Discuss al Qaeda's strategy surrounding electronic media
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• Ayman al Zawahiri has stated that over half the battle is being waged in the media.
• Communications are central to the al Qaeda strategy.
• The media are used to recruit followers, for propaganda, and to get Muslims to accept the idea of a clash of civilizations.
• The internet has also become a forum for spreading tactical advice, bomb-making instructions, and theological debates.
• Many people believe that bin Laden's video releases are associated with an increased threat, but a review of the release dates and al Qaeda attacks reveal no pattern.
• Al Qaeda runs a global marketing campaign in an attempt to capture the imagination and support of Muslims.
• Carl Ciovacco collected a sample of 64 al Qaeda media releases from 2001 to 2008 from the holdings of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point and found that al Qaeda is quick to exploit local issues and surround them with its own theology.
• Anniversaries are used as propaganda platforms, and most releases use carefully redacted passages of the Qur'an and selective history to tailor the message.
• Civacco says the following seven themes are present in most media releases:
• A call to jihad.
• The clash of civilizations.
• Apostate (takfiri) Muslims regimes.
• U.S.-Israeli friendship.
• Muslim unity.
• American strategic weakness.
• American exploitation of Muslim oil.
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