Interview with Foreign Fighter from Al-Qaida in Iraq

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Last Updated (Monday, 29 November 1999 19:00) Written by Evan Kohlmann Friday, 11 May 2007 19:00

On April 27, 2007, the administrators of a radical Arabic-language chat room on the Paltalk online network announced a special live question-and-answer session with Abu Adam al-Maqdisi, a Palestinian national fighting with Al-Qaida’s “Islamic State of Iraq.” In advertisements posted on other online forums, the organizers explained that the interview had been arranged in order to address questions from Al-Qaida supporters and to “offer an accurate picture of the jihad in Mesopotamia.” The discussion, conducted entirely in an audio stream provided by Paltalk, lasted for over two hours.

See also: - [CTBLOG]: "More Cracks Emerging in Al-Qaida's 'Islamic State of Iraq'"

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