Chilling images show new ISIS terrorist school in Syria where children soldiers known as 'Caliphate Cubs' are trained to kill
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- Children little older than 10 have been pictured at latest ISIS terror school
- Photographs believed to have been taken in Syrian capital Damascus
- Young boys seen posing with ISIS flag and being taught to use AK47s
- Terror group routinely uses child soldiers on frontline in Syria and Iraq
Chilling
new images have emerged from inside Islamic State-run terrorist
training schools in Syria, showing child soldiers being trained to kill
using assault rifles.
Dubbed
'Caliphate Cubs', the children appear little more than 10 years old and
are dressed in full combat gear as they struggle to hold weapons while
standing in front of ISIS' infamous black flag.
The
photographs were released by official Islamic State media over the
weekend and apparently show a recently-opened school close to Damascus -
the Assad regime-held capital of Syria where other preteen training
camps are known have been operating in recent months.
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Chilling: Dubbed 'Caliphate Cubs', the
children appear little more than 10 years old and are dressed in full
combat gear as they struggle to hold weapons while standing in front of
ISIS' infamous black flag
Loss of innocence: A fair-skinned boy
is handed an AK47 assault rifle by a grey-bearded ISIS general as he
stands in formation alongside other young child soldiers
The
photographs taken near the Syrian capital Damascus and released by
Islamic State terrorists show young children wearing masks and
camouflaged military fatigues as they are trained to use AK47 assault
rifles and carry out military drills.
The
high quality photographs were released on ISIS' favoured anonymous file
sharing website JustPaste.it over the weekend, and appear to be still
images taken from an as-yet unreleased edition of the terror group's
many professionally shot propaganda videos.
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In
one photograph a large group of masked and armed child soldiers crowd
around a minibus decorated with the ISIS flag, holding their guns aloft
and striking poses bearing a striking resemblance to the terror group's
executioner in chief - the British militant known as Jihadi John.
Another
image shows a fair-skinned boy being handed a massive AK47 assault
rifle by a grey-bearded ISIS general as he stands in formation alongside
other young child soldiers.
Other
shots from the propaganda release show the children performing fitness
tests and military drills designed to train them for the harsh realities
of the frontline.
Training: In much the same way as the
Nazi Germany preyed on its impressionable young citizens with the
creation of the Hitler Youth, ISIS has long groomed children to take
part in jihad
The photographs were released on ISIS' favoured anonymous file sharing website JustPaste.it this weekend
In
a clear display of ISIS' callous attitude towards the use of child
soldiers, one photograph from the terror group's latest media release
shows two bearded adult militants laughing and leaning against a lorry
while a group of young boys are forced to carry out military exercises
in front of them.
Other
shots show the heavily armed boys carrying their weapons inside what
appears to be a mosque, where there appear to be taking instructions on
how to use an AK47 from another masked militant, who stands in front of
what looks like a minbar - a type of pulpit used by Islamic preachers.
In
much the same way as the Nazi Germany preyed on its impressionable
young citizens with the creation of the Hitler Youth, ISIS has long
groomed children to take part in jihad.
The
practice was the subject of the second episode of VICE's groundbreaking
'Islamic State' documentary series, in which very young boys were seen
being asked whether they want to be a suicide bomber or a jihadist, and
were forced to repeat calls for the murder of Western 'infidels'.
Exploitation: In a clear display of
ISIS' callous attitude towards the use of child soldiers, one photograph
from the terror group's latest media release shows two bearded adult
militants laughing and leaning against a lorry while a group of young
boys are forced to carry out military exercises in front of them
Another shot shows the heavily armed boys carrying their weapons inside what appears to be a mosque
Well-crafted: The photographs appear
to be still images taken from an as-yet unreleased edition of the terror
group's many professionally shot propaganda videos
In
the VICE footage, ISIS' PR man Abu Moussa - who has since been killed -
describes how every male child is forced to attend Sharia camps to be
taught the militants' radical interpretation of Islam.
After
the age of 16 the boys are sent to a military camp, where they are
given intensive training in the art of warfare and prepared for possible
future as either front-line militia or suicide bombers.
The
images emerged as just weeks after ISIS released a video entitled 'The
Blood of Jihad 2' - the second installment of a video series revealing
life inside the group's training camps.
The video is believed to have been filmed in the ISIS-held province of Nineveh in, Iraq.
The
highly choreographed video opens with dramatic slow motion shots of of
young boys firing AK47s as they advance in a line. All the boys are seen
wearing matching military camouflage fatigues and chequered
headscarves.
The
first part of the film, which appears to be shot in soft focus and is
set to music, then shows the boys undertaking training in martial arts.
One
of the boys can be seen holding the black flag of Islamic State whilst
another of the boys, wearing a headband with a slogan in Arabic, leads
the martial arts drill.
The child
soldiers appear to be taking instructions on how to use their AK47s from
another masked militant (pictured left) who stands in front of what
looks like a minbar - a type of pulpit used by Islamic preachers
Sick: Adult Islamic State militants (pictured) have long groomed children to take part in their acts of terrorism
In
October another set of images emerged purporting to show young Syrian
children being trained at a military camp run by ISIS in the group's de
facto capital Raqqa.
The
photographs showed children barely older than five being taught basic
combat and survival skills, learning how to use enormous assault rifles,
and being given lessons in extremist ideology.
The
disturbing images of the school, said to be named Al-Sharea, were
shared online by Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently - a small activist
collective which secretly documents the shocking violence and oppression
the terror group has brought to their home city.
According
to the activist group, the Al-Sharea school is specifically run to
provide militant training to young males under the age of 16.
Its
objective is understood to be to wildly distort the views of young
Raqqa residents, creating an entire generation for whom the idea of
Islamic extremism and acts of terrorism are second nature.
Previous: The images emerged as just
weeks after ISIS released a video entitled 'The Blood of Jihad 2' - the
second installment of a video series revealing life inside the group's
training camps
Armed: The highly choreographed video
opens with dramatic slow motion shots of of young boys firing AK47s as
they advance in a line
Violence: The first part of the film,
which appears to be shot in soft focus and is set to music, then shows
the boys undertaking training in martial arts. Pictured, an adult
militant kicks a child in the leg during training
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