The Islamic State (formerly known as ISIS) has released another propaganda video, fifth from their “Saleel As-Sawarim“, or “Clanking of the Swords” series, featuring religious fanaticism, combat footage of the Mujaheddin engaging military targets, interspersed with drive-by killings of soldiers manning checkpoints and people driving in vehicles, and the destruction of Shia religious structures and historical shrines. The end of the video features mass executions of civilians and soldiers captured in Mosul. This post features only the executions from the end of the video.

The nonchalant brutality and complete lack of empathy on behalf of the Islamic State is compelling, which is why everyone should watch this video and everything else published at Best Gore. Every civilian and every politician should have to know, understand, and see just what it truly means when they support war, what it truly means when they say “thank you for your service“.

According to my Arabic friend’s translation, a boy that is seen crying says:

I swear to God that we are only two brothers, and we both have been captured.

He is then egged on by the guard to curse out Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for bringing this fate upon them.

At the end of the video, the captives are shot one by one in the head and their bodies thrown into the Euphrates River.

Props to Best Gore member Cold World for this excerpt from the video. I will publish the full length version later: