Religion of Snuff Films: Al Qaeda's Newest Horrors an Internet Hit

Remember, this is what they put forward themselves as public relations tool.

This is how they wish to be seen. This shows them, they believe, in their most flattering light.

The video, which appears to have been posted first on Google last December in an alleged anti-Al Qaeda Web film, shows five insurgents standing behind three blindfolded prisoners kneeling at the edge of a burning pit.

"And now that we have captured these scums who committed this dreadful crime, we will burn them with this fire," the Al Qaeda leader says in Arabic. "The same fire which they committed their crime with.

"And I swear by God almighty that, I swear by God almighty that we will have no mercy on them," he continues. "Allahuakbar, Allahuakbar."

As he speaks, two of the insurgents pour liquid on the blindfolded prisoners. Then they push the bound men into the pit, where they are engulfed in flames.

Video below for those who can take it. And perhaps to send friends who claim that "Abu Ghraib was worse than Al Qaeda" and similar vacuities.

The video is here with Massive Red Siren Extreme Graphic Content Warning. The burning incident occurs around 5:00 in, but if you stick around a bit more you can see their disgusting cutting of a captive's throat.

Also charming is the Walking Euthanasia Advertisement chirping in his childlike voice about jihad.

posted by Ace at 04:40 PM

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