Via Ynet:
As previously reported, international jihadi organizations have established a foothold in the Syrian civil war, fighting alongside civilians against the regime of Bashar Assad. The organizations have no qualms about using multiple methods to attract more volunteers to the cause.
A few days ago, Al Arabiya aired a news story in which it described one significant strategy employed by the extremist organizations – posting pictures of smiling recruits after they were killed in battle. The message is clear: the volunteers were happy to die in the battlefield.
The images of the smiling dead are posted to popular social networks like Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and Instagram for maximum distribution; web users are asked to celebrate the death of the “heroic fighters.”
Web users who are interested in joining the fighting in Syria on the side of jihadi organizations are invited for a job interview through Skype. During the course of the interview they receive expert advice on military tactics and combat. Global Jihad uses the network not only to recruit rebels for the Syrian civil war, but also to collect donations with people who support its agenda – according to the Middle East center for scientific studies, which tracks social media and internet usage.
The jihadi organizations’ new recruiting tactic is a marked change from their previous strategy of using training videos and high-profile acts to draw new volunteers.