Death of Osama Bin Laden : reactions in Jihadi cyber forums

• Main Authors: Nur Aziemah Azman, Nur Irfani Saripi
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94901; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7940
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The death of Osama bin Laden was confirmed by Al Qaeda almost a week after the fact. The Arabic jihadi cyber forums have since been flooded with condolences, laments, eulogies as well as threats of attacks to avenge the fallen leader.