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Al-Qaeda leader relies on technology to get his message to audience
Washington Post ^ | 9-12-2007 | Joby Warrick

Posted on 09/12/2007 1:10:04 AM PDT by Westlander

Early yesterday morning, a South Carolina Web designer who works at home managed to scoop al-Qaeda by publicly unveiling its new video, a feat she has accomplished numerous times since 2002. Within hours, cable news stations were broadcasting images of Osama bin Laden commemorating the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and crediting the 50-year-old woman, who uses the pseudonym Laura Mansfield.

The bin Laden video that surfaced Friday was promoted on several Islamic Web sites in messages posted by al-Sahab, a group that produces some of al-Qaeda's propaganda videos. U.S. officials now believe the video was intended for release on Saturday. But SITE, which operates a Web site and subscription service offering access to an archive of terrorist-group images and materials, obtained the video nearly 24 hours ahead of the scheduled release.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: binladen; lauramansfield; message; technology; video
You just gotta love technology.
1 posted on 09/12/2007 1:10:06 AM PDT by Westlander
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To: Westlander

Not bad. The vids get ridiculed in the MSM before mass circulation in the childish secret underground Islamic communication network.


2 posted on 09/12/2007 2:47:23 AM PDT by paristwelve (.......the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them)
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To: Westlander

Let me repeat the intriguing observation that’s making the rounds: in the OBL video at the link, the video is frozen at every point where “OBL” is talking about current events.


3 posted on 09/12/2007 3:47:35 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: paristwelve

Not good....they tipped the jihadists to where she is located.


4 posted on 09/12/2007 4:28:57 AM PDT by Dog
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