An ISIS
propaganda video shows militants blindfolding a Sunni police major in
his home before cutting off his head
Propaganda warfare: The aim of
the video is to terrorise Sunnis in Iraq's army and police forces and
deepen their already low morale
Barbaric: This picture of the
police officer's decapitated head resting on his legs was tweeted with
the message: 'This is our ball. It is made of skin#WorldCup'
Blood-thirsty jihadists are carrying
out summary executions on civilians, Iraqi soldiers and police officers -
including 17 in one street alone - on their warpath to Baghdad, the UN
said today.
As a shocking picture of the ISIS insurgency continues to develop, the Islamist group are posting barbaric videos online with the intent of showing the world they will stop at nothing to achieve their end game.
In one, which is too graphic to publish, fighters are seen knocking on the door of a Sunni police major in the dead of night.
When
he answers, they blindfold and cuff him. Then they carve off his head
with a knife in his own bedroom as sweetly lilting religious hymns are
played over the top.
In
image of the officer's decapitated head was tweeted with the sickening
message: 'This is our ball. It is made of skin #WorldCup'. ISIS also
claims to have executed 1,700 Shia soldiers on their push for the
capital.
Although this
figure has not been verified, the UN today warned that hundreds of
people are likely to have been killed by the fanatics since the
uprising.
Grim: As the images emerged on Twitter, ISIS also claimed to have executed 1,700 Shia soldiers on their push for the capital
On the terror trail: The police officer was
handcuffed at his home in the dead of night after answering the door to
the Islamist fighters
The aim is to terrorise Sunnis in Iraq's army and police forces and deepen their already low morale.
That
fear is one factor behind the stunning collapse of Iraqi security
forces. In most cases, police and soldiers simply ran, sometimes
shedding their uniforms and abandoned arsenals of heavy weapons.
In
another video, also purportedly taken by ISIS militants, gunmen are
seen carrying out indiscriminate drive-by shootings on motorists and
pedestrians.
Armed with a machine-gun, the gang
film themselves shooting cars off the road then move in to video
close-ups of the victims' blood-stained bodies slumped in the seats. In
another clip, they gun down a pedestrian.
The footage, which cannot be
independently verified, contains the same logo used in a video posted
earlier this week showing an Iraqi businessman being shot in the back of
the head.
The British
Foreign Office said it was 'very concerned' with the escalating violence
and was 'not going to take its eye off the ball'.
More
than 20 British nationals are thought to be trapped in rebel-held
areas, although officials say there are no plans as yet to stage
evacuations in the north or from Baghdad.
However,
Foreign Secretary William Hague said Britain might offer assistance
with counter-terrorism expertise to authorities in Iraq.
Speaking
after talks on Iraq with US Secretary of State John Kerry in London, Mr
Hague stressed that Britain has no intention of putting military boots
on the ground in the country.
But
he said that a team from the Department for International Development
was now on the ground in northern Iraq to see what humanitarian help the
UK can give.
He also made clear that Britain is also ready to advise the Baghdad administration on counter-terrorism efforts.
Shocking: Footage reportedly taken by ISIS
militants shows Islamist fighters randomly shooting pedestrians and
motorists as they take over towns and cities in Iraq
Indiscriminate: A car flies off the road after
the driver is shot dead by gunmen in video purportedly posted online by
ISIS militants
Sickening: The gunmen film themselves shooting
cars off the road then move in to video close-ups of the victims'
blood-stained bodies slumped in the seats
Culled from DailyMail
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