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Al Qaeda made its name in blood and pixels, with deadly attacks and an avalanche of electronic news media.
Recent news articles depict an online terrorist juggernaut that has defied the best efforts by the United States government to counter it. While these articles are themselves a testimony to Al Qaeda’s media savvy, they don’t tell the whole story.
When it comes to user-generated content and interactivity, Al Qaeda is now behind the curve. And the United States can help to keep it there by encouraging the growth of freer, more empowered online communities, especially in the Arab-Islamic world.
The genius of Al Qaeda was to combine real-world mayhem with virtual marketing. The group’s guerrilla media network supports a family of brands, from Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (in Algeria and Morocco) to the Islamic State of Iraq, through a daily stream of online media products that would make any corporation jealous. ...
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from politicalcarnival.com
Thursday, November 20, 2008
‘What Up, My Obama?’: How the president-elect inspired a rapper to clean up his language
By GottaLaff
First Obama sets Al Qaeda back without having to utter a word, and now he has a positive effect on Jim Jones, a Harlem rapper :
Since Election Day, every conversation I have eventually turns to Barack [...]... more
In a decision which deals a sharp blow to the White House, a federal judge ordered the release of five men who have been held for more than eight years as enemy combatants in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
The New York Times reports that in rendering his decision, Judge Richard Leon said Thursday the government’s evidence, which he called "a classified document from an unnamed source," was insufficient to show the five detainees’ link to Al Qaeda.
"To rest on so thin a reed would ... more
Voice of America :Analysts say al-Qaida appears to be trying to capitalize on the global economic crisis. They say traffic on al-Qaida-linked Web sites indicates terrorist sympathizers see the financial turmoil as punishment for al-Qaida’s enemies. VOA’s Michael Lipin has this report from Washington.
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Groups that monitor terrorist Internet traffic have seen a flurry of messages on al-Qaida-linked Web sites that gloat over the West’s economic difficulties, and urge milita... more
This does beg the question: Why do we never hear about this from child welfare groups?
Children As Human Bombs
By Brooke Goldstein & Danielle Goldstein on 11.12.08 @ 6:07AM
On Monday, a 13-year-old female child blew herself up in central Baghdad, killing 28 and wounding 68. Among those killed were male and female students; a tragedy of immense proportions. Suicide-homicide attacks by female bombers, the handicapped, and children, the last often detonated by remote... more
Many Muslims don’t know about the corruption of Hamas. Some of the things which stand out the most from their traits are:
Their association with Kafir tyrants like Putin.
Their association with the Shi’a Raafida like Hassan Nasrullah & Ahmadinejad.
Their participation in Democracy.
Their failure to implement Shari’ah in the areas they have full control over.
Their disavowal to the Global Jihad.
Little to no respect for the true ‘Ulema in captivity, such as Shaykh Abu ... more
Al-Khaiwani’s acceptance speech delivered from jail by a spokesman:
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Peace be upon you
Conferring this award on me is a great honour to my colleagues in Yemen and myself. I would like to extend my thanks and gratitude to Amnesty International, as well as to all those attending this event.
I wish I were among you to accept this award in person and to talk to you face to face. However, I am imprisoned in my country, following a six-year prison sentence han... more
Sahwa Net - Yemeni security sources in Hodiada province has arrested a missionary cell including 7 people on charges of promoting to Christianity and distributing the Bible.
Sources told Sahwa Net that the Political Security of Hodaida arrested a so-called Hadni Dohni accused of converting to Christianity and other 6 aides.
The sources said that the suspects were transferred to Sana’a in order to investigate them to know who support them. ... more
This is a man who has already endured the horrors of prison because of the stand that he’s taken. Despite that, he is determined to continue his work and has of course just been jailed again. That is an act of courage, and it is right that he is being honoured.’
Jailed Yemeni journalist given Human Rights Media Award
At risk 42-year-old recognised by Alan Johnston at awards ceremony tonight
‘The authorities in Yemen are trying to silence me’ - Abdulkarim al-Kha... more
I find it quite an impressive gesture that the families included freedom for Yemeni journalist al-Khaiwani in their demands. The families are calling for justice not only for themselves and their murdered family members, but for also the democracy advocate al-Khaiwani who was wrongly imprisoned and in a broader way, the Yemeni people.
Families of Victims of USS Cole Bombing Join with American Islamic Congress to Call for Accountability in Yemen
The American Islamic Congress announced tod... more
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