A new video released by ISIS shows an organized public execution in the Syrian city of Palmyra, in which 25 Syrian soldiers were killed by young ISIS recruits in the ruins of the Palmyran amphitheater.
Though the video itself did not specify when the killings took place, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported a public execution of scores of troops by ISIS in Palmyra on May 27. This could be that incident.
The video shows the 25 soldiers being taken from the prison in Tadmur to the ruins in Palmyra, and hundreds of people attended the executions in the ancient oasis city. The loss of Tadmur and Palmyra was a big loss for the Syrian military.
ISIS has repeatedly issued videos showing executions and battles for propaganda purposes, and has parlayed such videos into considerable recruitment boosts for their organization internationally.
I'm sorry, BUT…perhaps it's me, perhaps I'm crazy ……but just look at that picture ?
Here you got 25 guys lined up waiting cooperatively, calmly for that bullet to the back of their head. They are all dressed in combat fatigues all looking like they just got out of the washing machine. None of them look particularly disheveled as you might expect. None of them appear to be crying, begging, pleading, resisting in any way? They are all obediently and cooperatively waiting for Thierry bullet. Every 'execution' vid appears to show the same?
And then we are told again and again that ISIS posted these execution videos online but if you actually search for the video online you can never actually find any video's actually showing the moment of execution??
I am sorry, something really really does not smell right here. I am frankly shocked at the lack of skepticism about all these 'executions'.