article_snippet.sent: This new wave of violent Islamist groups proudly brandishes medieval methods of cruelty through modern technology as a tool of recruitment and intimidation.
article_snippet.sent: The jihadi chiefs have a strategy beyond the battlefield.
article_snippet.sent: Killing the enemy, the men, is a tactic for winning battles and conquering territory.
article_snippet.sent: It's a stark change from the previous generation of jihadis, when Osama bin Laden headed al Qaeda.
article_snippet.sent: In contrast, ISIS is actively engaged in building those social structures.
article_snippet.sent: And if you want to build a new society, you need more than soldiers.
article_snippet.sent: It is a way to humiliate the enemy, a "reward" for soldiers and a tactic of ethnic cleansing.
article_snippet.sent: The brutality of the new jihadis is more than mere sadism.