Pakistan May Face New Jihad, This Time On The Internet


From Dawn:

ISLAMABAD: The detention in Pakistan of Americans seeking to contact militants and join holy war through the Internet suggests the country may need more than security crackdowns to contain threats from an insurgency.

The five men, students in their 20s from northern Virginia, were detained this week in the city of Sargodha in Punjab province, 190 km (120 miles) southeast of Islamabad, security officials said.

The suspects were being investigated for possible links to a Pakistan-based group suspected of carrying out high-profile attacks and with links to the Taliban and al Qaeda. Laptops, cellphones and maps of Pakistani cities were seized from them.

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My Comment: The internet is an incredible tool for communication and the transfer of information. Unfortunately, its dark side includes porn, fraud, the distribution of hate, and for the purposes of htis post .... Islamic radicalism.

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