This is a long and very good report on terrorists and the
internet, note the code that Atta used in the clip below:
Planning and Coordination
Terrorists use the Internet not only to learn how to build bombs but also to plan
and coordinate specific attacks. Al Qaeda operatives relied heavily on the Internet
in planning and coordinating the September 11 attacks. Thousands of encrypted
messages that had been posted in a password-protected area of a website were
found by federal officials on the computer of arrested al Qaeda terrorist Abu
Zubaydah, who reportedly masterminded the September 11 attacks. The first
messages found on Zubaydah's computer were dated May 2001 and the last were
sent on September 9, 2001. The frequency of the messages was highest in August
2001. To preserve their anonymity, the al Qaeda terrorists used the Internet in
public places and sent messages via public e-mail. Some of the September 11
hijackers communicated using free web-based e-mail accounts.
Hamas activists in the Middle East, for example, use chat rooms to plan operations
and operatives exchange e-mail to coordinate actions across Gaza, the West Bank,
Lebanon, and Israel. Instructions in the form of maps, photographs, directions, and
technical details of how to use explosives are often disguised by means of
steganography, which involves hiding messages inside graphic files. Sometimes,
however, instructions are delivered concealed in only the simplest of codes.
Mohammed Atta's final message to the other eighteen terrorists who carried out
the attacks of 9/11 is reported to have read: "The semester begins in three more
weeks. We've obtained 19 confirmations for studies in the faculty of law, the faculty
of urban planning, the faculty of fine arts, and the faculty of engineering." (The
reference to the various faculties was apparently the code for the buildings
targeted in the attacks.)
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:jiiAFUkJbvIJ:www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr116.html++Local+Terror+Cells+in+United+States&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&client=googlet
There are many reports at this link........
Russia's anger at Iran over nukes growing
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1103AP_Nuclear_Agency_Iran.html
French Interior Minister stresses domestic terrorist threat POL-FRANCE-TERRORISM-SARKOZY
French Interior Minister stresses domestic terrorist threat
PARIS, Nov 17 (KUNA) -- French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday warned that France must face up to domestic threats from terrorists, but should not damage its policy of integration and relations with minorities in doing do.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=788113
Indonesian terrorist singles out Australia
http://afr.com/articles/2005/11/17/1132016905617.html
Terrorist Video Found in Indonesia Warns of Attacks (Update1)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000102&sid=aA11gH16Vq3A&refer=uk
Only a “very small percentage” of packages on passenger aircraft are inspected and there are still gaping vulnerabilities in the nation’s air cargo system, according to a new federal report.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000102&sid=aA11gH16Vq3A&refer=uk
Terrorist threathens fresh attacks
The Jakarta Post, Semarang/Bandung
A masked terrorist, suspected to be Noordin M. Top, has issued a warning of more bomb attacks against Western targets in Indonesia,
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20051117.A05&irec=4
Terrorist threatens US, allies
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200511171005.htm