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Posted on 08/28/2014 2:06:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Members of the Islamic State and their sympathizers have also tweeted about their love for Disney movies and Robin Williams. The posts are part of a social media campaign meant to point out the humane side of the terrorist group that ruthlessly executed an American journalist earlier this week.
Apparently the coldblooded terrorists who savagely beheaded a kidnapped American journalist have a sweet tooth.
In an attempt to seem friendly and humane, Islamic State militants — the terrorist group that executed James Foley earlier this week — and their supporters have posted images of themselves holding jars of Nutella.
The bizarre, sugary photos are part of a larger social media campaign meant point out similarities between the fighters and Westerners, the Wall Street Journal explained. Fighters in ISIS-held Iraq and Syria posed with the jars of chocolate-hazelnut spread because it's a familiar treat to Europeans and Americans. In another attempt to strike a connection with the West, ISIS fighters also tweeted about their love for parts of American pop culture.
When legendary comedian Robin Williams died, one ISIS sympathizer tweeted his condolences and mentioned how much he liked the actor's "Jumanji" movie. Another once mentioned his appreciation for Disney films, the newspaper reported.
Earlier this summer, ISIS fighters and their backers began tweeting photos of their kittens — another move to appear "normal," VICE News reported.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/isis-fighters-photos-nutella-friendly-article-1.1914450#ixzz3BispwRYk
But the innocent dessert and cat photos stand in sharp contrast to the gruesome execution video the group posted earlier this week.
On Tuesday, ISIS uploaded footage to YouTube showing the brutal beheading of American James Foley. A masked fighter explained the 40-year-old was executed as retaliation for the U.S.'s airstrike campaign against terrorists in Iraq.
ISIS fighters and their sympathizers have also used social media to recruit more fighters and threaten attacks.
The U.S. government urged local police to be on high alert for possible homegrown terror after one apparent ISIS account tweeted photos of the terrorists' flag in front of the White House and in Chicago. The photos were accompanied by a cryptic message warning America that "We are in your state. We are in your cities. We are in your streets."
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They can post all the pictures they want but I saw the pictures of the little girl that was beheaded by the animals. The murder of prisoners of war and non Muslims the only answer to ISIS is to kill them.
ISIS loves little baby ducks, old pick-up trucks
Slow movin’ trains and rain
ISIS loves little country streams, sleep without dreams
Sunday school in May and hay
And ISIS loves you too
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