The Islamic State has beheaded its captives and burned them alive. It’s used child soldiers to shoot people at point blank range and has slaughtered Christians en masse. It’s forced some prisoners to dig their own graves.
But after ten months of highly-choreographed killings, videos ISIS released this week indicate an even greater escalation. On Tuesday, the terror group released a video in which ISIS fighters in Iraq incinerate, drown and blow up their prisoners. On Thursday, the group released its latest video, showing for the first time young men who appeared to be teenagers participating in a mass beheading.