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ISIS, Beheadings and the Success of Horrifying Violence
(Washington Post) Terrence McCoy - A video shows Islamic militants knocking at a policeman's door in the middle of the night. He's blindfolded and cuffed, then decapitated with a knife. In another ISIS video, hundreds of boys and Iraqi soldiers are herded down a highway to an unknown fate. In terms of impact, the acts of terror have been wildly successful, with ISIS becoming the most feared terrorist group in the Middle East.