THE PICTURES AL QA’IDA AND ITS BRETHREN ARE TRYING TO PAINT—OR AT LEAST PHOTOSHOP.
Marc Lynch at Abu Aardvark points to the Islamic Imagery Project at West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center. It catalogs the images jihadis are using in their propaganda and provides helpful context about the various objects shown, from nature (horses, water, desert, crescents, the sun and moon) to symbols (national and Islamist flags, the Star of David) to important victories and defeats (Grozny, Falluja, 9/11). It’s a great crash course in what jihadists consider important and the terms in which they portray themselves and their goals.
(Thanks as always to John Brown's Public Diplomacy Review for the initial item.)
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