Voice of the Caliphate
Voice of the Caliphate is allegedly a special broacast issued weekly by "The Global Islamic Media Front, an al-Qaeda mouthpiece" (SITE Institute). Voice of the Caliphate is yet to make its debut on the world scene yet it made its first appearance not via a broadcast on Al-Jazeera or the slew of other websites on which messages from Islamist groups are usually carried, but through the website of an organization called Search for International Terrorist Entities (SITE).[1]
The appearance of this report coincided with the breaking of the US soldiers trading photographs of Iraqi dead for porn scandal.[2] Reporting on the Al-Jazeera correspondent Taysir Alony's conviction in a Spanish court, the website quotes some laudatory comments from "VOC" to imply guilt and takes for granted Alony's alleged role in "helping to finance al-Qaeda by acting as a courier for the group during reporting work in Afghanistan".
Links
- The Railroading of Taysir Alony Lamis Andoni, Counterpunch, September 26, 2005
- Al Jazeera Spain Correspondent Sentenced to Prison on Charges of Collaborating with al Qaeda, Democracy Now, September 27, 2005
- US troops upload photos of dead Iraqis for porn Andrew Gumbel, The Independent, 29 September 2005
Notes
- ↑ SITE Institute “The Voice of the Caliphate” Special Broadcast about Taysir Alluni, an al-Jazeera Journalist Convicted of Helping to Finance al-Qaeda September 28, 2005
- ↑ Andrew Gumbel, The Independent, 29 September 2005
