Iraq: Out of the desert into Mosul (closed)

[carl]

Shashank Joshi, of RUSI, has another article 'Where does the Islamic State's fetish with beheading people come from?':http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/sh...eading-people/

He tries to answer this:

Now this is unexpected - well for me:

Don't forget the simple. It's fun, especially for aggressive 20 somethings released from all forms of social and cultural restraint because Allah told them it is ok.

And if I remember what I've read on MahdiWatch correctly, there are parts of the Koran and various other works that set precedent.

This isn't the first time Brits, Yanks and Anzacs have run into this. The Japanese were quite fond of beheading people too.