Fake Communique Roils Jihadi Online Media
In a highly unusual occurrence, a fake communiqué attributed to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) was posted prominently on the Al-Shura jihadist forum, which jihadists generally consider to be one of the few reliable sources of information from the jihadist groups. The communiqué, which was posted in the early morning of June 25, 2009, purported to be a video of the execution of Edwin Dyer, a British hostage whom AQIM announced it had killed...
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June 25, 2009
