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Who Is Al Qaeda’s Insider At The BBC?

WHO is the BBC employee who may be part of an Al-Qaeda “propaganda media network”? The Daily Telegraph has got its hands on WikiLeaks files that suggest Al Qaeda might have an insider at the BBC World Service.

The US military has seized a number of phone books and phones from jihadis that contain the number of a line at the BBC.

What can it mean?

When the BBC reporter Alan Johnson was abducted by Gaza Islamists in 2007, Fayad Abu Shamala was allowed to help with his release. Shamala was employed by the BBC. Shamal was also a member of Hamas.

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Posted: 27th, April 2011 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comment