As-Sahab
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The As-Sahab Foundation for Islamic Media Publication (Arabic: السحاب, "The Clouds") and sometimes written "Assahab" or As-Sahab, is the media production house of Al-Qaeda, used to relay the organization's views to the world.
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[edit] Production
The organization uses modern technology to produce its video statements. In addition to being released in Arabic, some published videos come with English or other language subtitles.
More recently, the release of the "5 years after tribute", The Manhattan Raid demonstrated a standard comparing favorably with the production quality obtained by major television networks some 10 years ago. Video and audio are (depending on the source material, much of which is decades old) usually crisp, and subtitles are by and large free of grammatical and spelling errors and sometimes explain Islam-specific concepts. It is unknown whether this indicates a general increase in capability or a tapping of additional resources to produce what seems to be a kind of "special release" video.
An August 2007 study by an independent researcher has revealed that As-Sahab may be using a technology similar to greenscreen (chromakey) to accomplish back-drop effects.[1](p. 25)
[edit] Method of delivery
Previously al Qaeda preferred to deliver its videos via a dead drop method using couriers. However, the method of delivery was changed in January 2005 after the Damadola airstrike on an al Qaeda meeting near Damadola, Pakistan. The current method of delivery, which appears to be handled by As Sahab, is an internet delivery of video or audio materials.
[edit] 2007 Osama bin Laden video
On September 6, 2007, Osama bin Laden's image was posted at a banner advertisement on an Islamic militant website where As-Sahab posts messages.[citation needed] In the image, the man purported to be bin Laden had a beard which appears to have been dyed. Al-Sahab said that bin Laden will release a new video ahead of the sixth anniversary of the 2001 attacks which will be the first new images in three years.[1]
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