Terror and Social Media PPT

8/18/2019 Terror and Social Media PPT

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When New Terrorism Met the New Media

Dr. Gabriel Weimann


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Always Online:

Terrorists and Laptops


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Always Online: Terrorists and Laptops


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Uzbeki Jihadist Leader


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Hezbollah bunker captured in

August 2006 by the Israeli Army


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Afghan Cyber Army (ACA)


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Our Project:Monitoring Terror in Cyberpace

Study is now in its 16th year

Monitoring every terrorist website (n=9,800+)

Archiving, coding and analysis of the websites’contents (visual and textual)

Research funded by USIP (United States

Institute of Peace), NIJ (National Institute ofJustice), Woodrow Wilson Center, and other

grants


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Reporting the findings:


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…and Al Qaeda’s review


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TERRORIST PPRESENCE ONTHE NET:

In 1998: 12 terrorist websitesTsfati & Weimann, Terror on the Internet, Studies in

Conflict and Terrorism, 2002)

In 2003: 2,650 terrorist websitesWeimann, WWW.Terror.Net: How Modern Terrorism Uses

the Internet, Special Report, Washington, DC: United States

Institute of Peace. In January 2014: 9,800+ terrorist websites

Weimann, Terror on the Internet, Washington, DC: United States Institute of

Peace.


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WHO ARE THE ONLINETERRORISTS?

Hamas (the Islamic Resistance Movement), the Lebanese Hizbollah(Party of God), the Egyptian Al-Gama'a al Islamiyya (Islamic Group,IG), the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PLFP), the

Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Boko Haram (Nigeria), the PeruvianTupak-Amaru (MRTA) and ‘The Shining Path’ (Sendero Luminoso),the Kahane Lives movement, the Basque ETA movement, the RealIRA (RIRA), Supreme Truth (Aum Shinrikyo), the ColombianNational Liberation Army (ELN-Colombia), the Liberation Tigers ofTamil Eelam (LTTE), the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia(FARC), the Popular Democratic Liberation Front Party in Turkey(DHKP/C), the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), the Zapatista NationalLiberation Army (ELNZ), the Japanese Red Army (JRA), the IslamicMovement of Uzbekistan (IMU), the Mujahedin, the Chechens,Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba and Al-Qaeda.


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Why is the Net so useful forterrorists?


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The Advantages of the Internet

for Terrorists: Easy access No control, no regulations, no laws

Huge audiences, worldwide

Anonymity

Fast flow of information

Interactive medium

Cheap to establish and maintain

Multi media environment (print; sound; photos; video;)

The Internet as a source for journalists


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Uses of the Internet byTerrorists:

Psychological warfare

Propaganda

Networking terrorists Recruitment and mobilization

Fund raising

Datamining, information gathering

Instructions

Inner debates

Cyber-war, cyberterrorism


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The Emerging Trends:

1. Migration to New Media

2. “ Virtual Interactivity”3. “Narrowcasting”

4. Lone Wolf Terrorism


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The New Trends:

New Terrorism Meets the

New Media

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New Technologies Applied byTerrorists

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3 stages in terrorist use ofthe Net:

Websites only:1Stage

+ InteractiveWebsites:2Stage(forums, chatrooms)

+ Social Media+ InteractiveWebsites:3Stage (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, etc.)


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Al Qaeda’s “ early” site(1998-2002)


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Al Qaeda’s new site:


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Al Qaeda’s new site:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=J2ZotbOZPCzBZM&tbnid=l2O3uGgtk4HadM:&ved=0CAYQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpublicintelligence.net%2Faqap-inspire-issue-11%2F&ei=b-wpU_znIqLi0QG33IGwAg&bvm=bv.62922401,d.dmQ&psig=AFQjCNFr8msGRMybli6GW2K-GPpd9oKH8g&ust=1395342829694075http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=J2ZotbOZPCzBZM&tbnid=l2O3uGgtk4HadM:&ved=0CAYQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpublicintelligence.net%2Faqap-inspire-issue-11%2F&ei=b-wpU_znIqLi0QG33IGwAg&bvm=bv.62922401,d.dmQ&psig=AFQjCNFr8msGRMybli6GW2K-GPpd9oKH8g&ust=1395342829694075


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Inspire Magazine

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=J2ZotbOZPCzBZM&tbnid=l2O3uGgtk4HadM:&ved=0CAYQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpublicintelligence.net%2Faqap-inspire-issue-11%2F&ei=b-wpU_znIqLi0QG33IGwAg&bvm=bv.62922401,d.dmQ&psig=AFQjCNFr8msGRMybli6GW2K-GPpd9oKH8g&ust=1395342829694075http://www.google.co.il/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=inspire+magazine&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=ohxvU9q_mI6OfM&tbnid=P6nJ-0rlOMeFcM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Finfluenceguy.wordpress.com%2Ftag%2Finspire%2F&ei=PtBGUe6yFcqItAaY54DYDw&psig=AFQjCNEWzvih5CAUvX4DCcOcpYLtp05ksA&ust=1363681659168890http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=J2ZotbOZPCzBZM&tbnid=l2O3uGgtk4HadM:&ved=0CAYQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpublicintelligence.net%2Faqap-inspire-issue-11%2F&ei=b-wpU_znIqLi0QG33IGwAg&bvm=bv.62922401,d.dmQ&psig=AFQjCNFr8msGRMybli6GW2K-GPpd9oKH8g&ust=1395342829694075http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=J2ZotbOZPCzBZM&tbnid=l2O3uGgtk4HadM:&ved=0CAYQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpublicintelligence.net%2Faqap-inspire-issue-11%2F&ei=b-wpU_znIqLi0QG33IGwAg&bvm=bv.62922401,d.dmQ&psig=AFQjCNFr8msGRMybli6GW2K-GPpd9oKH8g&ust=1395342829694075http://www.google.co.il/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=inspire+magazine&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=60Atg5tQXXUB5M&tbnid=_6tmggesphE5lM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Foccident.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2F4th-issue-of-inspire-magazine-from-al.html&ei=6M9GUfa9CcWJtQbG7YCgDg&psig=AFQjCNG5DCSItr5D2Fjo63MtUlnNTz-kfg&ust=1363681634551117


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Inspire is an English language onlinemagazine published by al-Qaeda in the

Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).

http://www.google.co.il/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=inspire+magazine+aqap&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=D7DnlJ7bSAI__M&tbnid=Rc06B_OviaQEwM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpublicintelligence.net%2Fcomplete-inspire-al-qaeda-in-the-arabian-peninsula-aqap-magazine%2F&ei=ItFGUYuUE83Dswbrn4G4DQ&psig=AFQjCNGBAchRs059DE4ZiwloBr4fr62sbA&ust=1363681949833500http://www.google.co.il/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=inspire+magazine&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=ohxvU9q_mI6OfM&tbnid=P6nJ-0rlOMeFcM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpublicintelligence.net%2Finspire-al-qaeda-in-the-arabian-peninsula-magazine-issue-6-july-2011%2F&ei=idBGUfOhAYPUtQbOnIH4Dw&psig=AFQjCNEWzvih5CAUvX4DCcOcpYLtp05ksA&ust=1363681659168890http://www.google.co.il/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=inspire+magazine&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=ohxvU9q_mI6OfM&tbnid=P6nJ-0rlOMeFcM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsocialpsychologyeye.wordpress.com%2Fcategory%2Fsocial-cognition%2F&ei=ctBGUdSgDsrBswbRoIHwBA&psig=AFQjCNEWzvih5CAUvX4DCcOcpYLtp05ksA&ust=1363681659168890


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INSPIRE 12March 2014

http://www.longwarjournal.org/images/Inspire-AQAP-Spring-2014-edition.jpg


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From Inspire 12:Car Bombs in America

http://cdn.timesofisrael.com/uploads/2014/03/Inspire-car-bomb-main-e1395220862993.png


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Multimedia:Hezbollah’s Al-Manar Television Online:


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Hizbollah’s Al-Nour Radio Online


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Dar al-Hadi: Hezbollah’s publishing

house Online


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Download Nasrallah’s posters…


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Jihad Academy online: A Film Production by the Global Islamic

Media Front (GIMF)


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Terrorist Migration toSocial Media


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Why social media?

1. Interactive

2. Trendy, popular

3. Young demographics

4. “ knock on their doors”


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YouTube, They Tube…


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Importance of YouTube

Attractive, visual, moving images

much easier to locate (no Arabic or high

level of Internet literacy necessary) Appealing to young people

Easy copying and dissemination (e-mail

links, but also copy to VHS, CDs, DVDs,mobile phones)


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If you put the words“ Hamas Islamic Resistance Movement ”

in YouTube search…


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Hamas Launches AqsaTube,Inspired by YouTube (October 2008)


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Hamas Launches Pal Tube(2011)


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All terrorist groups are nowon YouTube


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Hezbollah’s YouTube


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Al Qaeda’s YouTube


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Al Qaeda’s YouTube

Ch h Jih di t Cl i


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Chechen Jihadists ClaimResponsibility for Moscow Subway

Bombings (March 2010) on YouTube


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PKK on YouTube


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“Istiqlal Media”Taliban’s YouTube channel

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/10/taliban-steps-boldy-in-2007-invades-youtube/taliban-youtube-screen/


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Taliban’s YouTube video

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=ExPYyws6U1eStM&tbnid=qrIJ3oF74orBnM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zdnet.com%2Fblog%2Figeneration%2Fhow-national-unfriend-day-can-prevent-terrorism%2F6696&ei=cVVqU53qFougyASqq4CIDQ&bvm=bv.66111022,d.aWw&psig=AFQjCNFWGKU3AdNMaGOJdPNhfLPgI-qJlQ&ust=1399564014506264http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=ExPYyws6U1eStM&tbnid=qrIJ3oF74orBnM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zdnet.com%2Fblog%2Figeneration%2Fhow-national-unfriend-day-can-prevent-terrorism%2F6696&ei=cVVqU53qFougyASqq4CIDQ&bvm=bv.66111022,d.aWw&psig=AFQjCNFWGKU3AdNMaGOJdPNhfLPgI-qJlQ&ust=1399564014506264


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Terror on Facebook

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=ExPYyws6U1eStM&tbnid=qrIJ3oF74orBnM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zdnet.com%2Fblog%2Figeneration%2Fhow-national-unfriend-day-can-prevent-terrorism%2F6696&ei=cVVqU53qFougyASqq4CIDQ&bvm=bv.66111022,d.aWw&psig=AFQjCNFWGKU3AdNMaGOJdPNhfLPgI-qJlQ&ust=1399564014506264http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=ExPYyws6U1eStM&tbnid=qrIJ3oF74orBnM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zdnet.com%2Fblog%2Figeneration%2Fhow-national-unfriend-day-can-prevent-terrorism%2F6696&ei=cVVqU53qFougyASqq4CIDQ&bvm=bv.66111022,d.aWw&psig=AFQjCNFWGKU3AdNMaGOJdPNhfLPgI-qJlQ&ust=1399564014506264


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“ Generation Awlaki” on Facebook


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“ Generation Awlaki” onFacebook


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“ The ink of the Scholars, theblood of the Martyrs”


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“ Download Awlaki’s Lectures”

Mohammed al Zawahiri 's


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Mohammed al Zawahiri 'sFacebook page(brother of Ayman)


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Three video clips posted on his Facebookpage show Mohammed al Zawahiri

encouraging would-be jihadists to support:

The mujahideen in Mali

The Al Nusrah Front in Syria

The Islamic State of Iraq


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Twitter: Tweets of Terror

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The al Shabaab Attack onWestgate Mall, Nairobi, Kenya

September 2013

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=i5rJJrMkBlT2zM&tbnid=k2uDIw9jIJA-uM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworldnews%2Fafricaandindianocean%2Fkenya%2F10349415%2FNairobi-mall-attack-Bodies-retrieved-from-Westgate-as-militants-vow-more-strikes.html&ei=b5piU5fBLNDT7AbLtIGoCw&psig=AFQjCNGDWNgWOCqx30AkKUHciOCYqwef1g&ust=1399057097918557


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Al-Qaeda on Twitter Under the guise of its Shamukh al-Islam website, the official website of al Qaeda, the

terror group has now its own Twitter feed

@shomokhalislam

https://twitter.com/shomokhalislamhttps://twitter.com/shomokhalislam


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Al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria ISIL:Online Executions

Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant

Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=3Sbb5cjAPE3zTM&tbnid=4-Zdfn6wW9-a9M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.alalam.ir%2Fnews%2F1539338&ei=e2xqU6DlENHcoATT5ILADQ&bvm=bv.66111022,d.aWw&psig=AFQjCNHg_o1FI4dby867u6t8RadK-lJDVw&ust=1399569785959163http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=3Sbb5cjAPE3zTM&tbnid=4-Zdfn6wW9-a9M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.alalam.ir%2Fnews%2F1539338&ei=e2xqU6DlENHcoATT5ILADQ&bvm=bv.66111022,d.aWw&psig=AFQjCNHg_o1FI4dby867u6t8RadK-lJDVw&ust=1399569785959163


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ISIL’s prisoners crucified

ISIL took responsibi lity for the crucifixtion on Twitter

S i El t i A


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Syrian Electronic Army(SEA)

SEA is a collection of computer hackers who support the

government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Using

denial of service attacks, defacement, and other methods,

it mainly targets political opposition groups and western

websites, including US news organizations and US banks


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SEA Attacking Twitter:

In 2013 The Syrian Electronic Army hacked a number ofhigh-profile Twitter accounts and websites, including those

of The New York Times, the Associated Press, and the

Guardian.


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April 2013: SEA hacks AP causing stockmarket drop of $136 billion


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A Terrorist’s Dream ComesTrue..


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Mumbai attacks (2008) wereplanned with Google Earth

L T i M b i tt k (2008)


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LeT in Mumbai attacks (2008)used Google Earth

Using Google Earth website to


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Using Google Earth website topinpoint attacks

(in Basra, Iraq)

G f G


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Google Earth Map of Abu GhraibPrison posted on Jihadi website


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M d S t d R t f


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Maps and Suggested Routes forTraveling to Somalia for Jihad

Google Earth used to target


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Google Earth used to targetIsrael


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PIJ Announces Use of Google Earth

to Target Sderot

i f th CIA h d t i


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image of the CIA headquarters inLangley, posted on Jihadi sites


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The Impact of Terrorist

Use of New Media:Lone Wolves in

Cyberspace


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A lone wolf terrorist is someone whocommits or prepares for, or is suspected

of committing or preparing for, violentacts in support of some group,

movement, or ideology, but who does soalone, outside of any command structure

and without material assistance from

any group.

The Shift Toward


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The Shift TowardLeaderless Terrorism

http://www.google.co.il/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=zefUVMphHjzM7M&tbnid=qVPz21VWsD--4M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidehighered.com%2Fviews%2F2012%2F08%2F15%2Freview-george-michael-lone-wolf-terror-and-rise-leaderless-resistance&ei=GvFKUai2B8e4O7qfgJgC&psig=AFQjCNHCIMeq8A1Ud3Wr-s5zMtDWSNME_Q&ust=1363952023589625


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"The most likely scenario that wehave to guard against right now

ends up being more of a lone wolfoperation than a large, well-coordinated terrorist attack“

President Obama August 16, 2011

Jose Pimentel


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Jose Pimentel (arrested November 2011)

Army Major Nidal Hasan has been


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y jcharged with kill ing 13 people at Fort

Hood in 2009

Britain’s “ Lone Wolf” :

http://www.google.co.il/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=lone+wolf+terror+ppt&source=images&cd=&docid=GdE7kmtCW9oT2M&tbnid=Yp5t44w831JdEM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbijenkorf.wordpress.com%2Fcategory%2Famerica%2Fmilitary-america%2F&ei=a99GUdO2M4iLtAbOvoDADA&psig=AFQjCNFL1Vh6AsM_opkL4K02UB5BXhJb9w&ust=1363685605352986


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Britain s Lone Wolf :Terrorist Isa Ibrahim


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http://www.google.co.il/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=tKy9_7CRZpveWM&tbnid=flWGjdpppeKGUM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://worldobserveronline.com/2013/06/01/woolwich-attack-english-defence-league-chief-muslim-share-hug-protest-2/daily-mirror-front-page-woolwich-beheading-1905709/&ei=t-jCUfCsM4nnswagmoHwCQ&psig=AFQjCNF1ufEiAcY6SYY8MDb_s1kGzll7_Q&ust=1371814245080402


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Calling the “ wolves” :

Video By Al-Qaeda Media Company Al-Sahab


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Video By Al-Qaeda Media Company Al-SahabUses Image Of Nidal Hasan To Underline Call

For Lone Wolf Operations

The Boston Marathon attack


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The Boston Marathon attack April 15, 2013

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The Tsarnaev brothers


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The Tsarnaev brothers

http://www.google.co.il/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=m9Dx2Yvif0qfoM&tbnid=X-eAUCB62XsntM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/boston-marathon-bombers-al-qaeda-sympathisers-1836500&ei=S-XCUeiKKYGntAaI_YGYCQ&psig=AFQjCNHWiHD_vq8mlFd2PiE2xeuqCFIWBw&ust=1371813575632664


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Federal law enforcement officials haveconfirmed that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his

brother got bomb-making instructions

from Inspire magazine.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=7wZw1OgKYD8W5M&tbnid=Ho1gacVDWgPgpM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://blog.adl.org/extremism/inspire-magazine-a-staple-of-domestic-terror&ei=zInZUoysLPPmsATZ4IL4Bg&psig=AFQjCNHvb-pwWXaj7FHVjldF3f0Dme-etg&ust=1390074614327593http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=7wZw1OgKYD8W5M&tbnid=Ho1gacVDWgPgpM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://blog.adl.org/extremism/inspire-magazine-a-staple-of-domestic-terror&ei=zInZUoysLPPmsATZ4IL4Bg&psig=AFQjCNHvb-pwWXaj7FHVjldF3f0Dme-etg&ust=1390074614327593


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Teaching the “ Wolves”

In 2013 al Qaeda presents a new


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In 2013 al Qaeda presents a newonline booklet :

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Glorifying the “ Wolves”


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Glorifying the “ Wolves”

A graphic from Inspire 11, imagining an


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g p p , g gangelic Tamerlan Tzarnaev texting his

mother

Jihad Jane Over a Dozen


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Jihad Jane – Over a DozenYouTube Pages

In March 2010, an American woman, Colleen LaRose aka"Jihad Jane," had been arrested for alleged ties to Al-Qaeda.LaRose maintained over a dozen YouTube pages devoted to

violent jihad. Her activities included alleged involvement in an plot to kill the Swedish cartoonish Lars Vilks.

Lone Wolf Jihadists Arrested in the


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Lone Wolf Jihadists Arrested in theWest and in Possession of Inspire 1. Jose Pimentel, arrested November 19, 2011. A Manhattan resident , Pimentel planned to target U.S.

servicemen, post offices, and poli ce.

2. Naser Jason Abdo, a Muslim U.S. in the Army, arrested in July 2011. Abdo was planning an attackon Fort Hood military personnel, similar to the shooting by Major Nidal Hasan. He was found inpossession of an article from Inspire titled " How to Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom," which heused to make the bombs he planned to use in his attack.

3. Nine suspects in the U.K.: British officials conduc ted coordinated raids in three separate cities afterconcluding that the suspects were " researching , discussing , carrying out reconnaissance, and agreeingon potential targets," and " igniting and testing incendiary material"; one target was the U.S. Embassy inLondon. They were using Inspire.

4. Hakan Ertarkan, arrested Apri l 12, 2011. Ertakan, 21, from the Edmonton neighborhood of London,was found to be in possession o f a CD issue of Inspire. He was charged with " possessing a record ofinformation of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrori sm."

5. Chris tian Emde and Robert Baum, arrested July 15, 2011. German cit izens Emde, 28, and Baum, 24,were arrested when they tried to enter Britain in possession of electronic copes of Inspire.

6. Zahid Iqbal, Mohammed Sharfaraz Ahmed, Umar Arshad, and Syed Farhan Hussain, arrested in

Britain on Apri l 24, 2012. The four, all aged 21 to 30, are suspected of plot ting to dr ive a toy car loadedwith explosives under the gates of a military base. Iqbal is accused of leading a terror network under theinstruction o f Al-Qaeda masterminds in Pakistan; all are accused of working to recruit others, of takingtheir lead from Inspire, and of possessing cop ies of it.


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Migration to Social

Media Correlates With:

1. “ Virtual Interactivity”

2. “ Narrowcasting”


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OnlineCounterterrorism:

New Arena, NewChallenges


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1. The new digital arena requires

new warriors, new weapons and newdefenses (including NSA monitoring,counter-campaigns).


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2.The new “ war on terrorism” requiresnew regulations so that we will not pay

heavier prices in terms of our civil

liberties.


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3. Preemptive: Prepare for futurechallenges (e.g., next generation’s

platforms) instead of response-only


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