Item 1: Members of the Jihadist forum “The Jihad Cell,” discuss a possible attack
Item 2: Recipes like those used by the London bombers for homemade explosives available on Jihadist web forums
Item 3: Another, chilling threat to the United Arab Emirates
Item 4: A complete translation of al-Qaeda’s Number Two man as shown on Al-Jazeera
Item 5: A statement and video are released announcing the formation of “al-Qaeda in Palestine”
Item 6: Video Available
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.
