Great interview with SITE Institute leader sheds light on the technical foundations of Al Qaeda

 Chock-full of details on how al Qadeda uses cell phone video, hundreds of websites, and web-based forums to spread propaganda.

Capital Sources: Keeping an Eye on Al Qaeda – Newsweek: World News – MSNBC.com
Where are most of these sites hosted?
I guess your question is about what kind of ISPs [Internet service providers] they use. Many of them use American ISPs. Where are the physical locations of the individuals running them? That is a different question. Some of their people appear to reside in the West, from the U.K. and Europe to the United States. Others are in the Middle East: Jordan, UAE [United Arab Emirates], Saudi Arabia and other places. The beauty of their system is that it’s a virtual network, embodied in a virtual Al Qaeda propaganda organization called “al Fajr Center.” Because the Internet can put together people from all over the world in a meeting place on a specific URL, the geographic differences don’t play a role.


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