major profits.

Oddly, they believe if they can reverse the equation by precipitating the apocalypse, leading to the return of the 12th imam. Achamnutjob the former president of Iran was a twelve and one of the reasons the mullahs dismissed him was they didn't like his theology and the fact he was actively trying to start a war.

Stand back this is getting more interesting by the minute.
Posted by: Bill Clinton   2014-09-20 12:19  

#1  Yea, so?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-09-20 06:24  

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