51. The internet helps terrorists learn to manufacture secret weapons and helps Western security agencies to catch them

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Year: 
2006
Week: 
15
Article number: 
51
Article pages: 
p. 21
Date of source: 
April 11,2006
Author: 
Ah&#803mad Zakariya
Reviewer: 
Najla’ Ahmad
Article summary: 

Ahmad Zakarīya

discusses the internet as a double-edged sword for terrorists, helping them to manufacture weapons, but also

giving

security agencies a chance to trace them.

Article full text: 

News has spread between news agencies that there is a

website for al-

Qā‘ida on the internet. The author states that the Internet is a

“technological and modern idea”

for the group of Bin Ladin, which is homeless, just like the limitless world

of the internet.

However, he

warns that the Internet is an opportunity for such groups to manufacture

weapons and prepare for

Jihād.

The announcement of this channel coincided with the arrest

of Younus Tsuli, aged 22. It

was discovered that he had hacked into the computer system of the American

University and that he is a professor in

this field. The author warns that despite the skills of al-

Qā‘ida, the West has its own

professionals who can hack into al-Qā‘ida’s

website and can use the Internet to track down

terrorists.

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