Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Al Qaeda 2.0

Via Kevin Drum, this article by Daniel Kimmage about al Qaeda's slightly old-fashioned method of information distribution via the internet really is interesting, but we should remember that al Qaeda's success or failure will be premised on real world operations. A spectacular attack will do more to recruit followers than "user-generated content", and real-world setbacks cannot be made up for by any number of internet marketing techniques.

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