Pictures of the carnage left behind after yesterday's jihadi raid by the Islamic State on Assyrian Christian villages along the Khabur River in north eastern Syria follow: … [Read more...]
Islamic State Torches Churches, Takes 200 Christian Hostages, Western Forces Present Do Nothing
In the early hours of Monday, February 23, Islamic State fighters attacked several Christian villages along the Khabur River in north eastern Syria. Four Christians enrolled in the Assyrian militia were killed and one young civilian child. One Christian woman was raped by the Islamic invaders before being slaughtered. As many as 200 Christians—including women and … [Read more...]
Pictures: IS Prepares to Burn Caged Kurds
The following picture stills are from a new propaganda video issued by the Islamic State. It shows several captured Kurdish Peshmerga fighters being humiliated and in cages awaiting their execution by burning -- like the Jordanian fighter pilot before them. It should be noted that burning humans alive, while common throughout Islamic history -- see this particularly graphic … [Read more...]
Islamic State Poisons Water Stations
The Islamic State has poisoned the water stations of Anbar, Iraq, where it also recently burned another 50 people alive in their cages. According to Tahrir News, several people got very sick though no casualties were reported. It should be noted that the Islamic State earlier threatened to try to poison the water in the West. … [Read more...]
‘Devotion to Islam’ — Not Unemployment — Root Cause of Jihad
In light of the State Dept's recent assertion that economics is what attracts Muslims to join the savage Islamic State, consider the following excerpt from Understanding Terror Networks, by Marc Sageman, a former CIA officer who worked closely with jihadi groups in Afghanistan (emphasis mine): There was a definite shift in degree of devotion to Islam in adulthood by the … [Read more...]