Item 1: Sophisticated new explosives videos said to originate with Hizbollah in Lebanon.
Item 2: Bomb making instructional video shows how to make nitric acid
Item 3: Rise in interest in acetone peroxide in the months following the London bombings
Item 4: Anonymous threat forecasts attacks in Europe over the Christmas season
Item 5: Video Available: Juba, the Sniper of Baghdad
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.
