Item 1: Identity Theft and Jihad
Item 2: Hamas’ new propaganda wing: Al-Aqsa television
Item 3: Jihadist Groups in Iraq Announce Council to Improve Coordination
Item 4: The Islamic Army in Iraq Culls Open Source Western Media for Indications of Progress
Item 5: Algerian al-Qaeda Branch Comes Out with Latest Edition of Internet Magazine
Item 6: Jihadist Websites Urge Boycott of Danish Goods in the Middle East in Response to Political Cartoons
Item 7: Video Available: “The Jihad Academy”
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.
