CIAO DATE: 05/2008
Volume: 3, Issue: 2
April - June, 2008
Typology of jihadist sceneries (PDF)
Miguel S. Luparelli
En este documento se analizan los principales escenarios de actividad yihadista en el transcurso del 2007 tomando especial atención a sus características particulares para identificar la existencia de una tipología que defina el alcance estratégico de los grupos yihadistas y de la potencialidad de sus futuribles, es decir de la posibilidad de que se constituyan Estados Islámicos de ideología neosalafista. Asimismo se realiza un estudio de las principales fuentes ideológicas de los yihadistas contemporáneos y su influencia geográfica.
This is an analysis of the main contemporary jihadist scenarios in 2007 and the range of the strategic of their actions. It takes in consideration the difference of both the scenarios and the scope of the jihadists actions in order to classify them into classes. It also measures the chance to fulfd their objectives of constitute an Islamic State shaped in the neosalafist jihadist ideology
Terrorism and the Mass Media after Al Qaeda: A Change of Course? (PDF)
Manuel R. Torres
This article analyzes the possible relationship between terrorist groups and the media. As an example, a case study on the Al Qaeda organization will be used. Our methodology will involve analyzing the content of its public statements and examining the developments that have taken place during its history as an organization. Both perspectives suggest that terrorism's view of the media, far from being composed of rigorous ideological or political principles, is shaped by their calculations of estimated opportunities. Its perception of the mass media, has depended on its perception of estimated media impact. This has determined three stages during its history: 1) Hostility toward media that it has held responsible for hiding or distorting its message; 2) Adaptation to a new environment where there are networks that are willing to interpret reality from a perspective similar to the jihadist point of view 3) Exploitation of the Internet as an indirect means of obtaining the mass media's attention.