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"Message to the People of Pakistan from the Sheikh and Mujahid: Sheikh Usamah bin Ladin (Hafidhullah) July 12, 2009 by ummahmedia"

"The Beginning of the End…(a response to Barack Obama) by Abu Mansoor al-Amriki" July 9, 2009 by ummahmedia

ANOTHER TIRESOME ENGLISH-LANGUAGE JIHAD MAGAZINE Introducing Defenders of the Truth

"Winds of Paradise 4: Observation 1" SNIPPET: "Al-Qaida really outdid itself with Winds of Paradise 4. Two things up front. On the one hand, this video confirms that we’ve killed a lot of their young guns. That’s undeniably awesome. On the other hand,they have a much deeper bench than I had suspected. And I’m talking about guys out there doing it jihadi-style, not sitting in their mom’s basements. This is undeniably not awesome. This video, in fact this whole series, is dissertation worthy (hint hint all grad students out there looking for a good topic). There’s so much material here,...

SNIPPET: "My own take on why this site is a problem: information does not magically keep itself online, particularly not promotional, inspirational, and ideological material related to the global jihad. Rather, small groups of individuals work very hard to maintain both online and offline archives of such materials, and to make sure that their community knows where to go to get it. Degrade this network's capacity to tend to their (self) appointed task, and the rest will follow."

THURSDAY, 4 JUNE 2009 "Taliban uses cartoon character to tell the news"

SNIPPET: "This is not a song from Hamas television in Gaza, nor is it a Hizballah anthem. "When We Seek Martyrdom" is the latest hit from a production house called Birds of Paradise. It is racking up millions of hits on Arabic and worldwide websites. Birds of Paradise, which appears to be based in Jordan, is quickly becoming one of the most popular children's groups in the Arab world." SNIPPET: "Youtube, has dozens of editions and edits of the video, ranging from Arab parents having their children parrot the lyrics to Jihadists using it as background music in terrorist videos....

SNIPPET: "The Turkic peoples have until now played a fairly peripheral role in global jihadism. They have not attracted much academic attention, and apart from the 2003 Istanbul bombings and the 2008 American Consulate attacks, operations carried out by Turkics have gained little attention. The Waziristan-based group Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) seems to be trying to change this (as Jihadica has suggested before). The IJU broke off from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in 2001, and went for a while under the name Islamic Jihad Group. When the name changed in 2005, the group also assumed a new strategy, one...

29 May 2009 SNIPPET: "2. I define eJihad as a range of behaviors engaged in by jihadi activists online, a major part of which involves the production and distribution of videos."

NEFA Foundation Chart: "Al-Qaida's Online Couriers: The Al-Fajr Media Center and the Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF)" SNIPPET: "The NEFA Foundation has released a new interactive chart that I have created titled, "Al-Qaida's Online Couriers: The Al-Fajr Media Center and the Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF)." The chart maps out in detail the multi-step process by which multimedia recorded by mujahideen organizations in the field is distributed online--including the critical roles played by the pre-eminent Internet logistical service providers (namely Al-Fajr and the GIMF)."

"Jihad Recollections - Issue # 2 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Ever Merciful Al-Fursan Media Productions Presents Jihad Recollections / Issue no. 2 SNIPPET: "[ Obamaturk: The Secular Phenomenon ]" SNIPPET: "Your brothers in Al-Fursan Media Productions May 2009 / Jumada al-Awwal 1430H" SNIPPET: "73 Pages DATE ADDED 05/16/2009" DOCUMENT DETAILS - QUOTE: http://www.scribd.com/docinfo/15508071?access_key=key-p4jtwgkqbgc51b1xpos SNIPPET: "Document Details for Jihad Recollections - Issue # 2 Metadata Title Jihad Recollections - Issue # 2 Description In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Ever Merciful Al-Fursan Media Productions Presents Jihad Recollections / Issue no. 2 [ Obamaturk:...

April 27, 2009 No. 2329 New Video from Al-Qaeda Maghreb Showcases Suicide Bombers, Young Children Raised in Jihad Camps The media wing of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has released the second video in its "Lovers of the Virgins of Paradise" series, which is devoted to documentation and praise of the organization's suicide bombers, as well as features young children of mujahideen, who grew up in jihad camps.

Special Dispatch - No. 2323 April 22, 2009 No. 2323 Al-Qaeda Commander Abu Yahya Al-Libi in New Video: There Is No Difference Between Palestine and Other Jihads – Including Al-Andalus; If Helping the Israelis Is Apostasy, So Is Helping the U.S. In a 59-minute video produced by Al-Sahab, Al-Qaeda's media wing, and posted on jihadist forums on April 22, 2009, senior Al-Qaeda commander Abu Yahya Al-Libi tries to convince Islamist clerics of Al-Qaeda's positions on fighting against the U.S. and against the regimes in Muslim countries.

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is starting a broad effort in Pakistan and Afghanistan to prevent the Taliban from using radio stations and Web sites to intimidate civilians and plan attacks, according to senior U.S. officials. As part of the classified effort, American military and intelligence personnel are working to jam the unlicensed radio stations in Pakistan's lawless regions on the Afghanistan border that Taliban fighters use to broadcast threats and decrees. U.S. personnel are also trying to block the Pakistani chat rooms and Web sites that are part of the country's burgeoning extremist underground. The Web sites frequently contain...

April 07, 2009 Word from IntelCenter that a new al Qaeda video featuring America's only indicted traitor, Adam Gadahn, is going to be aired on al Jazeera. The name of the video is, "So That the Gaza Holocaust is Not Repeated."

"This is the very first English Jihadi Magazine aimed at the laymen, students of knowledge, political activists, intellectuals and scholars of the Ummah. It will seek to educate the Ummah on a monthly basis as to the latest happenings in fields related to Politics, Society, Economy, Technology etc. as well as educate the Muslims on the worldview of the Jihadi current. This magazine will serve as a platform for the English speaking Muslim Community to discuss their ideas, differences and thoughts on various issues related to the Islamic world and the hot issues which many stay silent on."

March 27, 2009 Official Taliban Websites Hosted in Los Angeles, Houston, Canada SNIPPET: "A reminder that providing business services, even free ones, to the Taliban violates the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Each IEEPA violation of carries a fine of up to $250,000."

23 March 2009 There is a rich visual component to the online activities of the global jihad, a component that the translation and/or analysis of text will obviously miss. These images do not place themselves on jihadi websites.

Jundullah Studios is responsible for producing several recent mujahideen propaganda videos of note, including at least two recordings featuring German-speaking militants fighting in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In contrast to the popular notion of "terrorists hiding in caves", this video reveals a significantly more sophisticated infrastructure, including at least half a dozen laptop computers, video players, and even a full-size office-style copy machine. Quite clearly, Jundullah Studios is broadcasting from a fixed location with a steady power supply, and-at least based on what is being displayed on the laptops-a relatively speedy Internet connection, as well.

Taken together, these various underground organizations are responsible for producing the vast majority of mujahideen propaganda videos that have originated from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and western China over the past five years.