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The Muslim Fundamentalism problem

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« on: December 14, 2015, 07:36:12 pm »


...we need to be seen to be contributing to the defeating of Isis

New Zealand 'shouldn't lose sleep' over appearances in Islamic State video
 
Kiwis shouldn't worry over New Zealand's latest appearance in an Islamic State (Isis) propaganda video attacking the coalition of nations trying to take it down, an expert says.

The latest Arabic-language Isis video, Meeting at Dabiq, includes footage of militants training and a digitally altered shot of a jihadi tank heading towards the Colosseum in Rome.

Our flag is briefly shown among those of 60 countries in the "global coalition" against Isis, mirroring its first appearance in an Isis video last month.

Victoria University professor of strategic studies Robert Ayson says terrorist groups like Isis "thrive on perception" with propaganda videos about the imagined threat they pose.


After the first video, Prime Minister John Key said he was not aware of any new threats toward New Zealand after our flag was shown in the first Isis video targeting members of the "global coalition".

Victoria University international relations expert, professor of strategic studies Robert Ayson said he didn't think Kiwis "should be losing too much sleep" about the latest video.

While it was no secret that New Zealand was part of the coalition against Isis, it was not as involved - or as at risk - as other countries involved in combat missions.

"We're still less high-profile than Australia, than the British or the Americans or the French or the Russians or anyone who's conducting air attacks."

Ayson said the propaganda videos were partly about recruiting people who were sympathetic to their cause, in the hopes they could undertake "lone wolf attacks" which were not directly organised by Isis.

"I don't think Isis itself is able to reach out directly and cause attacks directly in all these countries, but it would hope that some people in some of these countries would take this as a lead, so you just don't know."

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The inclusion of New Zealand, and other countries in the global coalition, was more about sending a message than a tangible threat, he said.

"Let's not make Isis into something it isn't: it has had some reverses in the last little while, it's not all-powerful.

"Groups like this thrive on perception, they want to manipulate perception - that's the whole basis of terrorism."

'NO NEW SPECIFIC THREAT'

Key described the first video as an attempt by the terrorist group "to undermine the confidence of any nation that stands up to them", of which New Zealand was one of over 60.

"That said I am not aware of any new specific threat toward New Zealand as a result of the video's release."

Neither video has made a specific reference to New Zealand, which has sent 140 troops to help train the Iraqi army.

Most are based at Camp Taji military base north-west of Baghdad, which the prime minister visited in early October.

The Government has revealed it has a handful of Isis sympathisers under 24 hour watch in New Zealand, while spy agency the SIS also highlighted an increasing number of Kiwi "jihadi brides" heading to Syria or Iraq after last-minute weddings.

Last month, the United States issued a global travel alert about the heightened risk of a terrorist attack.

New Zealand's risk level has not been raised recently.

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