This gleeful glorification of savagery has shocked the world, but it isn’t really anything new. “Palestinian” jihadis have been posing babies and children with jihad paraphernalia for years. “Isis ‘propaganda’ shows baby lying on flag surrounded by Kalashnikov and grenades,” by Heather Saul, Independent, September 5, 2014 (thanks to Anne Crockett):
Babies and young children are apparently being used in the latest propaganda from extremist groups such as Islamic State (Isis).
A shocking photo of a baby lying on a flag is among those believed to have been posted online by Isis supporters.
The picture, which shows a young baby lying next to a Kalashnikov rifle and guns, comes as part of the Islamic militant group’s wider propaganda campaign on social media.
It was circulating on Twitter under the hashtag #IS. It has not been verified but, if authentic, could show the youngest child to be used in Isis propoganda [sic]….