-Caveat Lector- http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20010818/653491.html National Post August 18, 2001 RCMP probing 'Jihad' web sites 'This is an issue of loyalty,' former CSIS man says as Mounties confirm investigation Stewart Bell The RCMP has launched investigations into two Canadian-registered Internet sites following complaints they are being used by Islamic terrorists for recruiting and the promotion of violence. Police began probing the sites, registered in Ontario and Quebec, after the human rights group B'nai Brith approached the RCMP and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service with concerns. "I can confirm that B'nai Brith was in contact with a senior official in the RCMP and that the RCMP has commenced investigations," Paul Marsh, an RCMP spokesman in Ottawa, said yesterday. CSIS, the Canadian spy agency, is also said to be looking into the matter. The National Post reported this week that the Web site qudscall.com, which American experts say was set up by the Middle Eastern terrorist group Islamic Jihad, is registered to a Toronto address. It features statements from Palestinian terrorists taking credit for bombing attacks against Israeli civilians and threats of further violence. Islamic Jihad and Hamas are the main groups responsible for the current wave of violence against Israelis. The Post also reported that an "invitation to jihad" had been posted on the bulletin board of the Montreal-registered Web site islamway.com. The posting seeks recruits for terrorist training at camps run by mujahedeen fighters in Afghanistan. Dave Harris, former chief of strategic planning at CSIS, said the developments are evidence Canadian-based terrorists and their supporters are feeling emboldened by the federal government's failure to curtail their activities. "The message should be sent out that these people engaging in terrorism and terrorist support activity are being disloyal to this country," he said. "This is an issue of disloyalty. They can't be loyal to causes beyond our borders and still be loyal to Canada and the Canadian ideal." Frank Dimant, a B'nai Brith spokesman, said his organization had spoken on Thursday with police and intelligence officials about the Web sites and "they do take the threat very seriously." "They're on a higher alert basis following the public revelations and they will be working with parties to ensure that security and safety of communities here will be given extra care." B'nai Brith plans to raise the issue with political leaders. Computers have become a vital tool of modern terrorism. Radicals waving assault rifles remain integral to violent movements, but they have been joined by a cyber-army of computer hackers who mount online attacks, send encrypted e-mail messages and run propaganda Web sites. "We will use whatever tools we can -- e-mails, the Internet -- to facilitate jihad against the [Israeli] occupiers and their supporters," Sheik Ahmed Yassin, founder of the terrorist group Hamas, told USA Today. CSIS has warned of the "disturbing trend" that has seen terrorists make increasing use of computer networks to recruit cadres, raise money, communicate, organize operations and mount online attacks. One Canadian-based Web site -- www.tamiltigers.net -- named after the Tamil Tigers terrorist group from Sri Lanka, includes a section that advised followers which candidates to vote for in the last Ontario election, depending upon their stand on the extremist group. The jihad posting on the Montreal-registered site invites extremists to train with guerrillas in Afghanistan. The Afghan training camps are part of the the international Islamist network headed by terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. They were responsible for training and financing former Montreal refugee claimant Ahmed Ressam for his planned 1999 bomb attack at Los Angeles airport. The Web site said yesterday in a posting it was not responsible for the call to violence because it was written by a private member.. 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