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IP: Terrorists taking up cyberspace, from LA Times
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 08:00:41 -0500
Los Angeles Times Thursday, February 8, 2001 / Front Page COLUMN ONE: Terrorists Taking Up Cyberspace Web sites have become inexpensive, easily accessible tools for giving instructions to operatives and raising funds. The service providers for some of these sites are based in the United States. By CHARLES PILLER, Times Staff Writer A car bomb shattered storefronts in Netanya, a seaside resort town in northern Israel, and wounded 60 diners and shoppers on the evening of Jan. 1. There was one fatality--the bomber himself. The group behind this blast didn't call a TV station to claim credit. Instead Hamas, the Palestinian organization that sponsors acts of terror against Israel, posted a note on its Web site. It turns out that the Internet--inexpensive, open and accessible at any time from anywhere--is an ideal tool for terrorists. [...] http://www.latimes.com/print/20010208/t000011616.html
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