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Steven Sotloff was an Israeli born freelance writer and reporter who often traveled to his homeland in the Middle East. The terrorist group ISIS captured Sotloff because of his dual Israeli-American citizenship and because of his practice of Judaism. In the photo there are two people, the prisoner Sotloff and the executioner. There is a desert background and an Arabic caption. This image depicts Sotloff and the ISIS member who is about to carry out the execution of Sotloff the reasons this photo was released because ISIS uses it to: frighten Americans by showing the ISIS member as powerful, converting others to Islam because of this power and to depict the non-believer, American as weaker. Throughout history militant groups have attempted to strike fear into the hearts of their enemies. In the photo the executioner is dressed from head to toe in all black, including his face, only his eyes are slightly visible. Black is a color associated with fear and death and is also the main color of the ISIS flag. It is a member of ISIS standing in the photo with Sotloff. His posture is meant to …show more content…
By releasing the video and pictures of executions it is meant to frighten America, in particular, into recognizing ISIS’ power. In the photo there is a caption,

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