He says : `` The international channels try to twist the picture and portray the mujahedeen as bloodthirsty , as distanced from the people -- that they reject the people and do n't love them . '' Writers : Al Qaeda posting feel - good parties , mock ice cream eating contests , tugs of war . They say Al Qaeda and affiliates want to win ` ` hearts and minds , '' but the groups have failed . Writers : Al Qaeda fighters in Syria try sugar and spice bombs , but in Iraq they kill people . New image will not win over people appalled by murder in the name of Islam , they say .
Writers : Al Qaeda posting feel - good parties , mock ice cream eating contests , tugs of war . They say Al Qaeda and affiliates want to win ` ` hearts and minds , '' but the groups have failed . Writers : Al Qaeda fighters in Syria try sugar and spice bombs , but in Iraq they kill people . New image will not win over people appalled by murder in the name of Islam , they say .