Terrorists and the Internet - Council on Foreign Relations

Terrorists and the Internet - Council on Foreign Relations: "How effective is online terrorist propaganda?
Perhaps the most effective way in which terrorists use the Internet is the spread of propaganda. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's al-Qaeda cell in Iraq has proven particularly adept in its use of the web, garnering attention by posting footage of events such as roadside bombings, the decapitation of American hostage Nick Berg, and kidnapped Egyptian and Algerian diplomats prior to their execution. On July 29, the Iraqi al-Qaeda group released via the Internet a forty-six-minute propaganda video entitled 'All Religion Will Be for Allah.' The Washington Post report described it as 'slickly produced' with 'the feel of a blood-and-guts annual report.' "