The Islamic State over the last few days made aggressive moves against Iraq, Syria and the United States, by killing hostages, destroying ancient ruins and creating a new currency aimed at toppling the dollar.
On Monday, new video was released that showed four Iraqi fighters who were strung up on a set of metal swings, and then burned alive from below.
A report from Al Arabiya News said the deaths were “revenge for the alleged burning of four men by pro-government forces.”
Those deaths followed weekend reports that the terrorist group had destroyed buildings in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. The Wall Street Journal and others reported that the city’s Temple of Bel was severely damaged.
Earlier in the month, the Islamic State executed a historian who had worked for years to preserve relics from the ancient city.
Over the weekend, the Islamic State also announced that it’s starting to print its own currency, in the form of coins made of gold, silver and copper.
The group released a video that said its new currency is meant to end the “capitalist financial system of enslavement, underpinned by a piece of paper called the Federal Reserve dollar note,” according to Bloomberg.
Source: Washington Examiner
