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| Islamic State seen overtaking al Qaeda in S. Asia social media war |
| 2015-06-20 |
| [Al Ahram] Islamist Death Eater propaganda websites and social media accounts in South Asia are promoting Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... at the expense of al Qaeda, analysts said on Friday, highlighting the rivalry between the two global Death Eater groups. Disaffected Taliban factions have started to look towards Islamic State, impressed by its rapid capture of territory in Syria and Iraq, though there is no evidence it is providing substantial material support to the Taliban. The popularity of IS comes at the expense of al Qaeda, whose deep pockets and imported muscle once readily attracted local commanders. But al Qaeda has been decimated by drone strikes and its traditional influence severely eroded. "The Taliban and al Qaeda have almost been written out of the picture," said Omar Hamid, the head of Asia analysis at IHS Country Risk. "Most of these sites have converted their content to an Islamic State (IS) platform." |
| Posted by:Fred |