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Sort Desciption: Order Code RL32759 Al Qaeda: Statements and Evolving Ideology Updated January 24, 2007 Christopher M. Blanchard Analyst in Middle Eastern Affairs Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
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Order Code RL32759
Al Qaeda: Statements
and Evolving Ideology
Updated January 24, 2007
Christopher M. Blanchard
Analyst in Middle Eastern Affairs
Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
Al Qaeda: Statements and Evolving Ideology
Summary
Osama Bin Laden and the Al Qaeda terrorist network have conducted a
sophisticated public relations and media campaign over the last decade. Terrorism
analysts believe that these messages have been designed to elicit psychological
reactions and communicate complex political messages to a global audience as well
as to specific populations in the Islamic world, the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Some officials and analysts believe that Al Qaedas messages contain signals that
inform and instruct operatives to prepare for and carry out new attacks. Bin Laden
has referred to his public statements as important primary sources for parties seeking
to understand Al Qaedas ideology and political demands. Global counterterrorism
operations in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks appear to have
limited Bin Ladens ability to provide command and control leadership to Al Qaeda
operatives and affiliated groups. Other Al Qaeda le ...