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Thursday, September 18, 2014

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/17/world/meast/isis-threat/index.html





(CNN) -- The production is slick. The imagery: ominous.
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is out with a new video from its Al Hayat Media Center. ISIS also produced the videos of the beheadings of two American journalists and a British aid
It took nearly a week, but this appears to be the terror group's response to President Barack Obama's speech in which he said the U.S. objective in expanded airstrikes would be to "degrade, and ultimately destroy" ISIS.
The President is expected to speak Wednesday about the U.S. strategy for combating ISIS, which also calls itself the "Islamic State."
The 52-second video plays much like a trailer for an action-adventure movie.
There are plenty of slow-motion explosions, and flames are shown engulfing American troops.
There are cameos from President George W. Bush and his "Mission Accomplished" banner, along with plenty of menacing fighters with masks over their faces, ready to execute civilians.
The producers even toss in a clip from Obama at the White House: "American combat troops will not be returning to fight in Iraq," he says

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