IP: Terrorists taking up cyberspace, from LA Times

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Los Angeles Times
> Thursday, February 8, 2001 / Front Page
>
> COLUMN ONE:
> Terrorists Taking Up Cyberspace
>
> Web sites have become inexpensive, easily accessible tools for giving
> instructions to operatives and raising funds. The service providers for
> some of these sites are based in the United States.
>
> By CHARLES PILLER, Times Staff Writer
>
>     A car bomb shattered storefronts in Netanya, a seaside resort town
> in northern Israel, and wounded 60 diners and shoppers on the evening of
> Jan. 1. There was one fatality--the bomber himself.
>      The group behind this blast didn't call a TV station to claim
> credit. Instead Hamas, the Palestinian organization that sponsors acts
> of terror against Israel, posted a note on its Web site.
>      It turns out that the Internet--inexpensive, open and accessible at
> any time from anywhere--is an ideal tool for terrorists.
>
> [...]
>
> http://www.latimes.com/print/20010208/t000011616.html



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