ISIS beheads Kurdish fighter to send a 'message of blood' in graphic video
The Islamic State militants said they executed the captured soldier because of the Iraqi Kurdistan government's cooperation with Washington, according to a group that monitors online terrorist activity. The killers titled their video 'A message in blood to the leaders of the American-Kurdish alliance.'
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MICHAEL WALSH
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Friday, August 29, 2014, 8:24 AM
Updated: Friday, August 29, 2014, 8:31 AM
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An ISIS murderer killed the Kurdish soldier as a threat to Massud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Region.
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Islamic State terrorists posted another sick video of a captured fighter's apparent beheading with threats against Iraqi Kurdish leaders for cooperating with the U.S., according to a monitoring group.
The video, named "A message in blood to the leaders of the American-Kurdish alliance," shows the Kurdish fighter kneeling in an orange jumpsuit before his apparent murder,
Agence France-Presse reported.
One masked brute standing behind the soldier spouted terrorist bile before taking his life in front of a mosque. Two other jihadist cowards clutched their guns on either side of the executioner.
Earlier the video, 15 men in orange jumpsuits could be seen in a room with an ISIS flag.
Three of the men asked Iraqi Kurdistan President Massud Barzani and "the Kurdish government to end their relationship with the US … military intervention in northern Iraq,"
according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks the online activities of terrorist groups.
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters celebrate as they head to the Mosul dam on the Tigris River on Aug. 17.
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"Any mistake or recklessness from you will lead to the (loss) of our life," one man said, according to SITE.
The United States carried out a series of air strikes against ISIS, an Al Qaeda offshoot, in northern Iraq earlier this month. This allowed Kurdish forces to reclaim key territory in the region, including the strategic Mosul Dam on Aug. 17.
The latest video follows another that ISIS said showed the bodies of Syrian soldiers that the group captured and murdered after seizing an air base.
The Washington Post reports that ISIS militants have waterboarded at least four westerners, including James Foley, who was murdered in a similar video that was uploaded to the Internet on Aug 19.
mwalsh@nydailynews.com