Topic: ISIS' Image Problem? (Read 1492 times)

Obviously heading back to UK. No need to worry. With our solid iron curtain of border control, there is no danger of him sneaking back in.

Obviously heading back to UK. No need to worry. With our solid iron curtain of border control, there is no danger of him sneaking back in.

Like a lemon feeling the squeeze...

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/coward-jihadi-john-flees-syria-6133737

They don't need to necessarily be regarded as a non violent organisation, they just need to be accepted in the region as the authority of the region. The point would be to keep the violence on a level that instills fear but is not barbaric enough to significantly lower public support and provoke rebellions.
And if they become accepted as the authority of the region, the rest of the world has little choice but to negotiate and enter diplomatic relations with them. Which is why measures should be taken now, before it's too late.

whats the point?.. they are still killing people
like removing the part that they are beheading people will change their image as  non violent org.

ISIS bans execution videos because of image backlash?


Sounds like banning the execution part of the videos is to prevent eroding popular support. Cuz what would they be if they lost that?

CyberBerkut (Google Translation):

We CyberBerkut received at the disposal of the file whose value can not be overstated!

Dear Senator McCain! We recommend you next time in foreign travel, and especially on the territory of Ukraine, not to take confidential documents.

On one of the devices of your colleagues, we found a lot of interesting things. Something we decided to put: this video should become the property of the international community!

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The 3 ½ minute silent video appears to show infamous Islamic State executioner Jihadi John (aka Mohammed Emwazi) in front of a giant green screen, standing beside a kneeling hostage wearing an orange jumpsuit and a green screen hood. They are inside a lit studio with a production crew and can be seen rehearsing an “execution”. The desert scene of the set, complete with wind machine, are similar to that shown in the beheading videos of James Foley, Steven Sotloff, David Haines, and Alan Henning.

British forensic experts concluded that the James Foley video was likely staged using “camera trickery and slick post-production techniques.”

Terrorism research expert Veryan Khan said the video of Japanese hostages Kenji Goto and Haruna Yukawa looks like it was completed in an indoor studio with a false backdrop, pointing to the light source on the men that appears to be coming from two different directions — as opposed to one bright sun.

Hollywood horror film director Mary Lambert said of the Islamic State video showing the killing of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians on a Libyan beach, that “in the opening shot all the figures might be animated. They never had more than six men on the beach … The close-ups of jihadists on the beach are most likely green screen … The sea turning red is obviously FX.”

Journalist Thomas Wictor has claimed that the Islamic State video showing Jordanian pilot Mu’ath al-Kaseasbeh burned alive was actually fake, pointing to evidence of CGI flames and video glitches.

Now the video ISIS lot and the anti-video ISIS lot will be fighting each other.

I don't think that this news is reliable. For long, the ISIS has used this type of gory and graphic videos to recruit psychopaths and mental patients from around the world. If they stop publishing these videos on their Twitter and YouTube accounts, then their recruitment drive will take a severe hit. And right now, they can't afford to do the same.

I don't think that this news is reliable. For long, the ISIS has used this type of gory and graphic videos to recruit psychopaths and mental patients from around the world. If they stop publishing these videos on their Twitter and YouTube accounts, then their recruitment drive will take a severe hit. And right now, they can't afford to do the same.

I was confused by the title, and reading the thread has not helped any.  Isis's what now?  They will never have a good image, so why do they bother?

It was effective at getting the worlds attention but no long needed to grow their cause. Those that want to can splinter but stay loyal and that would attract more moderate types to the cause. End of the day they need as many hands on deck as they can get to spread this movement.

They are not trying to recruit you though,so the idea of clean image to them will not be the same for you.

I was confused by the title, and reading the thread has not helped any.  Isis's what now?  They will never have a good image, so why do they bother?