Islamist rebels in Syria use faces of the dead to lure the living
By Joby Warrick, Published: November 4
In his death portrait, the young rebels bearded face is fixed with a broad, unearthly grin. The Saudi man had been killed in fighting, and his corpse, with its beatific smile, was photographed and displayed in a Twitter posting inviting others to celebrate his martyrdom.
He always used to say: Those martyrs smile. What is it they see? a former comrade wrote in a tribute to the fighter, identified as Abu Hamad al-Sayari. In another post, an admirer mused about the good fortune of the fallen and speculated on what the dead must be saying: Congrats to me, congrats to me, I became a martyr.
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By Joby Warrick, Published: November 4
In his death portrait, the young rebels bearded face is fixed with a broad, unearthly grin. The Saudi man had been killed in fighting, and his corpse, with its beatific smile, was photographed and displayed in a Twitter posting inviting others to celebrate his martyrdom.
He always used to say: Those martyrs smile. What is it they see? a former comrade wrote in a tribute to the fighter, identified as Abu Hamad al-Sayari. In another post, an admirer mused about the good fortune of the fallen and speculated on what the dead must be saying: Congrats to me, congrats to me, I became a martyr.
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Islamist rebels in Syria use faces of the dead to lure the living - The Washington Post