Super Mario iconography, represented in this intriguing post on Twitter.
ISIS supporters still using Super Mario Bros 1 iconography — a game fronted by an Italian plumber, presumably radicalized now — to push anti-US and anti-Iran tropes. pic.twitter.com/Ko0tLYN8fK
Discussion from IS supporters on tech group is highlighted by JihadoScope:
Islamic State supporters debate authenticity of message that pro ISIS tech group AFAQ/EHF (Electronic Horizons Foundation) is shuttering. A source of recent controversy after its server was hacked in March, AFAQ ...
"On Sunday, mutinying troops demand di sacking of military chiefs and more resources to fight militants dey linked to di Islamic State (IS) group and ...
This is an excellent piece by Moustafa Ayad: "They are Generation Z jihadists—part TikTok dance, part Taliban victory lap, and part Islamic State punishments and pronouncements..."
"From 2019: As troops closed in on the last remnants of Isis in Syria, one question was about to be answered: was captured British journalist John Cantlie still alive? And, if ...
Podcast: "Tamer Elnoury is an Arabic-speaking Muslim American, a longtime elite counterterrorism undercover agent, and co-author of American Radical: Inside the World of ...
"Iraqi security forces have captured a senior member of the Islamic State group who was a deputy to slain leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and oversaw its finances, ...
"Shehroze Chaudhry, 26, who called himself Abu Huzayfah, spread false tales of his escapades on social media in 2016, including that he had been an executioner for Daesh."
Another mention for this series, this time with the two-part episode on the complexities of jihadi campaigns in Mosul. Recommended. Available on multiple platforms: I have ...
Mosul Eye was really important. This is an excellent podcast (episode 1 now available). I've listed a couple of platforms below, but it is available elsewhere:
"When the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or Daesh) captured Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul in 2014, it heralded a period of unimaginable terror and destruction. A young man ...
LiveLeak, the Infamous Site for Beheading Videos, Is Gone "Now, LiveLeak is gone, replaced with a softer sounding video website called ItemFix that eschews the violence and gore that made LiveLeak a staple of the dark side of the internet."
Unusual thread for foodies: The ISIS Kitchen! The jihadist group continues to put out food images showing its militants breaking their fast and praying during the month of Ramadan 1/ pic.twitter.com/3tnlB6YMb9
"The page exhibiting footage that violated YouTube's community standards could not be restored because Al-Mutez Billah, a citizen-journalist, had been executed by the Islamic State group three years earlier ...
"The three women killed in Jalalabad were aged between 18 and 20, and had recently finished high school. They worked in the dubbing department of the privately-owned Enikas TV station, said its head, Zalmai Latifi."
"Last year, online fundraisers began to appear on behalf of al-Hol residents. Many were seeking to finance escapes, others to pay for food and supplies. (While some donations have likely gone toward ...
"Police in Pakistan say the use of digital currencies, including bitcoin, for international terror financing, as well as crimes such as extortion and ransom, is on the rise as authorities move to crack down on illegal methods of ...
"Undercover journalists spoke with a “fixer” in Turkey before exposing a “courier” in London collecting what he thought was a £4,500 ($5,987) donation to the operation."
Here's the direct link for the BBC/PBS 'I Am Not A Mobster' Podcast. I haven't heard episode 1 yet, but it looks relevant to readers of this blog. I'm a big fan of podcasts, so expect to explore this one very soon. I'll feed back on this one too.