This was sent to me as coming from Iraq? - The 4 Freedoms Library2024-03-29T11:17:40Zhttp://4freedoms.com/forum/topics/this-was-sent-to-me-as-coming-from-iraq?groupUrl=iraq&commentId=3766518%3AComment%3A105942&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noYo Dave,
The video is from Ir…tag:4freedoms.com,2012-07-04:3766518:Comment:1059422012-07-04T02:19:43.359Zshivahttp://4freedoms.com/profile/shiva
<p>Yo Dave,</p>
<p>The video is from Iraq</p>
<p>The al Furqan Institute for Media Production, along with the al Fajr Media Center, is one of two al Qaeda media organizations that operate inside Iraq. A recent Radio Free Liberty/Radio Europe study on insurgent media described al Furqan as "the primary media production center for ISI [Islamic State of Iraq]/Al Qaeda. It produces virtually all ISI/al Qaeda films, audio and videotaped addresses, and the ISI/al Qaeda-affiliated periodical…</p>
<p>Yo Dave,</p>
<p>The video is from Iraq</p>
<p>The al Furqan Institute for Media Production, along with the al Fajr Media Center, is one of two al Qaeda media organizations that operate inside Iraq. A recent Radio Free Liberty/Radio Europe study on insurgent media described al Furqan as "the primary media production center for ISI [Islamic State of Iraq]/Al Qaeda. It produces virtually all ISI/al Qaeda films, audio and videotaped addresses, and the ISI/al Qaeda-affiliated periodical Biographies Of Notable Martyrs. An al Qaeda-affiliated center, al Furqan distributes its products to websites through the al Fajr Media Center."</p>
<p>Kavkaz Center, a website run by Chechen al Qaeda, noted the Islamic State of Iraq formed al Furqan in November 2006, when al Qaeda was at its zenith in Iraq.</p>
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<div>Sorry cannot help with the translations, but the flag/logo is the brand mark of Islamic State of Iraq</div>
<div>The Islamic State of Iraq, is an umbrella organization of a number Iraqi insurgency groups established on October 15, 2006. The group is composed of and supported by a variety of insurgency groups, including its predecessor, the Mujahideen Shura Council, Al-Qaeda, Jeish al-Fatiheen, Jund al-Sahaba, Katbiyan Ansar Al-Tawhid wal Sunnah, Jeish al-Taiifa al-Mansoura, etc., and other clans whose population is of Sunni faith. It aims to establish a caliphate in the Sunni dominated regions of Iraq.</div>
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<div><p>Support for Egyptian protesters</p>
<p>The statement, which appears to be the first reaction of any group affiliated with al Qaeda to the ongoing protests in Egypt as part of the 2011 Arab Spring Movement, was issued on jihadist forums on February 8, according to the US group. The message, addressed to the protesters, says that the “market of jihad” has opened in Egypt and “the doors of martyrdom have opened,” and every able-bodied man must participate.</p>
<p>The group urged Egyptians to ignore the “ignorant deceiving ways” of secularism, democracy, and “rotten pagan nationalism.” “Your jihad,” the message said, is in support of Islam, the weak and oppressed in Egypt, for “your people” in Gaza and Iraq, and “for every Muslim who was touched by the oppression of the tyrant of Egypt and his masters in Washington and Tel Aviv,</p>
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