July 11, 2017
THE rIGHT IS THE lEFT:
Amid Defeats, ISIS Shifts Narrative From Invincibility to Victimization (Natalie Johnson, July 11, 2017, Free Beacon)
ISIS shifted rapidly from a narrative of resilience to victimization as it was squeezed out of Mosul, once its de facto capital in Iraq. Where the group previously touted battlefield victories, it began criticizing U.S.-led forces for killing civilians and destroying infrastructure.On Friday, the ISIS-run Amaq news agency released a statement blaming coalition airstrikes for killing more than 100 civilians while wounding 220 others over a two-day span, according to SITE Intelligence Group.
Posted by Orrin Judd at July 11, 2017 6:08 PM