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Dubai (CNN) Many weapons have been deployed against the terrorist group ISIS -- conventional arms, targeted airstrikes and Iranian-backed Shia militias among them.

Now, a comedian in Saudi Arabia is adding another weapon to the arsenal: satire.

Humor may not be the first thing that comes to mind when the topic is ISIS, a group known for mass rape and torture, and for posting videos of its members beheading captives or burning them alive.

Not a lot of yuks in that, it wouldn't seem.

But into the fray has waded Saudi comedian Nasser Al Qasabi, armed only with a keen wit and a rare bit of courage.

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