http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2 <http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=11262> &id=11262 Zawahiri Dot Com Wednesday 26 December 2007
In his most recent appearance, Al-Qaeda's Second-in-Command Ayman al-Zawahiri stressed the importance of "jihad media", describing it as a critical tool in the battle against the "Crusader-Zionist Enemy". Zawahiri's emphasis on "Jihad" media illustrates that it is a part of a larger declared strategy, which his movement needs to ensure its continuity. Mimicking the format used by numerous Jihad websites, Al-Zawahiri for the first time invited visitors to pose their questions to him promising to answer them by the middle of next month. Promoting this endeavor is the As-Sahab Foundation for Islamic Media Publication; Al-Qaeda's media production house, which in the last year has produced over 90 Jihadist videos, three times its total production of the previous three years. As-Sahab issued a statement inviting all parties, individuals and institutions to participate in Zawahiri's so-called "Open Forum", with the promise of a reply by the man himself. Dozens of questions have already started piling up on Islamist websites affiliated with the Al-Qaeda movement, which in turn is monitored by governments and intelligence agencies globally. This is a huge step for the terrorist movement, which for the last several years has been striving to build a modern communication infrastructure, to the degree that al-Qaeda resembles more a fully fledged media outlet rather then just a militant group. Undoubtedly, Al-Zawahiri's latest request requires pondering. Besides the vagueness in the methodology there is a communication paradox between leaders of Al-Qaeda movement and its supporters on one hand and the "opponents" of Al-Qaeda that monitor the groups every move in order to pinpoint the whereabouts of its members and its leadership in an admirable manner on the other!!! A number of analysts have classified this step from Al-Zawahiri and the As-Sahab Foundation within the context of a media war between Washington and al-Qaeda, but in reality, this so-called media war is nothing but a tedious game by all parties involved, however it does bring up a bigger question; how can we believe that it is impossible to find the two most wanted men in the world, at a time when they are communicating with both their supporters and enemies? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
