"Most of the advice Hammoud received on how to act, what to read, how to train for jihad and how to hide his militant tendencies came via the internet, the official said.
His frequent presence in militant chat rooms and on websites was his undoing. Tipped off by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that an alleged plot to bomb tunnels in New York was being hatched on the internet, Lebanon's internal security branch tracked down Hammoud."
OPINION: It's good to see bad guys and alleged bad guys lose.
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http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/005643.html
19 June 2006
Talking points
• There is no "internet jihad".
There are jihadis who use the internet. The internet is just another territory, another area of operations, another front in a global war.
The Internet is the home front of the global jihad.
• The most important thing that the internet does for the global jihad is it provides community.
Maybe 20% of what jihadis say online has some interest from an analytical or investigative point of view.
The 80% that doesn't interest *us* is the mindless chit chat that builds bonds. It solidifies the individual jihadi's sense of identity with the global movement and it holds the global movement together and keeps it moving forwards.
• Jihadis act locally and interact globally.
This global interaction has the effect of cutting the jihadis off from their own local Muslim community and turning them towards the objectives of the global jihad, as opposed to any local struggle. This fuels the process of radicalization.
Posted on 19 June 2006 @ 07:51