Item 1: Dangerous lessons given over the “Jihadist Cell Forum” allow amateur Jihadists to receive guidance from experienced fighters
Item 2: “Asbat al-Falah” declares the commencement of Jihad in Morocco
Item 3: Algerian al-Qaeda affiliate GSPC announces an Internet spokesperson
Item 4: Ayman al-Zawahiri delivers plea for humanitarian aid to quake victims in Pakistan
Item 5: Advice on sniper training points to Yemen
Item 6: “Teach your children to hate Americans”
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.
