(New York Times) Robert F. Worth - Al-Qaeda now views the Internet not only as an essential recruitment tool and means of communication with volunteers, but as a virtual training camp. No more need for Afghanistan: would-be terrorists can download manuals and videotapes that show them how to make explosive vests, car bombs, chemical weapons and poisons, and a library of tips on how to use them all effectively. Gabriel Weimann, a professor of communications at the University of Haifa in Israel, began tracking terrorist websites almost a decade ago. In Terror on the Internet, he gives a taste of al-Qaeda's Internet rhetoric and strategies, along with those of less well-known militant groups from Colombia to the Basque country to Chechnya.
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