“Kill the devil’s soldiers”: at the November 13 trial, audio and video of ISIS claims decrypted by an investigator – archyworldys

First there was the sound. The song with toxic charm, heady and nauseating, which accompanies the first audio message of demand for the attacks of November 13th. He filled the courtroom for long minutes on Friday, September 24. Then came the images: excerpts from the 17-minute film, a real blockbuster of terror, broadcast two months later by the Islamic State (IS) organization. There was above all the commentary, which strove to give meaning to this deadly aestheticism: the always precise analyzes of the witness of the day, an investigator from the anti-terrorism sub-directorate of the judicial police (SDAT), which punctuated each sequence of ‘a “What lessons can we learn from it? ” Where “What does this passage teach us? “.

The special assize court of Paris was invited, on the thirteenth day of the trial of the November 13 attacks, to dive into the heart of the propaganda apparatus of the IS and its “Media jihad”. IS has professionalized this aspect of combat, theorized a few years earlier by Al-Qaida, by creating a media agency responsible for producing content in order to“To establish its position as a State”, explains the policeman. But the claims that IS is going “Leaf through” after November 13, 2015 were also used to “Galvanize its base” and to “Amplify terror” of the enemy by turning his references against him: ” The finished product, of high quality, incorporates the codes of Western pop culture, such as video games or films… ”

“Advance, advance, advance …”

The first claim for the November 13, 2015 attacks was published hours after the massacre, on November 14 at 11.54 a.m., on Telegram messaging. The investigator decided to broadcast this audio in full. It will last more than 5 minutes. The recording begins with a nachid, an Islamic a cappella song, the only musical expression tolerated by ISIS.

The voice of French jihadist Jean-Michel Clain, a propaganda cadre presumed dead and judged absent at this trial, resonates in the room: “Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead. Without ever retreating, never capitulating. Advance, advance, advance, advance. Undefeated warrior with sword in hand, kill them. “ The courtroom is somewhat taken aback by the paradoxical effects of this soft and catchy song which calls for murder. Jean-Michel Clain gives the floor to his brother Fabien, who will read the press release:

“… Eight brothers wearing explosive belts and assault rifles targeted carefully chosen locations in the heart of the French capital: the Stade de France, during the match between the two crossed countries: France and Germany (…), the Bataclan where hundreds of idolaters were gathered in a party of perversity, as well as other targets in the 10^e, the 11th^e and the 18^e arrondissements of Paris… ” The text ends with a threat against countries which “Insult the prophet” and “Strike Muslims in the land of the ‘caliphate’ with their planes”.

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