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Jihad groups largely mum on CIA torture report

Dec 19, 2014 7:46 am By Robert Spencer

Pakistan1The riots and murders some were expecting have not materialized. Jihadis have not even made much of the report as a recruitment tool — at least not yet.

“Militant groups mum on ‘torture report’ detailing CIA interrogation tactics,” by Rowan Scarborough, The Washington Times, December 14, 2014:

Prominent Islamic extremist groups are so far not reacting to the Senate Democrats’ explosive report on CIA interrogation of al Qaeda operatives, leaving responses to a smattering of their jihadi supporters on social media.

“I haven’t seen any official responses by these groups,” said Marwan Khayat, an analyst with the Washington-based Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).

Mr. Khayat said that five days after the report was posted on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s website, MEMRI has only noted one call to arms on any of the scores of prominent websites dedicated to the violent jihadi movement.

Robert Spencer, who directs the nonprofit Jihad Watch, which also monitors the world of Islamic terrorism, said he was “not seeing any huge reaction.”

“There was the prediction there would be a huge reaction. I think maybe it’s not as huge a deal as the Western media is making it out to be. After all, you’re talking about groups who are astoundingly brutal, and so a group that beheads people and enslaves ‘infidel’ women and so on is aware that sleep depravation is not going to play to their public as some horrible abnormality,” he said….

Mr. Khayat said it is possible that al Qaeda, the Islamic State and others at a later date will prepare an audio or video that seeks to exploit the CIA’s enhanced interrogation program.

“Their decision-making process — they choose the timing,” he said.

MEMRI watches jihadi websites, social media and official pronouncements 24 hours a day.

“The only noticeable response that I saw was on one of the jihadi forums,” Mr. Khayat said. “It’s a pro-ISIL jihadi forum. It publishes the propaganda of ISIL on it. One of the forum members basically suggested that ISIL try to acquire the same torture methods used by the CIA against any Western — including American — hostages.”

The forum member said the Islamic State should video the use of CIA tactics on its prisoners “to show the world what the U.S. is capable of,” Mr. Khayat said.

“That was the only response we saw,” he said, adding the post did not attract other Islamic State supporters….

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  1. Steffen Larsen says

    Dec 19, 2014 at 8:30 am

    Islamic State have already showed off, probably tortured and certainly killed infidels dressed in orange, and thereby reminding believers what happens in Guantanomo. It’s difficult to improve on this, except by an extravaganza.

  2. Salah says

    Dec 19, 2014 at 3:06 pm

    “One of the forum members basically suggested that ISIL try to acquire the same torture methods used by the CIA against any Western — including American — hostages.” ”

    They don’t need to, they prefer their own methods, the Mohammedan methods!

    http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2012/03/muhammad-and-torture.html

  3. c matt says

    Dec 19, 2014 at 4:29 pm

    not to diminish the immorality of the CIA tactics, but they are probably not much when stacked against the jihadis. if it is simply par (or less) for the course for them, it is probably not going to get much of a reaction. Heck, they probably already suspected the CIA did this and much worse anyway.

    Now, cut off all aid to Muslim countries until they allow the free and open exercise of Christianity within their borders – then you’ll see a reaction.

  4. Edison says

    Dec 19, 2014 at 7:24 pm

    I am currently reading the Koran for the second time in a month, couldn’t help noticing all of the references to fighting in Allah’s cause (Jihad). It certainly explains the Muslim mindset regarding jihad.

  5. Angemon says

    Dec 19, 2014 at 7:59 pm

    Prominent Islamic extremist groups are so far not reacting to the Senate Democrats’ explosive report on CIA interrogation of al Qaeda operatives, leaving responses to a smattering of their jihadi supporters on social media.

    Why should they react now when they can wait until after an attack on Western soil and say “it’s retaliation for the torture committed by the CIA”?

  6. katarzyna says

    Dec 19, 2014 at 10:21 pm

    “Since the inception of America’s occupation of Afghanistan, the Islamic Emirate has provided information to the international community regarding America’s barbarities and inhumane treatment of the Afghan populace. At the time, no nation dared listen to our nation’s pleas or show even slight response for fear of estranging America.

    Now after 14 years of such barbarities, the US Senate itself has lifted the curtain off of America’s intelligence arm, the CIA, and revealed the extent of their tortuous treatment of unarmed prisoners. In reality the practices of CIA mentioned in this report are only a fraction of those committed by this agency throughout America’s occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq…..”
    http://www.shahamat-english.com/index.php/paighamoona/51432-the-islamic-emirate’s-response-regarding-the-revelations-of-cia’s-barbaric-torture-regime

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