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Violent Islamist Extremism, the Internet, and the Homegrown Terrorist Threat

From the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (via Docuticker): … The Committee has held five more hearings exploring a range of subjects, including an assessment of the homegrown threat in the United States, the European experience with domestic radicalization, the federal government s efforts to counter the homegrown terrorist threat, the role of local law enforcement in responding to the threat, and the Internet s role in the radicalization process. This staff report concerns the last of these subjects how violent Islamist terrorist groups like al-Qaeda are using the Internet to enlist followers into the global violent Islamist terrorist movement and to increase support for the movement, ranging from ideological support, to fundraising, and ultimately to planning and executing terrorist attacks...continue to full post

Full post as published by Terrorism Research News on September 24, 2008 (boomark / email).