Hey, where do I send my resume'?
Posted on 10/09/2005 4:28:43 PM PDT by txroadkill
DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda has put job advertisements on the Internet asking for supporters to help put together its Web statements and video montages, an Arabic newspaper reported. The London-based Asharq al-Awsat said on its Web site this week that al Qaeda had "vacant positions" for video production and editing statements, footage and international media coverage about militants in Iraq, the Palestinian territories, Chechnya and other conflict zones where militants are active.
The paper said the Global Islamic Media Front, an al Qaeda-linked Web-based organization, would "follow up with members interested in joining and contact them via email."
The paper did not say how applicants should contact the Global Islamic Media Front.
Al Qaeda supporters widely use the Internet to spread the group's statements through dozens of Islamist sites where anyone can post messages. Al Qaeda-linked groups also set up their own sites, which frequently have to move after being shut by Internet service providers.
The advertisements, however, could not be found on mainstream Islamist Web sites where al Qaeda and other affiliate groups post their statements.
Asharq al-Awsat said the advert did not specify salary amounts, but added: "Every Muslim knows his life is not his, since it belongs to this violated Islamic nation whose blood is being spilled. Nothing should take precedence over this."
The Front this week issued the second broadcast of a weekly Web news program called Voice of the Caliphate, which it says aims to combat anti-Qaeda "lies and propaganda" on major global and Arab television channels such as CNN and Al Jazeera.
Last month it issued an English-language video on the Internet called Jihad Hidden Camera which showed sniping and bombing attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq, and carried comical sound effects as well as laugh tracks.
Al Qaeda and other groups have increasingly turned to the Internet to win young Muslims over to their war against Western-backed governments in Arab and Muslim countries.
Islamist insurgents fighting U.S. forces and the U.S.-backed government in Iraq have often posted slick montages of their military activities, including beheadings of hostages, on the Internet.
They hired Sir David Frosty-Ba11$, didn't they?
No, that was Al Jazeera.
Which is arguably a distinction without a difference, I know.
The deeper my understanding of the Islamist becomes the more convinced I am that Ann Coulter has the only realistic solution.
Ditto.
"Applicants should be skilled in the latest information technology such as Avid Media Composer, Adobe Photoshop, Flash, Java, Final Cut Pro and 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene."
Dan Rather prehaps - we know he could be made up to look the part of camel jockey...?
Hey, where do I send my resume'?
You got it. This has to be a front for jihadi recruitment.
Do they provide dental?
It could also be Western intelligence agencies putting out fake "feelers" to root out potential jihadists.
Good thought!
Hmmm to push bombs in baby carriages?
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.215732540&par=0
TURKEY: AL-QAEDA FEMALE TERROR RECRUITING UNCOVERED
Ankara, 6 Oct. (AKI) - The Turkish authorities are reported to have thwarted a series of terrorist attacks planned for the month of Ramadan, according to Saudi daily al-Watan. The paper quotes a security source in Ankara as saying that they had uncovered training operations by groups linked to al-Qaeda, who were recruiting 50 women for bombing missions. The report said that their task was preparing explosive devices to place in tourist spots frequented by foreigners but the source gave no further details.
In August, the Turkish authorities arrested Syrian Lui Sakka, considered the head of Osama bin-Laden's netowrk in Turkey. He was caught at Diyarbakir airport and interrogated by the Istanbul police as he was preparing an attack against Israeli passenger ships.
Sakka was later charged by an Istanbul court for being a member of the al-Qaeda terror organization.
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