According to a new report, ISIS is preparing to release a video threatening to kill a group of at least 150 Assyrian Christians—including children, women and the elderly—who were abducted in recent village raids. The number of captives is higher than initially thought by activist groups. The reports say that the video will show the large group of kidnapping victims, and will be directed at U.S. officials, demanding that airstrikes cease. If not, ISIS claims it will slaughter the hostages. The radical Islamic militant group has routinely targeted minorities, and recently released another video showing a group of 21 Christian men getting beheaded by armed militants …
