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11-01-2006, 04:25 PM
In separate articles this week, Arnaud deBorchgrave (http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20061024-094410-4806r) and Josh Manchester (http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=102706A) have raised a new threat - jihadist movements using the Internet to recruit and train terrorists.
DeBorchgrave writes: "Below the radar screen of Western intelligence and security services, there is a global re-education process on the Internet to proselytize on the true meaning of an Islamic state. This "cyberwar" is transforming the political landscape of the Middle East. It is a slow, stealthy but massive campaign."
Manchester observes: "There are hundreds of websites featuring dozens of professionally produced videos of violence against US forces in Iraq. Dubbed with loud monotonal music for an extra creepy effect, at the point of the attack, the filmers usually erupt into cries of "Allahu akbar!"
"The US might film its own missions for forensic or debriefing purposes sure, but that is a far cry from reveling in them. So what might motivate someone to be so twisted as to film and celebrate death?
"One answer: 'recruitment.'"
Even more disturbing - cyber-Jihad (http://www.rjchq.org/InBoxPost.asp?FormMode=Detail&ID=668)
DeBorchgrave writes: "Below the radar screen of Western intelligence and security services, there is a global re-education process on the Internet to proselytize on the true meaning of an Islamic state. This "cyberwar" is transforming the political landscape of the Middle East. It is a slow, stealthy but massive campaign."
Manchester observes: "There are hundreds of websites featuring dozens of professionally produced videos of violence against US forces in Iraq. Dubbed with loud monotonal music for an extra creepy effect, at the point of the attack, the filmers usually erupt into cries of "Allahu akbar!"
"The US might film its own missions for forensic or debriefing purposes sure, but that is a far cry from reveling in them. So what might motivate someone to be so twisted as to film and celebrate death?
"One answer: 'recruitment.'"
Even more disturbing - cyber-Jihad (http://www.rjchq.org/InBoxPost.asp?FormMode=Detail&ID=668)