(by Franco Iacch) To date, the official ISIS group has never mentioned the upcoming world championships in Russia in its public literature. I remember that the sympathizers have no connection with the main branch of the terrorist movement. However, it is worth clarifying one point: threats and greater involvement of sympathizers are not surprising at all, just think of the 2016 Rio Olympics. As I did a few hours ago, when I identified a possible useful window for the activation of the ISIS detachments, I keep playing with numbers. Ramadan will end on June 15 with the start of the celebrations for Eid al-Fitr. The inauguration ceremony of the world championships will be held on June 14th in Moscow. And the first match will be Russia - Saudi Arabia, both targets already mentioned by the ISIS. As we know, jihadists expect greater spiritual rewards for attacks during the Night of Destiny. In ISIS's reinterpretation of Islamic theology, murder in the last ten days of Ramadan is considered a devotional act. The multinational nature of the world makes it a symbolic and unanimously acceptable target for terrorists
I enclose one of the many cartoons: let's pay attention, but let's enjoy the world cup. I deliberately omit the graphic aspect made by the investigator in his room. But I dwell on the translation. Also in this case there is no news as the sympathizers are implementing the same strategy we saw for Rio, when to attract the Brazilian public for the first time ever, the pro-is propaganda was translated into Portuguese on social media. The sympathizers, therefore, always try to inspire the "soldiers" (those who have no direct connection with the movement). These are strategies that we have already seen. The Russian media (rightly) ignore the cartoons so as not to become a sounding board. However, let us expect a greater activity of the sympathizers from their room, looking instead carefully at the possible isis message.