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March 12, 2013 Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 947

On Facebook, Twitter, And YouTube, Al-Qaeda's Urdu Forum Promotes Jihad, Educates Pakistani Audiences About Al-Qaeda Activists In Middle East

March 12, 2013 | By Tufail Ahmad and Mirza A. B. Baig*
Pakistan | Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 947

Using social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Twitmail, Al-Qaeda's Urdu-language internet forum Ansarullah Urdu is aiding terrorists by publishing jihadi material sourced from several languages such as Urdu, English, Pashtu, and Arabic. Most of its Facebook posts and tweets link to jihadi literature and videos on YouTube and its own internet forum, Bab-ul-Islam.net. ...

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