ISIS, illegal private internet, al-Baghdadi prohibits videos

21/07/15

The Islamic State in Syria has banned private Internet connection in its capital Raqqa, with a crackdown on spies and activists who reveal the daily atrocities of the terrorist group. Those who live in the stronghold will be able to use the network only at internet cafes, managed and controlled by Caliph officials.

The ban was imposed with a flyer (pictured), distributed last Sunday, to limit both the spread of those horrible images, trademark Isis, and to avoid contact with families of those who would be ready to desert.

In the flyer you order, by next Thursday, the posting of all private internet connections. The order would be issued by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi himself, with a letter sent to all his "press offices" spread across the caliphate.

Al-Baghdadi would also have prohibited the dissemination of violent videos, if not carefully modified. The caliph would be concerned about the public image of ISIS in the world scene. Those videos, according to what the number one of ISIS would have given in a decree, could offend other Muslims around the world.

According to media agencies in the Middle East, al-Baghdadi's decision would have created a rift between the high caliph's officers, convinced of the need to transmit to the world these atrocities perpetrated against the enemy of the Islamic State.

The model of terror

Abu-Nabil al-Anbari, a former policeman under Saddam's regime, consecrated to al-Qaeda during his stay in Abu Ghraib prison, in Baghdad, and a prominent figure of Isis in Libya, was executed in Derna, near on the border with Egypt, historical center of Libyan jihadists. The man was forced to parade through the streets of the city, before being hanged.

Abu-Nabil al-Anbari, had been sent by al-Baghdadi to create an outpost of the Islamic State in Libya and conquer the strategic city of Derna, before being captured by a rival Islamic group. The man was forced to parade through the streets of the city, insulted and mocked before being executed.

The execution was resumed and spread on the network, with the same assembly technique as the Islamic State. The public nature of the execution of al-Anbari last June was adopted to discourage those who want to join the fundamentalists of Isis, using the media weapons preferred by the latter.

Abu Nabil al-Anbari was the man chosen by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to negotiate an alliance with local Libyan groups.

Franco Iacch