Al Qaeda--new approach in Afghanistan clip
Al-Qaida steps up propaganda with Afghanistan clip
(AP) Al-Qaida posted a video showing what it claimed to be an attack by its fighters seizing a US-Afghan post in southern Afghanistan, in what experts said was a step up in the terror group's increasingly sophisticated propaganda. MORE
Video: For reference, a similar propaganda film is available through google video.
The 24-minute video posted Friday, with an English narration apparently by
an American al-Qaida member - depicts the alleged attack from beginning to end
- showing fighters scouting out the base, planning, carrying out a night
battle, then being "welcomed as liberators" by people depicted as
local Afghans.
"It certainly has an element of being staged, but there is a difference
from previous videos of attacks on coalition troops," said terrorist expert
Evan Kohlman of the U.S.-based globalterroralert.com.
"It purports to show the 'complete story' of the attack ... including
the 'joy' of ordinary Afghans liberated by the Taliban," Kohlman told The
Associated Press in a phone interview. "Of course, the Afghans in the
video may be just Taliban themselves."
The video carries the logo of the al-Qaida media company, as-Sahab, and was posted on an Islamic Web site known for hosting extremist material.
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