The Al-Qaeda organization is stepping up its technological efforts, particularly its usage of mobile phones, in a bid to expand its media, publishing and recruitment activities, Asharq Al Awsat has learned.
This direction by Al-Qaeda is an attempt to circumvent the relentless security crack-down, which has succeeded to a great extent in repelling the group's propaganda activities, particularly online; as a number of Al-Qaeda-affiliated websites have been banned or blocked and their administrators arrested by security officials. *HERE*<http://1426.blogspot.com/2010/01/al-qaeda-continues-using-modern.html>