{"id":528,"date":"2006-09-12T14:01:40","date_gmt":"2006-09-12T14:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itstime.it\/w\/?p=528"},"modified":"2014-07-30T14:12:22","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T14:12:22","slug":"the-fifth-anniversary-of-nine-eleven-another-good-example-of-jihad-communication-by-marco-lombardi-and-chiara-fonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itstime.it\/w\/the-fifth-anniversary-of-nine-eleven-another-good-example-of-jihad-communication-by-marco-lombardi-and-chiara-fonio\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fifth Anniversary of Nine Eleven: another good example of jihad communication – by Marco Lombardi and Chiara Fonio"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fifth Anniversary of Nine Eleven<\/em> is another goode example of jihad communication managed by\u00a0 the jihadist network’s As-Sahab media branch, the al-Quaeda production organization, who announced in forums their realizations.<\/p>\n

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On September 2nd<\/sup><\/em> video Al-Qaida’s deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri appear with a man identified as an American member of the terror network, inviting Americans to convert to Islam. The 41-minute video entitled \u201cAs-Sahab Media Productions presents An Invitat
\nion to Islam by Sheikh Ayman Az-Zawahiri and brother Mujahid Adam Yahya Gadahn -‘Azzam Al Amirik\u201d<\/em> was posted nine days before the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, had footage of al-Zawahri and a man the video identified as Adam Yehiye Gadahn, an American who the FBI believes attended al-Qaida training camps in Pakistan and served as an al-Qaida translator.<\/p>\n

Moreover, A\"x1\"zzam al- Ameriki, appeared for the fifth time: he plays a crucial role in the video released on Saturday, September 2nd<\/sup>. Although, it must be emphasized the role of Azzam the American also knowns as Adam Yahiye Gadahn presented to the audience-but already well-known – by Ayman Al-Zawahiri on September 2nd<\/sup>. Born Adam Pearlman,\u00a0 he is the grandson of a prominent Jewish doctor (Adam-Gadhan) and the son of Phil Perlman, an American musician who converted to Christianity. He was raised on a Riverside (California) goat farm, where his family, in accordance with halal food requirements, reared goats to sell them to some Muslims dealers. In 1995 Adam\u00a0 posted an essay to the University of Southern California web site describing his conversion, entitled “Becoming a Muslim\u201d in which he explains his difficult youth experience (http:\/\/www.francesfarmersrevenge.com\/stuff\/archive\/oldnews5\/becomingmuslim.htm<\/a>).\u00a0 As a matter of fact, he was both\u00a0 \u201cobsessed with demoniac heavy metal music\u201d and \u201cbegan to listen to the apocalyptic ramblings of Christian radio’s “prophecy experts\u201d. It is interested to notice that he first discovered Islam through the Internet. He stated that he began to visit the religion folders on AOL and the Usenet newsgroup where he \u201cfound discussions on Islam to be the most intriguing\u201d In 1998 he moved to Pakistan where he married an afghan refugee. Gadhan has become the official Al-Quaeda translator: he is the popular of important anchormen and then has turned into a star within the jihadist media system star who speaks to the Western audience.<\/p>\n

\"x1\"<\/a>On September 7th<\/sup><\/em> video with Osama, appear many \u201cbrothers\u201d identified in Sheikh Abu Abdullah, Ramzi Binashibah, Ramzi Binashibah (involved in 9\/11), Dr. Ayman, Abu Hafs al-Misri (the Atef murdered in a raid in 2001), KSM. There are also two brothers named al- Shehri Wail and Walee: while Wali al Shehri was one of the hijackers of\u00a0 American Airlines Flight 11, Hamza al-Ghamdi was on United Airlines Flight 175. They both stated their last testament before the WTO attack. On the whole, it is an assemblage of old videos that show the preparation of the attacks on the twin tower. It\u2019s a nice trailer of the next video released on September 10th<\/sup>. Such strategy would not be surprising: the quality of As-Sahab’s videos indicates that they are produced with modern equipment,\u00a0 by competent technicians. In particular, the promotion of their communication have improved, often with the aid \u2013voluntary or not- of the Western media system that are willing to spread breaking news focused on al-Quaeda.<\/p>\n

\"x1\"<\/a>On September 10th<\/sup><\/em>\u00a0 as-Sahab, the terrorist group\u2019s multimedia production organization, released a two-part, 90-minute documentary titled, \u201cKnowledge is for Acting Upon\u201d. The video, subtitled in English, is designed to be an educational piece reviewing al-Qaeda’s grievances with the world, such as the establishment of Israel, the presence of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, and the war in Iraq. The video was distributed from about 450 links on the web in two files of about 950Mb of high quality .avi,\u00a0\u00a0 or from 60 links in medium quality\u00a0 .rm and .3gp<\/p>\n

While the overall production looks like a combination of an action movie montage from 1980s and an instant documentary as CNN or BBC, the language used by the Osama and Zawahiri is drenched in poetical imagery, religious quotes and metaphores. The video also features the wills of two 9\/11 hijackers, Hamza al-Ghamdi and Wa\u2019el al-Shihri. The documentary argues that the Zionist-Crusader alliance, led by America, is attempting to implement a militant colonialism on the Middle East. Throughout the documentary is old footage of prominent al-Qaeda individuals, including Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and Abdallah Azzam. The documentary is narrated by an unnamed individual who leades the spectators \u2013 that are part of the video \u2013 watching images from Tv or PC.<\/p>\n

On September 10th<\/sup><\/em>\u00a0 as-Sahab issued a one hour sixteen minute video interview conducted by the group, with Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri. The video, titled: \u201cHot Issues,\u201d concerns events and issues of salience to the Muslim Nation and Western peoples, and features al-Qaida\u2019s number two dressed in white and seated in front of bookshelves of books. The video appears to have been recorded recently, with references to Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon and the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers by Palestinian militants in Gaza and by Lebanon’s Hezbollah guerrillas. The video is more technically sophisticated than previous ones released by al Qaeda’s fugitive leadership and is subtitled in English, with a short section of highlights at the outset. An interviewer asks al-Zawahiri a series of questions.<\/p>\n

The topics covered during the course of the interview range from jihad in Iraq and Afghanistan, the recent conflict between Lebanon and Israel, Muslims who collaborate with Western governments, the denial of leaders of the Egyptian Islamic Group (al-Gama\u2019a al-Islamiya) about the joining of an \u201cimportant section\u201d of the group with al-Qaida, in addition to the Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC) in Algeria joining al-Qaida. Zawahiri also reiterates words made by Usama bin Laden regarding jihad in Somalia, calling upon the Muslim Somali people to \u201creject the American Crusader presence in Somalia to strike with strength America\u2019s underlings in Somalia, and to see help from Allah\u201d. He also castigates Western political leaders, specifically U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair for not accepting bin Laden\u2019s truce and causing their people to reap the \u201cdisaster\u201d which will shock them.<\/p>\n

To summarize, \u201cthe American\u201d is part of the recent development of the terrorists communication strategy. The latter provides:<\/p>\n