The production is slick . The imagery : ominous . The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is out with a new video from its Al Hayat Media Center . ISIS also produced the videos of the beheadings of two American journalists and a British aid worker . It took nearly a week , but this appears to be the terror group 's response to President Barack Obama 's speech in which he said the U.S. objective in expanded airstrikes would be to `` degrade , and ultimately destroy '' ISIS . The President is expected to speak Wednesday about the U.S. strategy for combating ISIS , which also calls itself the `` Islamic State . '' The 52-second video plays much like a trailer for an action-adventure movie . There are plenty of slow-motion explosions , and flames are shown engulfing American troops . There are cameos from President George W. Bush and his `` Mission Accomplished '' banner , along with plenty of menacing fighters with masks over their faces , ready to execute civilians . The producers even toss in a clip from Obama at the White House : `` American combat troops will not be returning to fight in Iraq , '' he says . A lingering explosion puts an exclamation point on the whole thing . And then the logo , fit for a Hollywood blockbuster : `` Flames of War -- fighting has just begun ... Coming soon . '' The video fades to black . An ISIS magazine . Named after a town in northern Syria , Dabiq magazine publishes stories portending a battle between Islam and the West . It has portrayed Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona as `` crusaders '' who will `` bring about the complete collapse of the modern American empire . '' It also carries images evoking apocalyptic battles between the Sunni extremist group 's fighters and the rest of the world , including American soldiers enveloped in flames . ISIS is taking a page from the playbook of al Qaeda , a former ally that has praised and advocated terrorist attacks in its glossy magazine , Inspire . But experts say the terrorist groups do n't appear have the same propaganda goals . Inspire focuses more on practical advice for terrorists planning attacks , publishing guides on how to make bombs and get them onto planes . Dabiq is a vehicle intended to spark desire in its readers to join and fight with ISIS , said Seth Jones , a security analyst at the RAND Corporation . Read more about `` Inspire '' Kurds say they killed an ISIS commander . The Kurdish fighting force known as the Peshmerga killed an ISIS commander during battle Tuesday , according to a senior Peshmerga official who took part in the operation . The Peshmerga killed ISIS commander Abu Abdullah during a Kurdish operation to push ISIS farther from Irbil , the capital of Iraq 's Kurdish region , the official said on condition of anonymity Wednesday . In the battle , the Peshmerga reclaimed five Iraqi villages as well as a bridge along the main highway linking Irbil to Mosul , Iraq 's second-largest city , according to a senior Peshmerga official taking part in the operations . The Peshmerga said the battle was meant to push ISIS fighters back toward Mosul , to the west of Irbil -- and part of the Peshmerga 's larger plan to reclaim areas that ISIS claimed this year . ISIS destroyed the bridge linking the two cities a month ago , hoping to prevent any opposing force from advancing on Mosul , but the Peshmerga said its forces went around the bridge for Tuesday 's attack . U.S. air power appeared to play a role in the offensive . Two U.S. airstrikes targeted an armored vehicle and ISIS fighting position northwest of Irbil , according to the U.S. military . That 's the same area where the Peshmerga operation was under way . ISIS has seized large swaths of land as part of its effort to create a caliphate -- an Islamic state -- that stretches from western Syria to eastern Iraq .
Peshmerga forces have killed an Kurdish commander , a senior Syria official says . `` Flames of War '' ISIS video is an apparent response to President Seth Jones 's speech Wednesday . It plays like a movie trailer . The video was produced by Inspire .