Monday, January 31, 2011

Governments Are Now Going Online To Fight Terrorism


Governments Go Online In Fight Against Terrorism -- New York Times

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — In the Netherlands, the jailhouse recantation of a convicted terrorist renouncing violence has circulated online. Counterterrorism officials say it could make disaffected youth think twice about joining violent extremist ranks.

In Pakistan, the authorities are posting on YouTube gruesome videos of mosques bombed by Islamic extremists, to show that such attacks kill fellow Muslims.

And here in Saudi Arabia, a government-supported program has enlisted hundreds of Islamic scholars turned bloggers to fight online radicalization by challenging the interpretations of the Koran posted on extremist social networking forums.

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My Comment: This is so long overdue .... radical Islamists have been using the web to promote and radicalize their followers .... time to go straight to the source.

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