A video made by Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS), showing a young boy in military fatigues and an older masked militant who both spoke with British accents, is "desperate" propaganda from an organization that is losing ground, Prime Minister David Cameron said onMonday.
The undated video, which could not be independently verified, also shows the killing of five men accused of spying for the West.
The masked man threatens Cameron and vows that Islamic State will one day occupy Britain
before shooting one of the alleged spies in the head.
The footage revived memories of "Jihadi John", a British Islamic State member who appeared in several videos in which hostages were killed before his own death was reported in an airstrike late last year.
"It's desperate stuff from an organisation that really does do the most utterly despicable and ghastly acts and people can see that again today, " Cameron told reporters.
A screen grab from undated footage reportedly released by ISIS militants shows a boy with aBritish accent. He appears in the same video that shows the execution of five men accused of spying for the West.
"This is an organisation that's losing territory, it's losing ground Britain will never be cowed by
this sort ofte1Torism, our values are so much stronger than theirs. It may take a very longtime but they will be defeated."
In the latest fighting in Iraq, Islamic State has largely been pushed out of the city of Ramadi, its biggest prize of last year.
Response: This article talks about the ongoing
problem with ISIS and the western world. In the article, the British say that
this is largely propaganda and not necessarily a real threat. I think this can
tie into what we are talking about in class about letting our emotions get in
the way of thinking rationally. I think Britain was trying to look beyond the
emotionally side of things but they also made some pretty strong statements
about beliefs. Overall, I see a big bias towards Britain and the rest of the
western world and against ISIS and their threats.
I think you had a good job selecting an article that sort of highlights Britain's response on Isis. In addition I think you did okay on summarizing this article and sort of relating this issue with our class discussion yesterday but I feel like you can do a bit better writing a little bit more about the background of this situation. In addition, I also noticed some spelling and other errors on your article and hope you notice some of them in the future. Overall, good job!!!
ReplyDeleteThere's been too much violence when it comes to ISIS. I'm very sure that people are getting sick of this terrorist group. Despite most of Britain thinking that this is not a "real threat", are they sure about that? Although, I'm sure Ramadi is relieved that they pushed ISIS out of the city.
ReplyDeleteThere has been way too much violence and pain caused from ISIS. They are getting out of control, they are getting stronger by the day and are getting bigger everyday. Everywhere needs to fight against ISIS before it gets to an even bigger problem.
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