The first article in this post is entitled “ISIS vow to take over Rome and ‘throw homosexuals off of your leaning tower of PIZZA” Isis made a twitter posting describing how the terrorist group was going to come to Rome and use the Leaning Tower of Pizza as a site to execute homosexuals. This is another example of how this faction shows no sympathy for any person who does not share all of their beliefs.Earlier this year, images emerged that appeared to show militants hurling one man off a building in the town of Tal Abyad in Raqqa as supposed punishment for having a ‘homosexual affair’.This most recent threat appears to indicate the terrorists intend to bring their barbaric practices to Europe – and plan to repeat the horrific scenes off the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
The second article in this post is entitled “Defense secretary addresses coming battle against ISIS in Iraq.” The new secretary of defense, Ashton Carter, said Saturday the U.S. may slow down the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan. Carter made the announcement during his first trip to Afghanistan as defense secretary. This is in part due to the rising threat of Isis and their growing numbers. The article also speculates that this could just be a ploy to scare the terrorist group from its occupied lands in Mosul.
These two articles speak to the threat that Isis may become more mobile and with that more dangerous. Isis has often threatened to expand its destruction, but the threat is becoming more and more real as the faction grows stronger and tensions rise in the governing bodies that are threatened.