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[–]wizzwizz4 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Daesh isn't a Secret Intelligence Service. The English acronyms match, but they don't use English as a primary language.

[–]Tom_Bombadil[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

First the Al Quaeda boogey man. Then it's gone.

Then the ISIS boogey man comes out of nowhere. Except for this time the boogey man is equipped with expert social media and PR outlets.
They're taking videos of beheadings, and executions; all maximal shock and awe. ISIS was going to get us!

Do you seriously believe that these are randomly assembled bandits? Bandits with PR and propaganda?

Here's an excelent source to help get you caught back up to reality. It is another eye opener.

Episode 295 – Who is Really Behind ISIS?

[–]wizzwizz4 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Bandits with PR and propaganda?

Neither of those are hard, btw. Most of their "propaganda" came from the media hype; you should be focussing on that if anything. That's easily explained by news organisations either being:

  • sensationalist; or
  • not wanting to be the only ones not reporting

though.

[–]Tom_Bombadil[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Woman who found the ISIS execution video - YouTube

Rita Katz says that her organization released the beheading of Stephen Sotloff video 'before ISIS had a chance to' - " we actually had that video beforehand and were able to beat them (ISIS) with the release " - Woman who found the ISIS execution.

Rita Katz is at it again — fake ISIS video exposed.

Edit:. A quote from the article above.

In Rita’s 22-minute video, Mr Al-Kasasbeh wears an orange tee-shirt and pants, and is professionally videotaped from various angles making a confession, just like CIA employee James Foley, Stephen Sotloff, David Haines, Alan Henning, Peter Kassig, and so on. All those videos came from Ritz Katz.