A Glimpse At The U.S. Propaganda War Against The Islamic State

Propaganda offensive: This image, which depicts young ISIS recruits being churned through a meat grinder, was printed 60,000 times and dropped over Raqqa, Syria, to stop men being lured to join the terror group

Daily Mail: US military airdrops 60,000 graphic propaganda leaflets depicting potential ISIS recruits being fed into a meat grinder

* The leaflets were dropped in a canister by F-15 fighter jet last week
* Gruesome drawing shows 7 men being lined up for meat grinder
* Sign above them reads 'Daesh Recruiting Office', Daesh is Arabic for ISIS
The 60,000 pamphlets fell over Raqqa, where ISIS is 'losing momentum'

The United States military dropped 60,000 copies of a graphic leaflet near the northern Syrian city of Raqqa that depict potential Islamic State recruits being fed into a meat grinder.

The leaflets, part of an information campaign to discourage people from joining the extremist group, were dropped in a canister by an F-15 fighter jet last week.

'The message of this leaflet is, if you allow yourself to be recruited by Daesh, you will find yourself in a meat grinder. And it's not beneficial to your health,' said Army Col Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman who released a copy of the leaflet Thursday in response to media requests.

WNU Editor: This campaign has been stopped .... Pentagon drops grisly anti-ISIS cartoons in Syria (AP). Too bad .... it looks effective.

More News On The U.S. Propaganda War Against The Islamic State

How the U.S. dropped these gory propaganda leaflets over Syria -- Washington Post
Pentagon Shows Off Propaganda Weapons in ISIS Fight -- WSJ
The U.S. Is Dropping Gruesome Fliers Over ISIS-Controlled Territory -- US News And World Report
US Drops Anti-ISIS Leaflets Over Syria -- ABC News
U.S. drops propaganda bomb on ISIL -- USA Today
Pentagon drops grisly leaflets in Syria -- The Hill
U.S. drops gruesome pamphlets in Syria depicting Islamic State recruits in a meat grinder -- Washington Times
Into the Meat Grinder: US Drops Anti-ISIS ‘Propaganda’ Leaflets Over Syria -- Epoch Times

The Kremlin's Propaganda War On The Internet Is In Full Swing

The Kremlin's Troll Army -- Daisy Sindelar, The Atlantic

Moscow is financing legions of pro-Russia Internet commenters. But how much do they matter?

Like many people with access to the Internet and a holster full of gadgets, Vladimir Nesterenko is living a double existence. In real life, the 49-year-old Kiev native is a published author and darling of the Ukrainian counterculture. Online, he's "Adolfych"—a Russian-speaking mischief-maker who uses his Twitter, Facebook, and LiveJournal accounts to comment, sometimes thoughtfully and often profanely, on the deepening conflict with Russia.

"I know a lot of Muscovites have little dachas in Abkhazia," he wrote in a recent post. "But could these Muscovites have afforded their little dachas if they hadn't gotten rid of the Georgians and turned a flourishing region into cheap fucking shit, like they're doing now in Crimea?"

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My Comment: This is why I limit my use of Russian/Ukrainian sources of news on the Ukraine civil war .... and as for social media .... I rarely if ever use those sources. I also always identify my sources of information, this is my way of revealing who is saying what .... and from where. But is there a Kremlin troll army out there .... definitely.