ISIS Launches Major Offensive on the Western World via Social Media [VIDEO]

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The use of social media by Islamist extremists is nothing new, but the organization known mainly as ISIS has now launched a major offensive against the western world via Youtube, Twitter and other websites. The approach appears to have changed, however; rather than forcing western hostages to recite bland, emotionless and, clearly, scripted propaganda, the terrorist group is attempting to use captives to convey more personal points of view.

ISIS, variously referred to as ISIL or, simply, the Islamic State, has access to considerable resources of both manpower and money. The terrorist army has quickly grown to overshadow all other Islamist groups, including al Qaeda. Anti-western and pro-Islamist propaganda is, of course, a significant part of their offensive against the west. This propaganda war has taken a slightly different direction in recent weeks, as ISIS attempts to push out more than simple threats. In captured British journalist John Cantlie, the group has found a new weapon.

Cantlie was captured in 2012, along with American journalist James Foley, who was recently murdered – beheaded on video – by a Jihadist with a British accent. The pair was yanked from a taxi in northern Iraq as they traveled towards the Turkish border. It is not clear whether ISIS fighters took them or if another group conducted the kidnapping and then handed them off – or sold them – to ISIS. Either way, the Islamic State has now begun to use the 43-year-old Cantlie, who is a friend of British Princes William and Harry, to provide what is, apparently, his own insight into the brutal extremist group. In a video posted to Youtube Thursday, Cantlie presents an argument against getting involved “in yet another un-winnable conflict.

Source: guardianlv.com

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