ஈராக் மற்றும் சிரியாவில் ஆதிக்கம் செலுத்தி வரும் ஐ.எஸ்.தீவிரவாதிகள் தனிநாடு அமைத்துள்ளனர். அங்கு தங்களை எதிர்ப்பவர்கள் மற்றும் மலைவாழ் பழங்குடிகள் மற்றும் மைனாரிட்டி இனத்தவர்களை கொன்று குவிக்கின்றனர்.
மைனாரிட்டி இன பெண்களை கடத்தி சென்று அடிமைகளாக விற்கின்றனர். மேலும் தங்களை எதிர்க்கும் அமெரிக்கா மற்றும் இங்கிலாந்து உள்ளிட்ட நாடுகளை சேர்ந்த பிணைக்கைதிகளை கடத்தி சென்று தலை துண்டித்து படுகொலை செய்கின்றனர்.
அதை வீடியோ எடுத்து சமூக வலை தளங்களில் வெளியிட்டு அதிர்ச்சி ஏற்படுத்துகின்றனர். நேற்று சிரியாவில் அமெரிக்காவை சேர்ந்த தொண்டு நிறுவன ஊழியர் பீட்டர் எட்வர்டு காஸ்சிக் என்பவரை தலை துண்டித்து கொலை செய்தனர்.
இந்த வீடியோவை வெளியிட்டு அமெரிக்காவுக்கு அதிர்ச்சி அளித்தனர். அதே வீடியோவில் சிரியாவை சேர்ந்த 18 ராணுவ வீரர்களின் தலைகளை துண்டித்தும் படுகொலை செய்த கொடூர காட்சி இடம் பெற்றிருந்தது.
இவர்கள் அனைவரும் ஒரே இடத்தில் வைத்து படுகொலை செய்யப்பட்டனர். 18 சிரியா ராணுவ வீரர்களும் மண்டியிட்டு கத்தியுடன் நிற்கும் தீவிரவாதிகள் அவர்கள் தலை துண்டித்து கொலை செய்யும் கொடூர காட்சி ரத்தத்தை உறைய வைப்பதாக உள்ளது.
Peter Kassig, American aid worker and ISIS hostage, beheaded by terrorist group
Kassig, 26, was captured last year while helping provide medical aid to Syrians. The graphic video also showed what was confirmed to be the beheading of several captured Syrian soldiers.
The Islamic State has beheaded another American — a depraved act called “pure evil” by President Obama.
The deranged militants released another gruesome video Sunday showing the decapitated head of ex-Army Ranger and aid worker Peter Kassig.
The horrific 16-minute video, featuring a long history of ISIS and images of a mass beheading of Syrian soldiers, concludes with the chilling appearance of the British-accented militant known as Jihadi John.
The black-clad madman stands holding a blade. Between his feet is a bloody head.
“This is Peter Edward Kassig, a U.S. citizen of your country. Peter, who fought against the Muslims in Iraq while serving as a soldier under the American Army, doesn’t have much to say. His previous cellmates have already spoken on his behalf,” the terrorist says.
The White House confirmed the death of Kassig, 26. He devoted his final years to helping the Syrian people and was said to have converted to Islam voluntarily while in captivity and changed his name to Abdul-Rahman Kassig.
“Abdul-Rahman was taken from us in an act of pure evil by a terrorist group that the world rightly associates with inhumanity,” Obama said in a statement.
“Like Jim Foley and Steven Sotloff before him, his life and deeds stand in start contrast to everything that (ISIS) represents,” Obama added, referring to other Western captives killed by the Islamic State.
The Indianapolis native’s parents, Ed and Paula Kassig, released a statement praying for the families of ISIS prisoners, as well as the people of Syria.
“We are heartbroken to learn that our son, Abdul-Rahman Peter Kassig, has lost his life as a result of his love for the Syrian people and his desire to ease their suffering,” they said.
“We know he found his home amongst the Syrian people, and he hurt when they were hurting.”
In the video the black-clad executioner identifies his location as Dabiq, a town in northern Syria the militant group uses as the title of its English-language propaganda magazine. The war-torn city carries significance for the radicals in control of a third of Iraq and Syria — it is where they believe an apocalyptic battle between Muslims and their enemies will occur.
“Here we are, burying the first American crusader in Dabiq, eagerly awaiting for the remainder of your armies to arrive,” Jihadi John says.
Burhan Agha, a Syrian who worked with Kassig in Lebanon. wept when recalling his friend.
“If I could apologize to each American, one by one, I would, because Peter died in Syria, while he was helping the Syrian people,” Agha told The Associated Press by telephone.
“Those who killed him claimed to have done it in the name of Islam. I am a Muslim and am from Syria. … (His killers) are not Muslims.”
The video announcing his demise was noticeably different than previous ISIS executions of Western hostages.
His actual death was not shown. He also did not deliver any last words denouncing U.S. foreign policy at knifepoint, as other Westerners have done.
The New York Times suggested that the lower production value of the video suggested that ISIS was perhaps on the run and unable to make its usual high-quality propaganda pieces.
The U.S. is leading an air campaign against ISIS in support of Western-backed Syrian rebels and the Iraqi military.
“The indomitable spirit of goodness and perseverance that burned so brightly in Abdul-Rahman Kassig, and which binds humanity together, ultimately is the light that will prevail over the darkness” of ISIS,” Obama said.
Kassig, an emergency medical technician, found his calling in 2012 while tending to the wounded in Tripoli, Lebanon. He then started a small aid organization and began hauling supplies from Turkey into the Syrian war zone.
Kassig was captured making one of those daring runs Oct. 1, 2013, in eastern Syria.
In a letter written to his parents while in captivity, Kassig said he sought peace in his faith, though he was scared to die.
“If I do die, I figure that at least you and I can seek refuge and comfort in knowing that I went out as a result of trying to alleviate suffering and helping those in need,” he said.
“Just know I’m with you. Every stream, every lake, every field and river. In the woods and in the hills, in all the place you showed me. I love you.”