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Great catch, Aaron:

It seems unlikely that this 3-D animation was prepared solely for the purpose of a propaganda video. More likely it was created for training purposes, and then re-used after the fact by as-Sahab.

Intelfusion had a wonderful post last week pointing out a recent spat of cyber attacks between Pakistan and India.  Of course, what's interesting to me is the fact that the targeted websites are energy-related but there is plenty of grist for numerous mills here.

Report of Interest:  Islamic Economics:  A Survey of the Literature.  Author: Asad Zaman; June 2008

Bill has the bad news and the really bad news out of Pakistan

Update: The state of Algeria (via Western Sahara Info)

What AQ is saying in Yemen.  Jane has more:

The accusations came in context of a warning that the Yemeni security forces were gearing up to target Mareb tribal leaders and social figures under the cover of al Qaeda.

Real power?

"Nobody knows."  This is the conclusion of a recent Jamestown article on al-Qaida in China. (via The Opposite End of China)

When it comes to Gaza, Zawahiri has been a one man fitna machine:

In this strike, he said, students would not attend school and workers would not go to work. Al-Zawahiri also called upon the ‘ulama of Al-Azhar to be independent again and to lead the ummah against the “Zionist-Crusader campaign.”

Not ready yet.  I've been remiss in linking to this article by Khalil al-Anani on the real challenges faced by violent Islamist groups that are seeking a "moderate" middle way:

The question of the possibility of assimilating Gamaa Islamiya aside, which is ultimately a government decision, there remain serious impediments to the movement's ability to work effectively within the Egyptian system. Foremost among these is its religious and political rhetoric. Although it has indeed placed its bitter legacy of violence behind it with its renunciation of recourse to force and its retraction of its sweeping condemnations of heresy, its religious discourse remains little different to conventional Salafi (ultra- fundamentalist) rhetoric, especially as pertains to rules of conduct, penal jurisprudence and jihad, with regard to which it derives most of its concepts and principles from ancient theological and juristic texts.

In OSINT news:  Interested in org theory? Try this list of magazines for "org-heads"

Drum roll, please: "Top 5 Intelligence Analysis Methods" part 1 and part 2 at  Sources and Methods.

Meanwhile,  Vroom vroom - honk!  As opposed to chirp, chirp.

Two (more) from MEMRI

• Islamist Websites Launch Online Campaign for General Strike in Egypt
• Report: Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Discussed Attack on Algerian Parliament, Army COS, Ministers

I'm sure there's a little oud plucking somewhere for Hamas:

Over the past few weeks, Hamas's international financial support network suffered a series of setbacks, most notably the U.S. federal court conviction of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) and five of its leaders on charges of providing material support to Hamas.

A land grab?  It's an interesting question, considering the complex shariah associated with these issues. Alas, the article ends on a note of delusion:

There is a hope too that if Muslims are allowed to become part of the urban landscape rather than hidden away there will be less risk of furtive fundamentalism.

Thar be pirate stories at the Washington Post, says Eaglespeak.