Virtual Jihad

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Terrorists are using the Net to threaten nations' electronic systems and infrastructures (Ofer Zemach, Jerusalem Post)

The Jerusalem Post with a round up of how jihadis use cyberspace:

Attacks on electronic networks

Sabotage of physical infrastructures

Recruitment and propaganda

Islamic terrorists are winning the on-line war against Western interests because of their virtually unchecked ability to use the Internet to plan, promote, and propagate both physical and cyber attacks.

Efforts to monitor, predict, and counter such attacks are only in the earliest stages. Technical, legal, privacy, and even political challenges are slowing down what could be called cyber counterterrorism in Israel and the US. Private groups have done much of what little successful monitoring has been done so far, as government efforts, particularly in the US, have been hampered by civil liberties concerns.

While no major terror attacks have yet been carried out on or through the Internet, the sophistication of attacks is increasing and test runs for major disruptions have occurred.

These efforts go far beyond spamming people mercilessly and trying to recruit over the web.

The Washington Post reported in 2002 that US intelligence services had monitored al-Qaida terrorists snooping around in the computer systems of dams, power plants, and other facilities.
Three recent power outages within a week at Los Angeles International Airport have raised some concerns. One of the power outages affected 100 flights and caused two planes to fly within six kilometers of each other, closer than US regulations allow. Two of the outages were attributed to birds landing on power lines, and a malfunctioning transformer apparently caused the third.

I hope al-Qaida isn't training birds.

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7 Comments

Catherine | May 7, 2004 1:04 PM

The best thing our Founding Fathers gave the people of this Great country is the right to self-defence the 2nd Add. Thank God they were Men Who loved God & Freedom. We the Citizians of this country are the Army here on the home front. If congress wont give tthe money for our defence why not war bonds I will buy them.

P Evans | May 7, 2004 3:22 PM

I follow computer programming and a member of many yahoo programming groups. Its not about Muslims, its some people in Israel who by the way have access to internal Microsoft code house through a subsidiary and are just out to scare companies with their own software to supposedly "protect" them from "Jihadist".

kianb | May 7, 2004 5:14 PM

This looks more like a college sex videotape than anything else.
the peolpe who call this abuse or torture have no any idea what a real torture is.

Catherine | May 7, 2004 5:31 PM

p.evens seams that your redrick is a little mild sence you no longer have aol

word on the street that a lot of the abuse came from Iraqis who had been in saddamn's prison that we hired to help Where was the Muslum outcry when our men were burned and hung from a bridge. Yes these people will be punish because we the American people don't condone such behavior.
the real thing that should be all over the TV is the n.koreans are on their way to pak .,our congress is got camra lust they need to get over it, and move on do not assist the terrorist we the American people are watch-ing

L'orange | May 7, 2004 8:20 PM

It's time to Knock the Islamic countries' satellites right out of the sky NOW! Washington DC are you listening?

gmdmhg | May 7, 2004 10:53 PM

when Muslims ruled a part of europe for 800 years the jews christian and muslims lived in peace and through the muslims came all western technology and we civilized the west www.cyberistan.org, we stopped jews and christians from killing each other even if the jews in the talmud asy [whish is more important than the torah] that mary was a whore and jesus a bastard drowning in sperm and still the christians allie with the evil jews who are using them in the usa & uk to carryout there dirty work against the muslim even though the muslim would kill to defend jesus christ the son of mary because they accept him as the christ & being born of a virgin check the quran www.doublestandards.org

dog | May 8, 2004 9:58 AM

p evans

If a muslin were to walk up and shoot some of your family I guess you would blame that on Israel

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