{"id":14035,"date":"2012-09-06T19:40:25","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T19:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=14035"},"modified":"2012-09-06T19:40:25","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T19:40:25","slug":"iwo-jihad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=14035","title":{"rendered":"Iwo Jihad?"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ by Charles Cameron<\/strong> — our stuff turned against us once again, this time it’s our symbolism ]
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Richard Clarke<\/strong>, at that time Chair of the President\u2019s Critical Infrastructure Protection Board and Special Advisor to the President for CyberSpace Security, said in December 2001<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Just as Al-Qaeda used 767s, transforming them into effective missiles, our future enemies will turn our technology against us. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s a recurring theme: as Seth Baum<\/strong> noted in April of this year in an article titled When Our Technology Is Used Against Us<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, which killed 164 people, were made possible by the sophisticated use of information technology. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Baum links to an AP piece by Kathy Gannon<\/strong>, in which she writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In an Internet age, al-Qaeda prizes geek jihadis as much as would-be suicide bombers and gunmen. The terror network is recruiting computer-savvy technicians to produce sophisticated Web documentaries and multimedia products aimed at Muslim audiences in the United States, Britain and other Western countries.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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So far, this is all techno-heavy stuff.<\/p>\n

But they’re using our symbolism too, and turning it against us, as Ibn Siqilli<\/strong> notes in his blog post today, IN PICTURES: “Jihad Is Not Terrorism”<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Sad but true: Iwo Jihad.<\/p>\n

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To be honest, I don’t think this works for them. Using clips from the Lord of the Rings<\/a> works far better, IMO, because it’s a symbol-system that can appeal to youth, and because it draws on a fantasy realm whose “good” and “evil” characters can be mapped directly onto their own identifications.<\/p>\n

Propaganda is a subtle business. Still, kudos once more to Chris<\/strong> at Ibn Siqilli for spotting this and posting it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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