Terror group tweets of execution

Iraq has pressed a counter-offensive against militants who have seized a swathe of the country.

THE terrorist group rampaging across Syria and Iraq has taken to Twitter to boast about its grisly exploits, by posting pictures of its soldiers butchering helpless victims.

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has published the disturbing images via its official Twitter account, which depict unidentified soldiers gunning down what the organisation says are just a fraction of the 1700 Shi'ite military personnel it claims to have slaughtered.

ISIS had previously drawn the ire of the international community by releasing footage of the beheading of a police officer. The militants posted a picture of the man's head to Twitter with the comment: "This is our ball. It's made of skin #WorldCup."

The pictures appear to show ISIS fighters loading the captives on to flatbed trucks before forcing them to lie face-down in a shallow ditch with their arms tied behind their backs.

The final images appear to show the bodies of the captives soaked in blood after being shot.

They write that the killings are to avenge the death of an Islamic state commander.

Radical Islamic group ISIS tweeted a series of shocking photos which appear to show captives led to execution.

Iraq's top military spokesman, Lt. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, confirmed the photos' authenticity on Sunday night and said he was aware of cases of mass murder of captured Iraqi soldiers.

The US has now deployed the aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush to the Persian Gulf, giving President Barack Obama a greater array of military options.

Mr Obama has said the US is considering "all options" — which would include air strikes — given he did not want to see extremists gain a "permanent foothold". But he appears to have ruled out sending in ground troops.

"Ultimately it's up to the Iraqis, as a sovereign nation, to solve their problems," he said.

Iran says it will assist the Iraqi government, with Iranians reportedly already co-operating with local forces.

The images tweeted by ISIS have been confirmed as authentic by Iraq's top military spokesman.

Former British prime minister Tony Blair has stepped forward saying the region's current woes cannot be blamed on the 2003 invasion of Iraq, saying there would still have been a "major problem" if failed dictator Saddam Hussein had remained to face the Arab Spring revolutions.

Mr Blair said there was a "regional problem", albeit one with the capacity to impact the West. "We have to liberate ourselves from the notion that 'we' have caused this," he wrote.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott says the West must not underestimate ISIS's potential to wreak havoc throughout the wider Middle East.

"The group which is now apparently in control of large swathes of Iraq and parts of Syria is a group that was too radical for al-Qa'ida," he said.

"They're an extremist splinter group from the most extremist terrorist group the world has seen, so let's not underestimate just how serious this situation is."

This photo tweeted by ISIS appears to show captives being trucked away.

Mr Abbott said he wanted to "wait and see" before making any decisions about military assistance, saying that it was a "complex difficult and developing situation".

One of the images tweeted by radical Islamic group ISIS, which appears to show captives about to be executed.

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