"US and UK Intervention". Said like a true isolationist......
On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 5:17 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]>wrote: > maintaining the status quo is an invitation for the next unspeakable > terrorist outrage. > --- > maintaining US and UK intervention in the middle east and demonizing > muzzies will insure continued terrorist attacks. > > On May 23, 3:31 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/05/23/biggest-battlefield-in-terr... > > **** Biggest battlefield in terror war is on the Internet**** > > > > By Rabbi Abraham > > Cooper< > http://www.foxnews.com/archive/author/rabbi-abraham-cooper/index.html> > > **** > > > > Published May 23, 2013**** > > > > FoxNews.com**** > > > > - **** > > > > **· **** ** > > > > - > > < > http://video.foxnews.com/v/2402378256001/graphic-video-shows-suspect-...> > > **** > > > > GRAPHIC video shows suspect in aftermath of London > > attack< > http://video.foxnews.com/v/2402378256001/graphic-video-shows-suspect-...> > > **** > > > > - > > < > http://video.foxnews.com/v/2402183598001/florida-shooting-possibly-li...> > > **** > > > > Florida shooting possibly linked to Boston bombing > > suspects< > http://video.foxnews.com/v/2402183598001/florida-shooting-possibly-li...> > > **** > > > > - > > < > http://video.foxnews.com/v/2378707263001/lieberman-boston-bombings-co...> > > **** > > > > Lieberman: Boston bombings could likely have been > > prevented< > http://video.foxnews.com/v/2378707263001/lieberman-boston-bombings-co...> > > **** > > > > There is one war that the terrorists are winning and if we don’t act, > more > > Boston-style massacres, more horrific atrocities on the streets of > > democratic nations, like the unspeakable beheading Wednesday in London-- > > and worse— are inevitable. > > > > The battlefield is the Internet’s dynamic world of social networking > where > > the most popular technologies have been leveraged to provide > unprecedented > > access to vast libraries of how-to- tutorials on terrorism. > > > > This was the key finding of the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Digital > Terrorism > > and Hate Project which was recently presented at a Capitol Hill briefing > > co-sponsored with House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce > > (R-Calif.) and ranking minority member Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.).**** > > > > Today, Islamists have created an online culture that spawns ‘lone wolf’ > > terrorists on steroids.**** > > > > Before the carnage at the Boston Marathon in April shocked the world, our > > 2013 report had highlighted Inspire, Al Qaeda’s magazine and other online > > publications that provided the recipes for the pressure cooker bombs and > > radio signals the Tsarnaev brothers used to murder and maim so many > > innocent people.**** > > > > Our researchers work only from open sources and are currently monitoring > > some 20,000 problematic hate and terror-related sites. But you don’t need > > to be the CIA or MI5 to see the clear trends:**** > > > > Today, Islamists have created an online culture that spawns ‘lone wolf’ > > terrorists on steroids. With a special emphasis on online forums and > social > > networking, online gurus of hate like the late Anwar al Awlaki validate > and > > supercharge violent theological dogma targeting the United States, other > > western democracies, Israel and Russia. **** > > > > Increasingly the "true believer" is being told they don’t have to travel > to > > the Afghanistan/Pakistan region for > > training< > http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/05/23/biggest-battlefield-in-terr.. > .>and > > indoctrination, they can get it all online. > > > > Let’s be clear. We are not talking about hate speech—there’s plenty of > KKK > > and neo-Nazi type hate online—but about the growing existential threat > from > > highly motivated and organized terrorists that must be dealt with. > > > > In the past few months, I have met with intelligence and police officials > > on three continents, all of whom have the impossible task of keeping > their > > citizens safe from terrorist attacks and finding the virtual (lone wolf) > > needle in the haystack. > > > > So what can we do to degrade the terrorists’ virtual bases?**** > > > > For starters we need the collective attention of the Internet community > > itself. > > > > We have begun to grade the Internet giants on how they deal with digital > > terror and hate. **** > > > > The Wiesenthal Center has given Facebook an A- because of their no- > > nonsense terms of usage, their transparency and the fact that they have > two > > teams -- one in Silicon Valley and the other in Ireland -- who are > > generally responsive to our concerns and who are forging their own > > technological firewalls against online bigotry. **** > > > > YouTube has barely earned a C-, for while they seem to have a good > written > > policy, far too many do-it-yourself, how-to-terror videos still populate > > the giant online video provider. **** > > > > Twitter has earned an F for its failure to provide transparency and a > quick > > response to the proliferation of hate hashtags and links to terrorism > > libraries. > > > > If we are to have any hope that we can degrade and thwart future > lone-wolf > > style terror attacks, we will need to create a new voluntary coalition > that > > brings law enforcement, homeland > > security< > http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/05/23/biggest-battlefield-in-terr...>, > > Internet giants and human rights groups to the table. **** > > > > Will such deliberations work? I am not sure. But one thing is certain: > > maintaining the status quo is an invitation for the next unspeakable > > terrorist outrage.**** > > > > *Rabbi Abraham Cooper is > > associate< > http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/05/23/biggest-battlefield-in-terr.. > .>Dean > > of the Simon > > Wiesenthal Center< > http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?c=lsKWLbPJLnF&b=6212365>in > > Los Angeles. Follow the Simon Wiesenthal Center on > > Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/simonwiesenthalcenter> and on > > Twitter<https://twitter.com/#!/simonwiesenthal> > > .* > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. 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