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Jihad of the pen is as much important as jihad on the ground

Media jihad is as much important as jihad on the ground.
Message to the Knights of the Media ,
Sur la piste des jihadistes suisses - chemins virtuels & réseaux francophones
Le 9 octobre 2014, la RTS et Temps Présent diffuseront un reportage intitulé "Sur la piste des jihadistes suisses". Pour la deuxième fois, le Centre participera à cet événement en répondant, sur la page du forum prévu à cet effet, aux questions que poseront les spectateurs intéressés.
En octobre 2013, le Centre consacrait un long article sur la relation complexe qu'entretiennent nos instances politiques et sécuritaires helvétiques avec le terrorisme. Nous écrivions alors :
En guise de conclusion, non par prémonition mais bien parce que nous disposions des informations suffisantes pour le lancer, nous précisions :
L'actualité de l'année 2014 - tout comme le reportage de Temps Présent diffusé ce 9 octobre- porte amplement témoignage des évolutions, de la nature et de l'importance croissante du phénomène.
Turquie & Etat Islamique, dans le secret des échanges...
Dès le 23 septembre, des informations se mettaient à circuler: il y aurait eu échange. Les diplomates turcs auraient été retournés à leur pays contre des membres de l'Etat Islamique, détenus en Turquie. Vue de la Suisse, l'information demeurait intéressante, mais sans lien direct avec notre pays. C'est alors que vint "la" liste, plus exactement une liste de dix noms; deux ressortissants britanniques, deux français, un belge, deux suédois et deux citoyens macédoniens.
The Forgotten Three: The Fate of AQIM Timbuktu Hostages and Their Captor Belkacem ZouadiOne Thousand Days with AQIMThe video execution of American journalist James Foley by ISIS jihadists on 19 August 2014 shocked the international community and generated instant global attention. Yet in Holland, Sweden and South Africa three names of other hostages remained all but expunged from the national media. Two days after Foley’s death was made public marked 1000 days in captivity for desert tourists Sjaak Rijke, Stephen McGowan and Johan Gustafson, kidnapped from Timbuktu by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) on 25 November 2011. This macabre anniversary passed almost unmarked by the media whilst national governments have pursued a strategy of “silent diplomacy,” resulting in no apparent progress for 1000+ days. Relatives and close friends of the hostages likewise maintained strict silence in accordance with government advice. Yet, information surrounding the kidnappers and their fate can be found amongst the myriad of online extremist websites and new media platforms. GCTAT (Geneva Center for Training and Analysis of Terrorism) has drawn together these various pieces - which have been checked against separate reliable sources.
Snapshot from first image of the Timbuktu three, apart from Belkacem Zoudi (unknown to most at the time of its release), the audio-video signature clearly shows the link with Yahiya Abu al-Hammam’s unit, the al-Furqan Brigade.
Preliminary thoughts on foreign fighters and ‘repertoires’Recently, a photograph of a foreign fighter from the Netherlands affiliated with ISIS, circulated on social media. The individual is shown posing with 5 heads. This is not the first time that foreign fighters from Europe have been associated with beheadings in Syria. The emmejihad blog reported in mid-February 2014: “There is new evidence that implicates Syria fighters from Belgium in horrific atrocities, the Belgian newspaper ‘Het Laatste Nieuws’ reports today. Last weekend, images of a mass grave surfaced from the spot their militia had to abandon, and in the town where they have fled to, four beheadings occurred shortly after they arrived. It isn’t sure the Belgians participated in those crimes, but at least they did picture them.” During a recent trial in France, three would-be French foreign fighters talking about their preparations for traveling to Syria, were recorded discussing purchasing a knife, and one of them stated that the knife was not sharp enough for ‘cutting heads’. Other social media imagery from the same milieus shows a young man in combat dress posing with a large knife. Is beheading a part of the foreign fighter ‘repertoire’?
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La rumeur courait depuis plusieurs jours déjà. A l'instar de nombreux médias, le Centre avait reçu des renseignements allant dans ce sens: 







