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This is from Sharq al Awsat. Nothing terribly new but interesting to see the Arabic language Saudi press picking up on it... One of the British dailies has a summary of this today; this is the complete article from Sharq al Awsat.

'Al-Qa'ida' Advertises Job Vacancies on the Internet. Does Not Specify Salaries. Following 'CIA' Example, Made Knowledge of Arabic and English Languages a Condition

Following the example of the US intelligence (CIA) advertisements for job opportunities, a website close to "Al-Qa'ida" has announced it has several vacant jobs that include a compiler of the videoed and audio jihadist statements in Iraq, a compiler of audio materials from satellite channels that concern the fundamentalists in the world, foremost of them Palestine, Iraq, and Chechnya, and a linguistic examiner of the Arabic and English languages who is versed in their grammar.

Some of the jobs announced by "Al-Qa'ida" include a specialist in the production of videos and a compiler of public and important issues that are of interest for Muslims in general.

The "World Islamic Media Front" said on the fundamentalists' websites that its public relations department would follow up the applicants wishing to join and communicate with them through their private mail. "Al-Qa'ida" did not specify the proposed salaries for these jobs but said "every Muslim must know that his time does not belong to him but to this usurped nation whose sons' blood is being shed. Nothing in this world should supersede this action because what is an individual duty is a duty for him and others like him." The Front, "Al-Qa'ida" internet mouthpiece, added: "The condition for joining the staff is for the applicant for any of these jobs to seek what is best."

Source: London Al-Sharq al-Awsat in Arabic -- Influential Saudi-owned London daily providing independent coverage of Arab and international issues; editorials reflect official Saudi views on foreign policy