henry copeland: Al-Qaeda as media/events company? pllqt.it/wQTsi3

Al-Qaeda as a media company

While Osama Bin Laden was a terrorist ringleader, his successors and followers at AQAP are quite literally running a media company, targeting a particular, underserved, mostly millennial demographic. AQAP’s products are based on the notion that jihad is not only a religious necessity but a lifestyle choice for Western young people, one that needs instruction and reinforcement and its own chatty community of bloodthirstiness.
- www.bloomberg.com