Quote Originally Posted by Jedburgh View Post
Jamestown Foundation's Terrorism Focus, 22 May 07:

Al-Qaeda's Media Doctrine: Evolution from Cheerleader to Opinion-Shaper
I would say there are three reasons behind this:
-spread of internet even to poorer regions. While not everybody has internet and computer in targeted areas there are enough of them for owner to get these tapes and either screen them for wider audience or copy them to VHS.
-internet is harder to censor than traditional media so message (including video) can spread to countries where it would be hard to smuggle and distribute ordinary videos or print underground newspapers
-with OEF AQ lost host country where they could operate freely. so if you can't teach recruits how to make and plant bombs etc you make instruction video. Not as effective but better than nothing
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