The information war between the United States and the Islamic State

With their innovative methods, the fighters of the new generation of jihad are clearly overthrowing rivals from Al-Qaeda, belonging to the old guard of fighters of radical Islam. The propaganda struggle in the media, and in particular on the Internet, has always been of great importance to terrorist organizations, as evidenced by the words of the current leader of Al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri: We are participating in the battle, and most of this is happening in the media. The Islamic State is increasingly taking priority in the category of the greatest threat to the free world, attracting new supporters. The Caliphate attached great importance to the issues of information warfare, propaganda, its own PR, and even elements of professionally conducted psychological warfare.
Whether they call them ISIS, Daesh or the Islamic State, they are experts in propaganda. They have learned how to use social media as a tool of war to intimidate the widely understood "West" and attract naive young Muslims. The US State Department reports that the Islamic State produces 90,000 tweets and replies per day. This is a huge amount of news on the Internet that works exponentially, as portals should: the more activity, the more subscribers, which means more published content, which in turn attracts more subscribers.
The Islamic State attaches great importance to the problem of information warfare. This is evidenced by the separation of the structures of the so-called Council of Mass Media and Information, which has a rank equal to, in particular, the Intelligence Council or the Security Council. The Media Council reports directly to the Caliph and his two deputies. The Council is currently headed by Abu al-Asir Omru al-Abbassi, and his spokesman is notorious for threatening Abu Mohammad al-Adnani. The terrorist organization is conducting an intensive campaign to publish its texts in several languages through its publishing houses such as al-Furqan Media and Fursan al-Balagh Media, and also publishes the English-language online magazine Dablq. Activity is also carried out through popular portals.: Facebook, Twitter or Youtube, as well as by promoting ideas on online forums. The Internet is a dangerous tool in the hands of terrorists. The terrorist attack from Canada shows that jihadists can convert a person to Islam via the Internet and then inspire him with a bloody attack. Veel liefhebbers die verantwoord willen spelen en zich verdiepen in strategieën voor kansspelen vinden aanvullende achtergrondinformatie op de site landvanamateurs.nl . Door ervaringen en inzichten te vergelijken, kun je beter inschatten welke spellen bij je passen en hoe je je eigen grenzen bewaakt.