How Hizballah Hijacks the Interne

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“As the Israelis tighten the noose on Hizballah in Lebanon, these communication nodes become critical,” said Fred Burton, a former U.S. counterterrorism official and now vice president of Stratfor, a security consulting and forecasting company in Austin, Tex. In today’s asymmetrical warfare, the Internet is vital to groups like Hizballah who use it to recruit, raise money, communicate and propagandize, Burton said, including transmissions from Hizballah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah.

Now this is fascinating. The creativity, the perseverance, the name …”whack-a-mole” Interesting how they do it and interesting how volunteers are tracking them and shutting them down.

9 August, 2006 |

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