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U.S. Senate Report: Extremists Hone Internet Skills

Thomas Ferraro writes for Reuters:

Al Qaeda and other radical groups have dramatically increased their use of the Internet in recent years to lure and train recruits worldwide, a U.S. Senate report warned on Thursday.

The report by the Senate Homeland Security Committee found that these groups run production houses and distribution centers that digitally send anti-American messages to thousands of Web sites around the globe.

"Terrorists, whom some dismiss as people living in caves, are as sophisticated in their communication abilities today as most members of 'Generation Y,'" said committee Chairman Joseph Lieberman, a Connecticut independent.

"America is now vulnerable not just to attacks plotted by terrorists oceans away, as was the case with 9/11, but also to terrorism conceived within our own borders," Lieberman said.

posted by Fergie @ 5/08/2008 02:27:00 PM