September 10, 2009
Irony? YouTube Video of Zawahiri Explaining Why YouTube is Important for the Jihad
Ayman says "Click me for more info. Click me hard."
In the headline I put forth irony as a question. Of course it's not irony. It's the exact opposite of irony.
In this case we have al Qaeda using YouTube for ejihad in the exact way in which they claim they are going to use YouTube -- to spread their vile propaganda.
I'll refer you to Aaron's post for the relationship between YouTube user "albatr2" and JARCHIVE.INFO -- a repository of jihad videos.
But let me also point out some other troubling info from the user. Let's point out the links from the video's information side bar. In addition to his own link at jarchive.info, he provides "related forums" Of course, they're all various urls which will take you to al Fallujah forum -- al Qaeda's #1 hangout on the internet.
And who is linking this video? (Or was, two days ago before that particular url lost dns)
Unsurprisingly, the video is most popular in what two countries? Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
And yet YouTube has the gall to claim that they no longer allow terrorists to use their platform to spread propaganda, recruit, and raise money? Puh-lease!
