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Latest Inquiry & Analysis More > Second-Tier Al-Qaeda Activists Embrace Twitter for Online Jihad: The Case of the Ansarullah Blog Inquiry & Analysis Series Report - No. 798 - February 9, 2012 - By: Steven Stalinsky* The Release of Top Al-Qaeda Military Strategist/Ideologue Abu Mus'ab Al-Suri from Syrian Prison – A Looming Threat Inquiry & Analysis Series Report - No. 796 - February 8, 2012 - By: Steven Stalinsky* On Twitter, Jihadist Groups Advocate Establishment of Islamic Caliphate in Pakistan Inquiry & Analysis Series Report - No. 789 - January 24, 2012 - By: Tufail Ahmad* Now Tweeting: Ansar Al-Mujahideen English Forum (AMEF) – The Main Al-Qaeda English-Language Forum – Spreading Online Jihad, Inciting and Instructing Activists To Carry Out Terrorist Acts, Obstructing Counter-Terrorism Measures in the West Inquiry & Analysis Series Report - No. 787 - January 20, 2012 - By: Steven Stalinsky* Salafi-Jihadi Cleric Abu Basir Al-Tartusi Presents His Position on Democracy: The Principle of the Rule of the People Is Heresy – But Some Mechanisms of Democracy Can Be Adopted Inquiry & Analysis Series Report - No. 786 - January 19, 2012 - By: D. Hazan* Hamas Tweets For Jihad and Martyrdom, For Expelling and Killing Jews, and For Conquering Jerusalem – Another U.S.-Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization Served By Using Twitter Inquiry & Analysis Series Report - No. 781 - December 29, 2011 - By: Steven Stalinsky* Twitter Continues To Evade Explaining Its Breaking of U.S. Law and Its Indirect Support For Online Jihad: The Case of Hizbullah and Al-Manar TV Inquiry & Analysis Series Report - No. 777 - December 22, 2011 - By: Steven Stalinsky Somali Al-Qaeda Affiliate Al-Shabaab Tweets Jihad and Martyrdom Inquiry & Analysis Series Report - No. 772 - December 13, 2011 - By: Steven Stalinsky* YouTube – The Primary and Rapidly Expanding Online Jihadi Base, Part VI: Following Deaths of Bin Laden and Al-Awlaki, Jihadi Groups Continue To Post Thousands of Videos, Provide Cyber Jihad Tools on YouTube; The Case of 'Muslims Against Crusades' Inquiry & Analysis Series Report - No. 769 - December 6, 2011 - By: Steven Stalinsky* Deleting Online Jihad on Twitter: The Case of British Jihadi Anjem Choudary – Tweeting for the Caliphate and the Conquest of the White House Inquiry & Analysis Series Report - No. 755 - November 4, 2011 - By: Steven Stalinsky*

Latest Special Dispatches More > Egyptian Cleric Mazen Sirsawi in Favor of Killing Apostates: 'Beheading Them Should Be Easier than Cutting the Buttons off Their Shirts'; 'If [the Holocaust] Really Happened, [the Jews] Deserved it'; 'The People of Truth Should Lie in Wait for the People of Falsehood' Special Dispatch - No. 4485 - February 10, 2012 Al-Qaeda Leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri Announces Somali Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen Officially Joined Al-Qaeda Special Dispatch - No. 4484 - February 10, 2012 Muslim Clerics: Cyber Warfare against Israel Is a Form of Jihad Special Dispatch - No. 4483 - February 9, 2012 New Jihadi Group in Syria Declares Its Existence Special Dispatch - No. 4480 - February 8, 2012 Abu Basir Al-Tartousi Expresses Reservations about Newly- Announced Syrian Jihad Group Special Dispatch - No. 4479 - February 8, 2012 Taliban Website Interviews Former Afghan National Army Soldier Turned Jihadist Who Fired On His Australian Trainers: '[At the Training Camp] We Used to Talk about Jihad All the Time' Special Dispatch - No. 4470 - February 2, 2012 Maulana Fazluallah, Leader of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Gives Pep Talk to Potential Suicide Bombers: 'May Allah Allow You to Reach the Biggest Targets' Special Dispatch - No. 4469 - February 2, 2012 Iranian Websites Publish Threats against U.S. Targets in Gulf Special Dispatch - No. 4467 - February 1, 2012 Lebanese Daily 'Al-Akhbar': 'Al-Qaeda is Paving Its Path With Determination' in Lebanon and Syria; 'The Day Appears Nigh When All [Its] Sleeper Cells [There] Will Awaken' Special Dispatch - No. 4458 - January 29, 2012 Faces Of Top Terrorists Wanted By Indian Government Special Dispatch - No. 4457 - January 29, 2012

Special Announcement More > From the Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Project Special Announcements - No. 119 - October 4, 2010 ANNOUNCING MEMRI'S NEW E-TRIBUTE CARDS FOR THE 2009 HOLIDAY SEASON Special Announcements - No. 103 - December 8, 2009

Special Alerts More > From the Subscription-Only Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Special Alert - No. 97 - May 19, 2009 Osama Bin Laden Tape Threatens U.S. States Special Alert - No. 14 - November 1, 2004 Arabic Daily: Al-Qa'ida Preparing Big Operation to Coincide with Eid Al-Adha [Feast of the Sacrifice] on Feb. 2, 2004 -New Bin Laden Tape will Explain Details Special Alert - No. 13 - December 10, 2003 Al-Qa'ida Website Issues Ramadan Warning of Imminent Attacks: Calls on Muslims in DC, NY, and LA to Leave Those Cities Special Alert - No. 12 - November 4, 2003 Al-Qa'ida Fighters On Attacks Against Americans<BR>(English Video Excerpts) Special Alert - No. 11 - October 21, 2003 Alleged Message from an Al-Qa'ida Chief on the Upcoming 'Fatal Blow' Against the U.S. Special Alert - No. 10 - June 21, 2003 Message From Bin Laden Special Alert - No. 9 - March 17, 2003 London Islamists Anticipate Large Operation by Al-Qa'ida to Coincide with the War in Iraq Special Alert - No. 8 - March 4, 2003 Islamist Website: An Imminent Terrorist Attack (Possibly by Al-Qa'ida) Within 'About Ten Days' (Apparently in the U.S.) Special Alert - No. 7 - February 26, 2003 Editor of Iranian Conservative Government Daily Attacks President Bush and Calls on Muslim Youth to Launch Martyrdom Operations Against the U.S. Special Alert - No. 6 - January 22, 2003

Special Reports More > Expatriate Syrian Salafi Sheikh Al-Tartusi Comes Out Against Suicide Attacks Special Report - No. 40 - February 10, 2006 9/11 Conspiracy Theories on Arab and Iranian TV Channels 2004-2005 Special Report - No. 38 - September 9, 2005 Arab and Iranian Media Reactions to the London Bombing – Part II: ‘The Attacks Were Anticipated Due to British Leniency to Extremists Acting in Britain’- ‘Expel Extremism Today’ Special Report - No. 37 - July 12, 2005 Arab Media Reactions to the London Bombing: ‘A Chapter in World War III’ Special Report - No. 36 - July 8, 2005 Islamist Websites and their Hosts Part II: Clerics Special Report - No. 35 - November 11, 2004 Reform vs. Islamism in the Arab World Today Special Report - No. 34 - September 15, 2004 MEMRI TV Project Special Report: Arab and Iranian TV Clips in Support of Suicide Bombing Special Report - No. 32 - September 1, 2004 Islamist Websites and Their Hosts Part I: Islamist Terror Organizations Special Report - No. 31 - July 16, 2004 Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradhawi in London to Establish 'The International Council of Muslim Clerics' Special Report - No. 30 - July 8, 2004 Incitement to Jihad on Saudi Government-Controlled TV Special Report - No. 29 - June 24, 2004