In this article a detailed account is given of the information strategies of terrorist
organizations with a special emphasis on Al Qaeda, by using a the end–ways–means
approach and the model called mystic diamond. Based on his experience, as Chief of
Intelligence Analysis of the MNDCS in Iraq in 2003–04 and an academic background,
acquired at the NPS, the author concludes that very few the terrorist organizations
commit actions randomly or senselessly. Assuming that the rational actor model applies
to most advance terrorist organizations, he asserts that the pernicious information
strategy of Al Qaeda is an integral part of the overall strategy of the terror organization
