Well, not directly — but certainly is a useful tool for the Jihadists. That is what Rusty at The Jawa Report is writing about today:

An organization calling itself ‘The Jihad Media Battalion’ (alt, brigade), which is linked to al Qaeda in Iraq, has produced a 26 page guide for using the Google search engine to further the goals of the global jihad. The group was formed to promote the dissemination of al Qaeda and other Salafist jihadi propaganda.

(…) They see propaganda as a tool of war, and themselves as warriors.

If they consider themselves combatants in the war on terror, why shouldn’t we? If they consider propaganda a weapon, then why shouldn’t we? And if they consider themselves soldiers wielding weapons, then why should we not treat them as such?

As a matter of practical policy, it would mean making those involved in the media jihad legitimate military targets. It would also mean treating third parties, such as websites, that distribute such propaganda as aiding and abedding terrorism. If unkowingly, then they should be forced to stop this distribution. If knowingly, then they should be prosecuted for facilitating terror.
(…)
It’s a lot easier to shut down a website than to kill or jail a terrorist. And the more difficult it is to distribute jihadi propaganda, the less likely it is that new recruits will be found.

And maybe you thought that this war was only being fought by grungy guys with scraggly beards out in the desert and mountains of Afghanistan and Iraq? (db)

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