Item 1: Plans continue regarding how to establish al-Qaeda in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
Item 2: Al-Qaeda in the Land of the Two Rivers announces that the “Triangle of Death” is coming to British troops in the south of Iraq.
Item 3: Al-Qaeda ideologue publishes book urging operations against Musharraf’s government in Pakistan.
Item 4: Book “A Course in Poisons and Poisonous Gases” by al-Qaeda poisons’ expert posted online.
Item 5: Video Available: A video depicting Iraqi insurgents celebrating over a downed Bulgarian helicopter containing American, Bulgarian, and Filipino passengers is being widely downloaded.
The Terror Web Watch collects intelligence through active monitoring of Jihadist and other threat group web sites, forums, and other communication environments. Terrorists and their supporters call it Jihad electroni, the electronic Jihad. For them, exploiting the Internet is considered a vital part of raising money, spreading their ideology, building up support, and inspiring others to become terrorists. To a lesser extent, the Internet is also used for training, by circulating training manuals and videos, for discussing targets, and for planning and organizing operations.
Given how important the Internet is to terrorists and to the greater radical Islamist movement that supports them, monitoring the activities of terrorists and suspected terrorists in cyberspace should be nearly as paramount as monitoring their activities on the ground.
