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| Why ISIS Hostages Are So Calm Before Their Execution |
| 2015-04-06 |
| In many ISIS execution videos, the victims speak calmly and directly to the camera to describe why they're there. It seems weird that a person would be so tranquil before his death. The hostages are able to retain their poise probably because they don't know they're about to be executed, an ISIS defector told Sky News. The defector, who called himself "Saleh," said a Turkish member of ISIS hired him to reassure captives they wouldn't be killed. He would tell the victims that the executions being filmed were just rehearsals. "No problem, only video, we don't kill you, we want from your government [to] stop attacking Syria. We don't have any problem with you; You are only our visitors,'" "Saleh" recounted as the words he was ordered to tell the hostages. He always knew that the captives would be killed, he said. Why the secrecy? It might be because ISIS learned from previous killing videos from the Iraq war, the Washington Post hypothesizes. Hostages who know they're being led to their deaths are more unpredictable and will sometimes offer a disturbing plea or troublesome last words. The viewer might be inclined to feel empathy for the victim, which makes for some bad propaganda. This defectors' words, although not verified, would explain why the Israeli spy seemed so stoic in his interview released by ISIS Tuesday. Right before an ISIS child soldier shot him dead in broad daylight, the spy is given treatment like any usual documentary subject. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #2 By now every person in the world who has a TV set has figured out they are going to kill you. I'm with mike. Serious doping is only answer to cause such passivity. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2015-04-06 16:32 |
| #1 ...Either that or - just as, if not, more likely - the poor bastards are being doped up outta their minds. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2015-04-06 16:28 |