Perhaps this will deter some of the potential recruits.
U.S. drops 60,000 propaganda leaflets on Islamic State stronghold in Syria
AFP-JIJI
WASHINGTON – The U.S. military dropped 60,000 leaflets on the Islamic State group’s de facto capital in Syria showing a grisly depiction of extremist recruits being fed into a meat grinder, the Pentagon said Thursday.
An F-15E fighter jet last week unloaded a canister containing the graphic leaflets on the northern city of Raqqa, the latest in an effort by a U.S.-led coalition to undermine the extremists’ own extensive propaganda and recruiting efforts.
“The message of this leaflet is: if you find yourself recruited by Daesh, you will find yourself in a meat grinder — and it’s not beneficial to your health,” said Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steven Warren, using the Arabic acronym for the IS group.
The drawing shows young men lined up under a sign in Arabic, “Daesh Recruiting Office.”
An Islamic State man with a monstrous face is beckoning a frightened-looking recruit forward, while a second Islamic State member is operating the meat grinder, pushing someone into the machine — which is labeled “Daesh.”
Blood is spewing from the grinder’s feeder tube, and two legs are sticking out.
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U.S. drops 60 000 propaganda leaflets on Islamic State stronghold in Syria The Japan Times
U.S. drops 60,000 propaganda leaflets on Islamic State stronghold in Syria
AFP-JIJI
WASHINGTON – The U.S. military dropped 60,000 leaflets on the Islamic State group’s de facto capital in Syria showing a grisly depiction of extremist recruits being fed into a meat grinder, the Pentagon said Thursday.
An F-15E fighter jet last week unloaded a canister containing the graphic leaflets on the northern city of Raqqa, the latest in an effort by a U.S.-led coalition to undermine the extremists’ own extensive propaganda and recruiting efforts.
“The message of this leaflet is: if you find yourself recruited by Daesh, you will find yourself in a meat grinder — and it’s not beneficial to your health,” said Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steven Warren, using the Arabic acronym for the IS group.
The drawing shows young men lined up under a sign in Arabic, “Daesh Recruiting Office.”
An Islamic State man with a monstrous face is beckoning a frightened-looking recruit forward, while a second Islamic State member is operating the meat grinder, pushing someone into the machine — which is labeled “Daesh.”
Blood is spewing from the grinder’s feeder tube, and two legs are sticking out.
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U.S. drops 60 000 propaganda leaflets on Islamic State stronghold in Syria The Japan Times
