Saturday, January 17, 2015

ISIS: Using Children to do their Dirty Work


On Thursday ISIS released a new video showing a boy no older than the age of 10, shooting two men accused of being Russian spies, execution style. The video is theatrically produced and has yet to be authenticated by the press. ISIS has featured children as fighters before, calling them the "cubs of the caliphate," but this appears to be the first time ISIS has used a child to carry out an execution.  ISIS has been specifically recruiting children through free schooling campaigns that include “weapons training and have given them dangerous tasks, including suicide bombing missions,” according to the Human Rights Watch. This is not the first time ISIS has used shocking imagery of children, in August a man posted a picture on his twitter which showed his 7 year old son holding a severed head, which was reported to be in the ISIS-held town of Raqqa, Syria.

Link below contains clips of the video if any of you are interested.

Ashley Rot

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