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Shin Bet warns terror groups trying to recruit Israelis online
YNET NEWS.com ^ | Published: 05.18.09, 13:49 / Israel News | Hanan Greenberg

Posted on 05/21/2009 12:22:40 AM PDT by Cindy

SNIPPET: "The Shin Bet security service warned Monday that hostile elements may try to contact Israelis through online social networks, such as Facebook, in order to gather intelligence and maybe even lure them abroad for the purpose of abduction.

Recently the Shin Bet was informed of a number of cases in which terrorist elements approached Israelis through the various online social networks and tried to either recruit them or ask that they disclose classified information for a fee."

SNIPPET: "The past few years have seen a number of Israelis detained after they had been recruited by terror groups through the Internet.

The Shin Bet has also learned that terror elements are specifically looking to approach Israelis who were privy to classified information during their IDF service."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: classifiedinfo; espionage; facebook; globaljihad; idf; internet; israel; israelis; jihad; kidnapping; shinbet; socialnetworks; terroristrecruiting

1 posted on 05/21/2009 12:22:41 AM PDT by Cindy
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I don't see the problem here with Arab terrorists setting up dates with Izzies, as long as Shin Bet keeps the date. Zip, zip, another Hamas assassin ends up in an alley with his throat cut. And the downside here is ..... ?
2 posted on 05/21/2009 1:18:58 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...
The Shin Bet security service warned Monday that hostile elements may try to contact Israelis through online social networks, such as Facebook, in order to gather intelligence and maybe even lure them abroad for the purpose of abduction. Recently the Shin Bet was informed of a number of cases in which terrorist elements approached Israelis through the various online social networks and tried to either recruit them or ask that they disclose classified information for a fee. The past few years have seen a number of Israelis detained after they had been recruited by terror groups through the Internet. The Shin Bet has also learned that terror elements are specifically looking to approach Israelis who were privy to classified information during their IDF service.

3 posted on 05/21/2009 6:00:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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