Brace Yourselves

If you thought the media was being manipulated by Islamists up until now, just wait until this kicks in. Greyhawk discusses a media campaign plan that has been posted on a jihadi website. It is calling for an all-out media war against the US.

But another recent effort from the group won't likely be reported anywhere in the western media - at least not directly. Titled "Working Paper for a Media Invasion of America", the recently translated document was originally posted on a known jihaddist web site, but has received scant public attention from it's target audience. No full translations of the treatise are currently available, but a brief description of some of the content can be seen here.

Najd al-Rawi, the document's author, begins by noting that although they've been successful in many ways, the jihaddists haven't fully exploited the opportunities presented by the US media. Inspired by a video from bin Laden addressing the American people with subtitles in English, the author notes that "It seemed the Shayk wanted to send a clear message to his brother mujahadeen to pay more attention to this part of the mission." He points out that videos from the "Shayks of jihad" are in great demand in the western media.

Such videos are readily available - but for the most part translation to English is left to the media outlets that elect to broadcast them. The plan suggests a remedy for this oversight, and the paper calls for talented professionals to join the jihad - specifically, translators, and people with journalistic or literary talent who can provide a "ringing and powerful style that will have impact on the American people." Other desirable recruits are computer graphics experts, "with experience in Photoshop, 3d Studio Max, and other programs", and finally "Sharia experts" who can review the projects for materials prohibited by Islamic law, "such as pictures of women".

There are, I think, signs this is already underway. Greyhawk rightly points out it is hardly necessary for the jihadis to do this, since we have many people right here at home that are already doing the work for them.

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  By DirtCrashr, Wednesday, 11 October , 2006 @ 10:11 am

  No kidding, they have Reuters and the AP already wrapped up with the NYT and any of the smaller, local news-body who re-posts those same stories…

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