I don't see any good guys here... Anybody else??
David On May 5, 2014, at 5:17 PM, BILROJ via Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> wrote: > Two Men Publicly Crucified in Syria; Jihadist Group Tweets Photos > Katherine Weber ("The Christian Post," May 2, 2014) > > Gory images posted to the social media site Twitter showed two men being > publicly crucified in Raqqa, Syria, allegedly by members of an Islamic > extremist group. > > The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant [ISIL], a jihadist group, used its > Twitter account to take responsibility for the public crucifixions of two men > that allegedly took place Tuesday. The ISIL and other Twitter users shared > photos of the crucified men, bloodied and hanging from crosses in what > appears to be a main roundabout in Raqqa, with passerby walking nonchalantly > passed the victims. > > The two crucified men were reportedly among seven victims executed by the > ISIL for allegedly trying to throw a grenade at ISIL members. The ISIL is a > radical Islamic group that even al-Qaeda has distanced itself from, due to > the group's extremism. Aaron Zelin, a jihadi-watcher at the Washington > Institute for Near East Policy, told the Daily Beast that the ISIL had become > a "liability to the al-Qaeda brand." > > The ISIL group explained via its Twitter account why it crucified the two men > on Tuesday. "Ten days ago, attackers on a motorbike threw a grenade at an > ISIL fighter at the Naim roundabout. A Muslim civilian had his leg blown off > and a child was killed." > > "Our fighters immediately set up a roadblock and succeeded in capturing them. > They were then able to detain other members of the cell." > > One of the photos posted to social media shows a banner wrapped around one of > the crucified victims that reads: "This man fought against Muslims and threw > a grenade in this place." > > It remains unclear whether the two men who were crucified by the ISIL were > members of the pro-Syiran government fighters or part of another faction > fighting President Bashir Assad's government rule. It is also unclear if the > men were killed before being tied to the wooden cross structures, or if they > were actually killed on the crosses. > > The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told the AFP that this is not the > first time the ISIL has held a public crucifixion. Earlier in April, the > extremist group reportedly executed a man in a similar way under the > accusation that he stole from a Muslim. > > Syria continues to be embroiled in a bloody civil war between pro-Assad > forces and rebels seeking to overthrow the government. Although the ISIL has > been forced out of much of northern Syria, it still maintains a stronghold in > Raqqa and the surrounding area. > > > -- > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
