GRAPHIC CONTENT: Islamic State hang dead bodies of 'soldiers' at entrance to Hawiji

HERE eight lifeless bodies hang from the entrance to the Iraqi city of Hawija in yet another public display of barbarity by Islamic State (IS).

The horrifying images have emerged online IG

The horrifying images have emerged online

The horrifying images have emerged on social media, which show the men's dead bodies strung up by their feet and attached to a metal frame in the Iraq's Kirkuk province. 

The black flag used by the terror group is clearly displayed above the men as onlookers gather in horror. 

Despite some of the men wearing military fatigues, it is not yet known whether they were Iraqi soldiers. 

 

The notorious black Islamist flag is clearly seen IG

The notorious black Islamist flag is clearly seen

The jihadists are believed to be relocating its Iraqi headquarters some 150km to the south in the Sunni-dominated town of Hawija, as it emerged the United States plan to coordinate a retake of Mosul involving some 25,000 Iraqi forces and Kurdish fighters. 

Isis has been running its operations in Iraq from Mosul - the country's second largest city, since taking it over last year. 

This is not the first time the terror group has paraded its horrific crimes in Hawija, 

Some of the men appeared to be wearing military fatigue IG

Some of the men appeared to be wearing military fatigue

Since invading the city, which lies some 35 miles east of the oil rick Kirkuk, in June 2014 the Islamist group has won the support of local residents and has recently started to increase its military presence in order to create a new Iraqi command. 

Earlier this month, the terror group released a sick video showing 21 orange-clad hostage Kurdish Peshmerga fighters being parade through the streets in cages. 

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