As a reader of MEMRI, you are already familiar with MEMRI's work exploring the Middle East and South Asia through these regions' media and bridging the language gap between the West and these regions, providing timely translations of Arabic, Farsi, Urdu-Pashtu and Dari media, as well as original analysis of political, ideological, intellectual, social, cultural, and religious trends.
The Upgraded MEMRI JTTM Website
At this time, we are pleased to announce the launch of the upgraded subscription website of the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Project. This project, which was established in 2009, has emerged as a database of vital research in the international battle against Al-Qaeda and other terror groups. Subscribers to MEMRI emails and readers of MEMRI.org already know about the MEMRI JTTM because of our regular complimentary releases of reports from it.
Subscribers Read About Events Days Before Mainstream Media Reports On Them
JTTM subscribers often read in MEMRI about developments days before they reach the mainstream media. Just recently, the JTTM reported that Al-Qaeda had officially broken ties with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) – days before the story was reported by the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, Fox News, and others.
Translations And Analysis From Sources Monitored Around The Clock
The translations and analysis that comprise the JTTM Project are based on MEMRI's access to both open and password-protected sources monitored around the clock, including online media such as first-tier Al-Qaeda websites as well as dozens of the most important Islamist sites and blogs, and from print, visual, and audio media, in addition to social media such as Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and more. The project scrutinizes Islamist terrorism and violent extremism worldwide, with special focus on activity within and emanating from the Arab world, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran.
Categories And Topics
Following Al-Qaeda's and other global jihad organizations' shift in recent years to encouraging lone-wolf attacks by individuals acting on their own, the MEMRI JTTM focuses not only organizations in the Arab and Muslim world, but also on jihadis and jihadi activity in the West. These threats may be against national security and public safety in the U.S. and other Western countries, or against these countries' crucial interests and assets worldwide. The project also examines and analyzes the ideological motivations behind these threats, and includes over a decade of archives of exclusive content on jihad and terrorism. The thousands of pages of translations and hundreds of hours of translated videos in the JTTM archives are into sections for the following categories:
Alerts, Planning, and Training: Possible threats, plans for attacks, and more.
- Global Jihad News: General news and information from the various jihadi fronts.
- In-Depth Threat Analysis: Analysis focusing on specific individuals, groups, individuals, and regions.
- Jihadi Texts: Speeches, essays, position papers, and other writings by jihadis and jihadi organizations.
- South Asia Jihad: Focus on jihad news from Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and neighboring regions.
- New sections to come: Foreign jihad fighters, jihad in the West, and more.
And the following topics:
- Countries and regions where jihadi and violent extremist activity is taking place, and where jihadis are training to carry out operations in the West
- Jihad and jihadis in the West, jihadi media productions, jihadi texts, emerging jihadi arenas, and more.
- Cyber jihad, including jihadi forums and other jihadi venues offering training in hacking, encryption, and other forms of cyber warfare
- Jihad on social media, including reports on the exponential growth of social media for recruiting, spreading ideology, fundraising, and more
- Training, including online manuals for preparing explosives and weapons training, and tips for would-be suicide attackers
- Jihad groups – from established groups such as Al-Qaeda Central, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Jaish-e Muhammad, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Lashkar-e-Taiba, and the Haqqani Network, as well as emerging groups in Egypt, Syria, Libya, Tunisia, Gaza/Sinai, and other locations.
- Jihad leaders and other prominent individuals – focusing on dozens of key influential figures in the world of jihad, from Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri to American Al-Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn, prominent Salafi-jihadi sheikh Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi, Taliban leader Mullah Omar, Hizb-e-Islami chief Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, and Al-Qaeda official in Pakistan Ustad Ahmad Farooq, and others as they emerge.
- In-depth analysis of topical and timely issues, such as: the evolution of the Salafi-jihadi movement; Azawad and the MNLA; jihad in Kenya and other less central regions; jihadi outreach to non-Arabic speaking Muslims in the West; and much more.
- MEMRI TV clips, including videos from jihadi websites and other online sources, broadcast and satellite television, and more.
NEW TIERED SUBSCRIPTION PLANS AVAILABLE
We are confident that members of the government, military, academia, and business communities will benefit from access to the unique insights that the MEMRI JTTM Project makes available to subscribers, and we will be pleased to discuss the full scope of MEMRI’s proven ability to provide you with the information and overview that you and your organization need about the jihadi fronts, developments, operations and actions, and threats.
MEMRI offers tiered JTTM subscription plans, with varying rates for individuals, military, government, non-profit organizations, libraries, academia, contractors, and media. For more information on subscription rates and policies, please write to jttmsubs@memri.org.
