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  • Again, if you look at the bottom right-hand corner or your screen, you're seeing the clouds in Arabic, As-Sahab.

    CNN Transcript Jun 29, 2006 2006

  • The video, which appeared late on January 17, was titled "The rescue package for Germany" and bore the logo of As-Sahab, which is Al-Qaeda's specialist media arm.

    Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty 2009

  • As-Sahab: And what is the most important field in which this Mujahid vanguard is wrestling with the enemies of Islam?

    Where Would We Rather Fight? 2008

  • As-Sahab: And what is the most important field in which this Mujahid vanguard is wrestling with the enemies of Islam?

    Stromata Blog: 2008

  • In Somalia, Al Shabab ( "the youth") is a regional menace that models itself on Al Qaeda even to the point of recently creating its own media company, Al Kataib, which - like Al Qaeda's As-Sahab - is the official source of videos and public pronouncements by the Somali insurgents.

    Philip Seib: Thinking Realistically About Terrorism 2009

  • Shortly before September of 2008, al Qaeda watchers started speculating about the next al Qaeda message which they expected to be released around the 9/11 anniversary — a practice al Qaeda and its video arm, As-Sahab, have been consistent about.

    bin Laden hacked? 2008

  • Al Qaeda's media arm, As-Sahab ( "The Cloud") has similarly improved the quality and frequency of its videos; the group, says former State Department adviser Philip Zelikow, uses "the Internet to provide a sense of virtual identity" now that its Afghan training camps have largely been destroyed.

    We're Losing the Infowar 2007

  • This is surprising considering that Al-Jazeera shot to prominent fame internationally for being the preferred source for the distribution of messages by As-Sahab, Al-Qaeda's media production wing.

    Al-Jazeera: Al-Qaeda's Brutus? 2007

  • But first I want to talk about a videotape that was released yesterday by a group called As-Sahab.

    CNN Transcript Jul 15, 2007 2007

  • The task force report noted that al-Qaeda and other terror groups now have their own production arms -- such as As-Sahab and the Global Islamic Media Front -- which produce web content, television programs, online forums, chat rooms, and video games.

    Has Al Qaeda Passed the US in Asymmetric War Strategies, Using the Web and Media? 2007

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