As the Syrian conflict continues to escalate, pamphlets have become just another part of the war. But involved parties have been getting more creative with their content.
At first the pamphlets dropped onto cities with rival factions were just more sheets of paper. The Syrian Arab Army and US-led coalition have all become part of it, dropping their leaflets onto Daesh (ISIS) and other rebel-held groups. Here's one from December.
Our last warning: The decision to end terror and restore security is taken. Our next strikes will be bigger and harder, we have enough power to end terror on the entire planet. We advise you to drop your weapons and surrender yourself to the Syrian Arab Army forces.
Apparently the US-led coalition, though, has always been fond of its illustrations.
Written on the back:
To Daesh: We have struck you in the heart of your territories and we arrested one of your leaders. We can attack you anytime we want and you can do nothing to fight us back. We will not stop and you will lose this war. Your destruction is very close.
But Russia caught on, at least by October. While the leaflet below shows the militant wearing a Daesh flag, the translation only mentions al-Nusra Front — again placing rebels and Daesh in the same category.
Al-Nusra terrorists are paid by America and Israel.
Then there were pictures. Maybe Russia started the trend of using Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Al-Baghdadi wears a $200,000 watch and sends poor Muslims to die.
But a somewhat confusing photo of Baghdadi on a $100 bill, uploaded Monday, takes the cake. Allegedly dropped on Deir al-Zor by the US-led coalition.
But Russia and the SAA aren't the only ones getting creative with the leaflets — Syrians are coming up with some innovative ways to use them.
#Syria|ns finally find a good use for #SAA pamphlets dropped on liberated cities. RT if you like :) #pampers pic.twitter.com/Tqli8plWxE
— ٍShami Rebel (@OptimisticReb11) November 2, 2015By Hayat Norimine
