CIA burns Jordian pilot alive...

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http://www.theatlantic.com/internationa ... ma/386303/

So this happened in Mecca, which is good. But they didn't feel a tinge of irony to be discussing this in the country which disseminates 95% of this violent sectarian vitriol called Wahhabism?

[seremtan]

the House of Saud is suddenly spooked by ISIS's preference for focussing on the 'near enemy' (which includes SA) rather than the 'far enemy' (al-Qaeda's preference)

karma's a bitch

[Ryoki]

Good long read on the Guardian on IS today, quite a bit of stuff i didn't know in there - such as the claim that the Al Nusra Front was originally an ISIS outfit that betrayed al Baghdadi once they became succesful.

Also this bit, about a Jordanian Al Qaida ideologue negotiating with IS about that Jordanian pilot:

Before any deal could be brokered, the Jordanians instructed Maqdisi to obtain proof that the pilot was still alive. In response, the Isis negotiators sent Maqdisi an electronic file that they claimed would provide proof of life – but the file was password protected.

On 3 February, after a few days of tense dialogue, the negotiators finally sent Maqdisi the password to unlock the file. When he received it, Maqdisi realised he had been betrayed: the password, in Arabic, was “Maqdisi the pimp, the sole of the tyrant’s shoe, son of the English whore.”

After he typed it in, one humiliating character at a time, a video appeared on Maqdisi’s screen. He watched in horror as Isis soldiers muscled the pilot into a cage, doused him in petrol, and burned him alive. Three hours later, Isis posted the video on the internet. The next day, Sajida al-Rishawi was taken from her cell and executed.

Ain't that some Game of Thrones level evil shit? Fucking hell.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/j ... d-al-qaida

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The reason it's game of thrones like is becuz is all fiction... Seriously u believe this bullshit?.. ...

[seremtan]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/10/how-isis-crippled-al-qaida

good article have you read patrick cockburn's stuff on this?

[Ryoki]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/10/how-isis-crippled-al-qaida

good article have you read patrick cockburn's stuff on this?

Not all of it i'm sure, he's quite prolific - but yeah, i try to keep up. Anything in particular you'd like to link to?

I also find Fisk's writings rather interesting btw, he's about the only western journalist who covers this thing from the Syrian regime perspective.

[seremtan]

well i could link you to his book on Islamic State on Amazon, but you can probably find it yourself

[Ryoki]

Think i read the 1st chapter online somewhere, been meaning to pick it up

[LawL]

Thread title needs to be corrected again.