ISIS EXPLOITS CHILDREN FOR JIHAD

WATCH: ISIS Exploits Children for Jihad

After the publication of a picture of a baby that was forced to kick a severed head, ISIS published a video clip showing 5-year-old children with guns. “The new phenomenon shows that ISIS stands to stay in control long after the organization collapses,” a human rights activist in Syria stressed.

Nov 04, 2014, 11:42AM | Rachel Avraham

At first glance, the appearance of a 5-year-old blond kid in the video clip is playing cops and robbers, but in reality, it is a completely different game---ISIS is providing weapons training on the Syrian streets in Raqqa.

The boy is only 5-years-old, but the video documents ISIS military training. He appears to be bouncing from side to side with a pistol and military vest, as he demonstrates how he escapes military fire, just like a warrior in an elite combat unit. The video clip shows another child, also under age 10, armed from head to toe and standing next to an ISIS terrorist who supervises the training.

“The new video clip is only further proof of ISIS using children in order to gain control over the areas which they occupy,” Charlie Winter, a human rights activist in Syria, stressed.

“This new phenomenon is alarming,” the activist added. “It shows that ISIS control in Iraq and Syria is going to be over the long-term, long after the organization collapses.”