by Shaun Waterman United Press International (UPI) WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- A central plank of the al-Qaida resurgence noted by U.S. analysts is its sophisticated messaging and propaganda strategy, spearheaded by a state-of-the-art in-house multimedia production facility producing high-quality videos every three days or so. The as-Sahab Institute, as the terror network's … [Read more...]
Interview on the Al Qaeda Reader
Blog Talk Radio: Atlas Shrugs http://raymond.uhurunetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/261.mp3 … [Read more...]
Peace to Whoever Follows Guidance
More al Qaeda double talk National Review Online As with every message directed to the West, Osama bin Laden's most recent address begins and ends with his hallmark sentence: "Peace to whoever follows guidance." What exactly are Americans and Europeans to understand by this simple statement? Considering that it is always anchored in messages rife with grievances and … [Read more...]
Brandace Simmons, Roll Call
The Al Qaeda Reader by Raymond Ibrahim New York: Doubleday, 2007. 352 pp. $15.95, paper. Reviewed by Brandace Simmons Roll Call A new book of never-before-translated documents and press statements by al-Qaida leaders offers new insight into the motives behind the group responsible for carrying out the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Raymond Ibrahim, a technician … [Read more...]
Jesus and Mohammad, Version 2.0
National Review Online Few things are more demonstrative of the sad state of affairs of modern academia than the increasingly fictionalized portrayals of the founders of the two largest religions in the world: Jesus and Mohammad. Though the same dubious methods are used for both — ignore the most historically valid texts and documents, build ponderous theories atop evidence of … [Read more...]