The United States military dropped 60,000 copies of a graphic leaflet near the northern Syrian city of Raqqa that depict potential Islamic State recruits being fed into a meat grinder . The leaflets , part of an information campaign to discourage people from joining the extremist group , were dropped in a canister by an F-15 fighter jet last week . 'The message of this leaflet is , if you allow yourself to be recruited by Daesh , you will find yourself in a meat grinder . And it 's not beneficial to your health , ' said Army Col Steve Warren , a Pentagon spokesman who released a copy of the leaflet Thursday in response to media requests . Scroll down for video . Propaganda offensive : This image , which depicts young ISIS recruits being churned through a meat grinder , was printed 60,000 times and dropped over Raqqa , Syria , to stop men being lured to join the terror group . Daesh is the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group . The gruesome drawing shows seven young men standing in a line under a sign that says Daesh Recruiting Office . A man with a monster face is beckoning the first man in line , who has a frightened look on his face . A second man is turning the grinder while appearing to push someone into the feeder tube . Two legs are protruding from the feeder , and blood is spurting out the grinder 's other end . The meat grinder is labeled as Daesh , and a sign in the corner says 'Now serving 6001 . ' The scared young man appears to be dropping a ticket that says '6001 . ' Is it working ? The U.S. military commander for the Middle East says ISIS is 'losing momentum ' in Syria . Warren said this is the only leaflet he knows about . U.S. military officials have expressed concerns that IS was winning the propaganda war , with its use of social media to attract supporters and recruits . A central theme that U.S. officials have tried to convey is the militants ' brutality and violence , including to women and children . IS has taken over large parts of Iraq and Syria . But the top U.S. military commander for the Middle East said Thursday that the group is 'in a defensive crouch ' in Iraq , and losing some momentum in Syria . The U.S. and other coalition members have conducted airstrikes on the group in Iraq and Syria .
The leaflets were dropped in a canister by F-15 fighter jet last week . Gruesome drawing shows 60,000 men being lined up for meat grinder . Sign above them reads 'Daesh Recruiting Office ' , Daesh is Arabic for ISIS . The 7 pamphlets fell over Raqqa , where ISIS is 'losing momentum '