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Terror, Crime Go Digital
The New Media Journal ^ | May 26, 2007 | Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld
Posted on 05/26/2007 11:09:13 AM PDT by NewMediaJournal
Emerging digital technologies to move money instantaneously and anonymously open up new possibilities for criminals and terrorists, while regulatory and law-enforcement agencies are limping far behind.
On May 3, at the release of the 2007 Money Laundering Strategy, the U.S. Treasury spokesperson was pleased to note: “Focusing on well-established money laundering methods and emerging trends identified in the Assessment, we have created a robust strategy for combating money laundering, deterring criminals, and addressing areas vulnerable to exploitation.”
Yet the latest digital advances open to criminals and terrorists — mobile phones or other mobile devices to secretly transfer money globally, or M-payments; gambling; and transfer of virtual money through online role-playing games, or RPGs — are missing from this long-awaited government strategy.
The fast-growing pace and value of the virtual economy led the Congressional Joint Economic Committee to study the possibility of taxing virtual assets generated by online role-playing games, thus raising a myriad of issues: What method of valuation will apply? How will fair market value be determined? Where does the tax instance arise in cyberspace? What part of the goods and services are subject to state tax? How does one levy and enforce the tax in cyberspace? What tax provisions will apply for international transactions?
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Jund al-Sham (Zarqawi’s Original Gang) Heading to Tripoli to Join in Fight
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Posted on 05/25/2007 12:49:41 PM PDT by harwood
..”this group declares hostility to Syria, and accuses the other Palestinian factions, headed by the Islamic Resistance Movement «Hamas» as a tool of the Syrians.”
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Statement by glorious leader of Fatah Islam here:
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Threats to activate sleeper cells, blah, blah, blah
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Qaeda vows “seas of blood” over Lebanon Palestinians
Reuters ^ | May 25, 2007
Posted on 05/25/2007 12:05:44 PM PDT by NYer
DUBAI (Reuters) - A group calling itself al Qaeda’s wing in the Levant vowed to carry out bombings in Lebanon and attacks on Christians unless Beirut pulled its army away from Palestinian refugee camps.
“We warn you for the last time, after which there will be nothing apart from seas of blood,” said a speaker identified as the military leader of the group in a video posted on Friday by a media arm used by Islamist groups including Qaeda in Iraq.
“What we want is that you order the Christian Lebanese army to pull its men from around all Palestinian camps and the Nahr al-Bared Camp in particular,” he said addressing Maronite Christian Partiarch Cadrinal Nasrallah Sfeir.
“If you do not stop we will wrench out your hearts with ... bombs,” said the speaker whose face was covered with a chequered head dress and who had rifle magazines around his torso.
There have been three bomb attacks in Lebanon this week since clashes between the army and the al Qaeda-inspired Fatah al-Islam militant group erupted this week at Nahr al-Bared camp.
At least 33 soldiers and 25 militants have been killed in what is the worst internal violence since the 1975-1990 civil war. Thousands have fled the Nahr al-Bared camp, where sources say at least 11 civilians have been killed and 100 wounded.
The speaker described the army’s campaign as a “brutal ... crusade under the pretext of fighting terrorism” and argued that Palestinians in Lebanon have always suffered discrimination.
The Qaeda campaign would target businesses “starting with tourism and ending with other means of making your rotten living”, said the militant who did not sound Lebanese.
Addressing Sfeir, the militant said: “Leash your dogs away from our kin and stop the fire of your canons, or else... No crusader will be safe in Lebanon after today. As you hit you will be hit.”
A fragile truce held between the army and Fatah al-Islam militants on Friday despite sporadic overnight clashes.
The United States and Arab allies sent military aid to Lebanon on Friday and the Lebanese army deployed extra troops to the refugee camp.
“We welcome a battle, and do not be fooled by the support of apostate Arabs to you,” the militant said.