Al Qaeda’s Leaders Up Their Tempo
EmailWith a tempo never before seen, al Qaeda’s two leaders are flaunting their ability to push their followers to launch new attacks.
Once again over this holiday weekend, there was another Osama bin Laden audio tape. It was the second in a week and the fifth this year.
Taken together with audio and video statements from bin Laden’s No. 2 man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, the two leaders have now achieved the highest number of releases since the United States has been paying attention.
Bin Laden again pushed his followers to attack Americans and those who support them in Iraq and Somalia.
The White House reacted quickly, condemning al Qaeda and its "dark vision of hatred."
But more important than the exact words is the volume, the number of messages al Qaeda is producing, often a sign the terrorists are once again up to no good.
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You’re missing some links in the chain of command. First, the NY Times signals that the American public is 100% behind Al Qaeda by publishing secret war plans. Then, the American guy who runs their propaganda machines, (a guy named Mustafa Cave Tudwellin) , gathers up his Hi-8 camcorder and puts his UCLA film degree to work with the USama and Zawahiri puppet show. Which then leads to another Al Qaeda tape and another dire warning article by the NY Times that Bush is an idiot and he is mishandling the war. This is the so-called news cycle in action.
Posted by: GM from MELBOURNE | July 6, 2006, 7:00 am 7:00 am
In order to get out its message, Al Quaeda relies on the tacit (and not so tacit) assistance of news organizations like the traditional three networks, including ABC, as well as the New York Times, and other pro-Democratic media outlets. Al Qaeda creates the commodity that the media orgainizations thrive on i.e. news, with the side benefit that the “news” embarrasses the Bush Administration. The fact that assisting Al Qaeda could result in terrorists acts against the West is looked on as either of no consequence by the news orgainizations, or a benefit, as it creates more news.
Thus an unholy partnership has been formed, to the utter detriment to the West, especially the United States. The New York Times may do what it likes, the broadcast companies have an obligation to broadcast in the pubilc interest, and should have their FCC licenses taken away.
Posted by: B. Samuel Davis | July 7, 2006, 3:11 pm 3:11 pm