Sunday, March 13, 2011

Media: "Al-Qaeda has launched a women's magazine that mixes beauty and fashion tips with advice on suicide bombings"

From the Daily Mail:

Glossy 'Jihad Cosmo' combines beauty tips with suicide bombing advice
Al-Qaeda has launched a women's magazine that mixes beauty and fashion tips with advice on suicide bombings.
Dubbed 'Jihad Cosmo', the glossy magazine's front cover features the barrel of a sub-machine gun next to a picture a woman in a veil.
There are exclusive interviews with martyrs' wives, who praise their husbands' decisions to die in suicide attacks.
The slick, 31-page Al-Shamikha magazine - meaning The Majestic Woman - has advice for singletons on 'marrying a mujahideen'....

...A trailer for the next issue promises tips on skin care - and how to wage electronic jihad....MORE
Previously:
Media Critique: "Is al Qaeda's new English-language magazine any good?"
"The Economics of Al-Qaeda in Iraq"
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Following a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan, the media
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