Charlie Winter - The Terrorist Image: Decoding the Islamic States Photo-Propaganda

THE TERRORIST IMAGE

CHARLIE WINTER

The Terrorist Image

Decoding the Islamic States
Photo-Propaganda

HURST & COMPANY, LONDON

First published in the United Kingdom in 2022 by

C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.,

New Wing, Somerset House, Strand, London, WC2R 1LA

Charlie Winter, 2022

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ISBN: 9781787385672

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CONTENTS

PART ONE
JIHD

PART TWO
KHILFAH

Figure 5.1 The clashes with the rfiarmy and its militias with light weapons in the ayraan neighbourhood

Figure 5.2 Courage, not retreat

Figure 5.3 An inghims[suicide assault] operation on the apostate PKK south of Kasrah Shaykh Jamaah in southern Raqqah

Figure 5.4 Targeting the apostate peshmerga with medium[-calibre] weapons on the outskirts of the cement plant in Sinjr

Figure 5.5 The safe return of the brothers, thanks be to God

Figure 5.6 Aspect of the raid on the al-B ar region north of Ramdseizure of the barracks of the apostates

Figure 5.7 Pictures from the ongoing battles near the Kawkjal region of eastern Mawul

Figure 5.8 The safe return of the soldiers of the caliphate, thanks be to God

Figure 5.9 Ribof the soldiers of the caliphate in the mountains of Tr Br

Figure 5.10 The ribduty of the soldiers of the caliphate against the Kurdish apostates in the northern alab countryside

Figure 5.11 Aspect of the ribof one of the sniper units in the province

Figure 5.12 The performance of the maghribprayers before going out for work

Figure 5.13 Ishprayers in one of the ribpoints