Al-Qaida launches Web TV. What’s the world coming to? Hezbollah has al-Manar, which was bombed and taken off-air by Israel at the beginning of the present war. They were back on-air within hours with mobile transmitting equipment. They have been consistently on-air since. Can’t keep a terror propaganda machine down long, apparently.

Al-Qaida has launched an Internet television channel that broadcasts speeches by Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri and documentaries about its war with the West.The Arabic–language site is called al-Firdaws and it appears to be in an experimental stage.

Currently the videos air between 8 p.m. and midnight Mecca time.

Like most traditional Islamic television channels, the broadcasts open with a reading from the Koran, followed by a film on al-Zarqawi and various videos.

The end of programming comes with Jihadi songs, calling for Islamic martyrdom. source

Al-Manar is blocked in the USA by Executive Order 13224. You can still watch videos and read articles on their website.

For a time US corporations like Coca-Cola and Proctor & Gamble actually advertised on al-Manar. You could watch an advertistment for an American product one minute and an add requesting donations to Hezbollah the next minute.

Fox News Channel reports that a large number of Christians actually put money into al-Manar because it was ‘a good investment’.

Originally posted at Right Truth