ABSTRACT
On September 19, 2007, internet Jihobbyists began buzzing about an upcoming video release that was advertised in several Jihadist discussion forums. As-Sahab Media, al-Qaida High Command’s official media outlet, had posted an animated banner describing a new video entitled The Power of Truth. This featured a rotating series of still images from the video, including pictures of Usama Bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, Abu Musab Abd-al-Wadoud, an Arab journalist, and the American counter-terrorism analyst Michael Scheuer. The next day as-Sahab uploaded over one thousand copies of the same file to the internet. It could be freely downloaded just by clicking on any of the links and then watched and burned to a DVD for wider distribution.
