The ISIS Babies Are Freaking Adorable
One of the things you learn when you spend any time reading ISIS Twitter is that ISIS Twitter is filled with the cutest darn jihadis you've ever seen.
There's basically no context provided for any of these images, popular among Twitter's thriving ISIS and ISIS sympathizer community—mostly just tots posing before the increasingly iconic al-rāya black flag. Most of these come from Twitter user Osman Iraqi, who maintains a feed consisting mostly of beheading video stills, Islamist cartoons, and combat photos. And... babies!
@naser1758 @kkkhhhmmm9 @gghhgg123478 @mggggen @isiscoool @tvjh12 @aaalaajmiii @binjuher1 @RimaTati22 @allliraqi pic.twitter.com/PHy4ZvRiU6
— عثمان العراقي (@allliraqi) January 12, 2015
Aw.
@grand44telecom @is__is__ @gm_isis @yaserababel @allliraqi pic.twitter.com/bbVPBvTcXx
— عثمان العراقي (@allliraqi) January 12, 2015
Awwww.
@om__osaid @isiscoool @marmaar93 @Isis01323state @k_a_i_z @ISIS_GUN @isisbomb_4 @iis_____iis @KChourfi @allliraqi pic.twitter.com/bkAijt8ZW4
— عثمان العراقي (@allliraqi) January 12, 2015
Number one dad.
@Khattab_Isis @saif5albari5sh5 @fajer_aljihad @allliraqi pic.twitter.com/Nrp9k1TbxA
— عثمان العراقي (@allliraqi) January 12, 2015
Alawwwhu akbar.
@zainab22_ak @omsa1268 @gsaan2009 @lslalslam898989 @hhmmwwnnnii @allliraqi pic.twitter.com/aqizKefcHi
— عثمان العراقي (@allliraqi) January 12, 2015
#الدولة_الإسلامية_قريباً_في_جزيرة_العرب #الحدود_الشمالية #الدولة_الإسلامية #آل_سلول #باقية_وتتمدد #الخلافة_الإسلامية pic.twitter.com/kBdMxXTu1N
— عثمان العراقي (@allliraqi) January 11, 2015
@MajedSLeftawi @khalifa_now @allliraqi pic.twitter.com/a9TW3N7Qhf
— عثمان العراقي (@allliraqi) January 12, 2015
It's almost easy to forget the lives of these children are being coopted for propaganda purposes by a murderous criminal conspiracy. ISIS has so far proven pretty lousy at building the next great caliphate, but its media savvy is—really—unquestionable.
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