Why Al Qaeda's New Media Message Has A Madison Square Look To It

Investigators believe that Samir Khan (r.) is behind the sophisticated graphics and packaging of Al Qaeda's new recruitment magazine Inspire.

Former New Yorker Samir Khan Behind Graphics Of New Al Qaeda Recruiting Magazine Inspire: Officials -- New York Daily News

A slick new Al Qaeda magazine written in English to lure U.S. jihadists may be the work of a former New Yorker with an eye for graphics - and a lust for American blood.

Intelligence officials see chilling similarities between a militant blog Samir Khan produced and the Internet-based magazine Inspire.

Khan landed on intelligence radar in 2007, when he was 21, after posting an Osama Bin Laden screed to the blog he maintained from his parents' basement.

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My Comment: I suspect that this is only the beginning of growing trend, with more budding Jihadists with marketing and technical skills in the background.