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Al-Qaeda takes fight for 'hearts and minds' to the web
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| 15 July 2002 |
By Paul Eedle
Al-Qaeda's use of the internet and videotapes demonstrate that 'perception management' is central to the conduct of its war with the West.
All the evidence currently on the internet points in one direction: in Western terms, public debate in the Muslim world is now very radical. It is axiomatic in this debate that the West, above all the USA, is hostile to Muslims.
The only argument is between those who, like Al-Qaeda, want total war, and those who want to confront the West using other means. At the moment, those who want total war are shouting loudest.
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