As-Sahab
{{Short description|Media division of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan}}
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{{Infobox organization
| headquarters = Afghanistan, Pakistan
| name = As-Sahab Media
| logo = As-Sahab logo.svg
| logo_size =
| language = Arabic
English
| leader_name = Abd al-Rahman al-Maghribi
| subsidiaries =
| affiliations = Al-Qaeda
| founded = {{start date and age|2001}}
}}
As-Sahab Media (Arabic: السحاب, "The Cloud") is the official media wing of Al-Qaeda's core leadership based in Pakistan and Afghanistan. It produces media featuring original sermons and speeches by senior Al-Qaeda commanders as well as footage of international operations carried out by Al-Qaeda.{{Cite web|last=Kohlman|first=Evan|date=2009|title=Prominent Jihad Media Organizations in Central Asia|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/abbottabad-compound/F3/F3C107E83E79035F79728F26322A1B25_nefajihadmedia0309.pdf|url-status=live|website=CIA {{!}} NEFA Foundation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408075125/https://www.cia.gov/library/abbottabad-compound/F3/F3C107E83E79035F79728F26322A1B25_nefajihadmedia0309.pdf |archive-date=2019-04-08 }} In addition to being released in Arabic, some published videos come with English subtitles.
As-Sahab produces "documentary-quality" videos and its first production under the name is believed to have been in 2001 with the involvement of Adam Yahiye Gadahn.{{cite web|url=http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/05/wheres_the_beef_mystery_grows.php |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091013141652/http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/05/wheres_the_beef_mystery_grows.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 13, 2009 |title=Where's the beef? Mystery grows surrounding whereabouts of Adam Gadahn |first=Evan |last=Kohlmann |date=May 18, 2008 |work=Counterterrorism Blog |access-date=8 May 2012 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/23/AR2008062302135.html|title=Al-Qaeda's Growing Online Offensive|first=Craig|last=Whitlock|newspaper=Washington Post|date=2008-06-24}}
Regional subchannels
As-Sahab's subchannels are divided into their respective geographical regions and prominent Al-Qaeda groups of the regions, these channels feature region specific footage and feature speeches from their own individual leaders.{{Cite web|last=Joscelyn|first=Thomas|date=September 11, 2019|title=Ayman al-Zawahiri defends 9/11 hijackings in anniversary address|url=https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2019/09/ayman-al-zawahiri-defends-9-11-hijackings-in-anniversary-address.php|url-status=live|website=Long War Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914075310/https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2019/09/ayman-al-zawahiri-defends-9-11-hijackings-in-anniversary-address.php |archive-date=2019-09-14 }}
Az-Zallaqa Media, Nusrat al-Islam in West Africa
Al-Andalus Media, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al-Malahem Media ({{lit|The Battle/War}}), Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Al-Kataib Media ({{lit|The Battalions}}), Al-Shabaab in East Africa
Production
The organization uses modern technology to produce its videos. The release of the "5 Years After Tribute
In 2005 a CBC program was released, called, Media Jihad - As-Sahab Foundation, which traces the origins of As-Sahab.{{cite web |url=http://forums.islamicawakening.com/showthread.php?p=104771 |title=Media Jihad - As Sahab Foundation |work=Islamic Awakening Forums |access-date=26 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713063542/http://forums.islamicawakening.com/f18/media-jihad-as-sahab-foundation-12387/#post104771 |archive-date=13 July 2011 |date=18 May 2008 |publisher=vBulletin Solutions, Inc.}}
Method of delivery
Filmography
- Knowledge Is for Acting Upon: The Manhattan Raid (2006); a 97 minute video describing the motivations of the September 11 attacks{{Unreliable source?|date=January 2023}}
- America Burns (2021); a 14 minute video about American decline[https://www.memri.org/reports/video-al-qaedas-al-sahab-media-wing-asserts-us-headed-civil-war-result-covid-19-collapsing Video From Al-Qaeda's Al-Sahab Media Wing Asserts U.S. Is Headed For Civil War As A Result Of COVID-19, Collapsing Economy, January 6 Riot, Black Lives Matter Protests And Civil Unrest; Encourages Trump Supporters To Read Al-Qaeda's 'Inspire' Magazine, Suggests Biden May Be Assassinated: 'The Drumbeats Of Impending Civil War Can Clearly Be Heard']. MEMRI.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://pro.imdb.com/company/co0364495/ As-Sahab Foundation for Islamic Media Publication] at IMDb
- [http://forums.islamicawakening.com/showthread.php?p=104771 Islamic discussion on As-Sahab Media]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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