Thu 24 Jan 2008
al-qaeda is conducting online surveys
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The Associated Press, via the Globe and Mail, reports that Al-Qaeda looking for feedback on its website.
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Al-Qaida’s media arm, Al-Sahab, announced in December that al-Zawahri would take questions from the public posted on Islamic militant websites and would respond “as soon as possible.”
More than 900 entries — many with multiple questions — were posted on the main Islamist website until the cutoff date of Jan. 16. After the deadline, the questions disappeared from that site and no answers have yet appeared.
One thing is clear from the questions: Self-proclaimed al-Qaeda supporters are as much in the dark about the terror network’s operations and intentions as Western analysts and intelligence agencies.

