Nowadays, every new comedy comes with a blooper reel at the end, to show how much fun all of the cast had whilst making it.

I guess it makes the Hollywood heavyweights seem more like us everyday folk, but it’s quite a stretch to think that ISIS bloopers will humanise terrorists.

The end goal here is a little different, with Al-Qaeda having released “embarrassing outtakes from an Islamic State propaganda video of fighters in Yemen, in an attempt to undermine its bitter rival”.

This from the Telegraph:

The blooper reel, released by Al-Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula’s Hidayah Media Productions, shows a kneeling militant trying to renew his pledge of allegiance to Isil leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi but repeatedly being interrupted by a squawking bird in the tree above.

The jihadi, identified as Abu Muhammad al-Adeni, appears to be distracted by the chirping, causing him to forget his lines.

He takes out notes from his pocket, while another fighter can be heard telling him to “stay calm, keep cool”.

The media group does not reveal how it got hold of the unedited version of the video, but it could have been handed over by an Isil defector or taken from a captured base.

Al-Qaeda even named the video “The Hollywood reality of al-Baghdadi group – Part 2” – burn.

The squawking really is a nice touch:

This isn’t the first time the duelling terrorist cells have publicly shamed one another:

The Islamic State and al-Qaeda have been waging a deadly contest for territory, recruits and influence in Yemen, where both are battling the Shia Iran-backed Houthi militants.

An online propaganda war has ensued, with both groups releasing competing online propaganda and social media.

Hidayah Media was behind a 2016 video that accused Isil of using the dark red cordial Vimto drink as fake blood in a staged battle in one of its videos, which prompted widespread jokes and hashtags on Twitter at their expense.

I think both should meet at an undisclosed location and battle it out amongst themselves.

By the way, if you’re a fan of inept would-be jihadists, I would recommend the 2010 comedy, Four Lions.

[source:telegraph]