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Terrorists Move to Cyberspace

Posted by Zonk on from the that's-not-so-good dept.

Dreamwalkerofyore writes "The Washington Post has an article on how Al Quaeda is now using the 'net for its new HQ. From the article: 'With laptops and DVDs, in secret hideouts and at neighborhood Internet cafes, young code-writing jihadists have sought to replicate the training, communication, planning and preaching facilities they lost in Afghanistan with countless new locations on the Internet.'"

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  1. In case you haven't noticed by ArchieBunker · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    In 1998 a jihad was declared against everyone who is basically non arabic. People have been fighting in that region for thousands of years, this time its spilled across the ocean.

    http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/docs/980223-fatw a.htm

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  2. Dear WaPo, your fearmongering is pathetic by revscat · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Dear editor,

    Your constant attempts at fear-mongering no longer have an effect upon me. After 9/11 I was very frightened, very angry, and very vengeful. I believed that terrorists posed a direct threat to me and my family, and that our government should "do something."

    Now I believe that our government is far more threatening to me than Al Qaeda will ever dream of being, and that the media only serves to distract from this with bullshit stories such as this one.

    I'm not afraid any more, or at least I feel my fear is more intelligent than it was in the years after September 2001. I fear and hate fascists and theocrats as much as (if not more) than I hate bin Laden.

  3. News at 11 by Tom · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Terrorists use phones! In-depth report this evening!

    Tomorrow: Terrorists rumoured to be using cars. Join or discussion on the evils of technology.

    New Series: How terrorists wear clothes and shoes. Petition to WalMart to stop selling terrorist tools!

    Hey, USians, why don't you snap the fuck out of it? You're getting on everyone's nerves.

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  4. Re:All they can do is make lame jokes. by 0x0000 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    It's shocking. Most of the people who comment here are facing a serious threat to their liberty, and all they can do is make lame jokes.

    Look deep into my eyes and ask yourself again if you can believe I'm joking.

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    If you support dishonesty and violence, don't say you are Christian.

    Christianity itself is based on nothing but dishonesty and violence. The talk of Peace is just another attempt to co-opt more pagans. The technologies of Death and Destruction have never been so far advanced as they have been under Christian World Domination. Witness the current imbalance of military power between Christian and non-Christian nations. You might claim "God is with us" - I submit that if you replace the word "Faith" with the word "Fissionable Material" much of the New Testament still rings true: "If you had but Fissionable Material the size of a grain of mustard seed you could move yon mountain into the sea." etc ...

    Christians have ever worshipped military strength and Victory At Any Price [deceit] over an Peace, Love, Understanding, Wisdom, Truth, or any actual Virtue.

    And quit posing at being jaded.

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  5. Re:All they can do is make lame jokes. by dekket · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Buddhism isn't based on the little stupid thing we call "the bible".