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February 22, 2007 Special Dispatch No. 1472

Islamists Stage Jihad Attack for the Purpose of Psychological Warfare

February 22, 2007
Special Dispatch No. 1472

Islamists have long used jihad films of real or staged attacks against the Coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan in their persistent efforts to disparage claims by the U.S. and its allies that they are winning the war on terror. A film recently posted on the Islamist websites may serve as a transparent example of how the mujahideen stage an attack in order to intensify their psychological warfare against the Coalition forces, and possibly against the Western public as well. ...

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