Video shows IS fighter bawling after capture by Kurds
Footage originally uploaded last December resurfaces, portrays blindfolded man crying in back of armored truck
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Footage that resurfaced Friday showed an Islamic State fighter crying like a baby after being captured by Kurdish peshmerga forces.
The video shows a man blindfolded and with hands bound, sitting in the back of an armored truck and wailing as Kurdish forces stand guard. The man is not visibly injured.
Originally uploaded to the Internet last December, the video was republished on a number of sites since Friday and gained wide attention, as IS continues capturing headlines around the world in the wake of the June 13 Paris attacks which killed 130 people.
Although a Kurdish flag can be seen in the background and the suspected location for the video is Iraq, this speculation was not confirmed.
The video’s popularity can be seen as a response to the large number of brutal and threatening propaganda videos IS has released.
Since October, IS has also released two videos in Hebrew, addressed to Israelis and vowing to wage a “great war” on the Jews.
The terror group is known for its media savvy and its focused efforts to broadcast an image of brutality and fearlessness. Its videos of beheadings and reports of mass executions have shocked the world and contributed to its reputation as an organization with no qualms about cruelty.
Still, this has not stopped efforts from around the world aimed at delegitimizing and making fun of IS and its fighters. These have included actual videos of IS fighters accidentally backfiring their weapons and injuring each other, as well as parodies.
A somewhat controversial Israeli parody released in February, titled “ISIS Bloopers,” poked fun at IS by showing multiple video takes of a supposed beheading. The video gained over 3 million views on YouTube.
The Times of Israel Community.