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Pajamas Media: Iraqi Insurgents Launch 24-Hour Television Station
 Al-Qaeda leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri has big plans for new propaganda vehicle.Broadcasting from a secret location in Syria, Al-Qaeda and its allies now have their own 24-hour television station, Pajamas Media has learned. Known as Al-Zawraa, Arabic for first channel, the station broadcasts enemy propaganda and rebroadcasts of Western anti-war material, including Michael Moores Fahrenheit 9/11. It is not connected with Al-Jazeera. Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, is delighted by al-Zawraa. A U.S. military intelligence officer told Pajamas Media that the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, al-Masri, has long-term and big plans for this thing. Previous attempts by al-Qaeda to set up media propaganda outlets have been limited to satellite radio and the Internet. Al-Zawraa, however, is seemingly well financed and striving for a broader appeal. From that secret studio somewhere in Syria, al-Zawraa TVs signal extends to the entire Arab world thanks to a satellite owned by Egypt, Pajamas Media has learned. Egypt is officially an ally of the United States in the war on terror. It receives more than $1 billion a year in U.S. foreign aid, more than any other country on Earth except Israel. Posted by: .com 2006-12-16 |
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