ISIL loves terrorism and kitties

GlobalPost

So this is happening.

In their effort to show that they do indeed have a softer side, supporters of ISIL — the terror group now taking over large swaths of Iraq — are supplementing their already impressive web presence with a Twitter stream that consists almost solely of purported jihadists with cats

Below is a sampling.

Tune in tomorrow for Maya Gebeily's in-depth look at ISIL's social media strategy and how they are using it to game journalists around the world.

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