Two al-Qaida-affiliated terrorism propagandists, whose operations have been shut down and who have been arrested in Saudi Arabia. will now be used by the Saudis as part of their (i.e. Saudi Arabia’s) anti-al-Qaida propaganda:

Riyadh, 1 July (AKI) – The female founder of al-Qaeda’s first women-only website is among several ‘turncoats’ from the terror network who are expected to publicly recant jihadism on Saudi TV .

The al-Khansa women’s website founder, Umm Osama, and other arrested al-Qaeda suspects will say they have renounced jihadist ideology in a series of interviews to be aired late on Tuesday, pan-Arab daily al-Hayat reports.

An interview with Umm Osama’s compatriot, the Egyptian-born Abu Azza al-Ansari will also be aired, al-Hayat said.

Al-Ansari was the director of the al-Qaeda linked ‘Echoes of Jihad’ online magazine.

Al-Khansa – the sole women-only jihadist webiste – and ‘Echoes of Jihad’ are considered to have been al-Qaeda’s most successful propaganda tools before the Saudi authorities closed both down in 2007.