Adding on to post no. 1267...
http://www.reuters.com/locales/newsArticle.jsp?type=worldNews&locale=en_IN&storyID=4226971 28 Jan 2004 11:54
"Muslim Web sites in spotlight as Qaeda scares spread"
By Firouz Sedarat
ARTICLE SNIPPET #1: "DUBAI (Reuters) - Islamist Web sites are drawing a wide audience as possible harbingers of al Qaeda attacks but experts say they are erratic and unreliable sources of warnings that could save lives."
ARTICLE SNIPPET #2: "Mainstream media have been reluctant to report many of the threats posted on the sites. But Jeremy Reynalds, a U.S.-based analyst who frequently reports on Islamist sites, said the decision was a difficult one.
"I have debated with myself as to whether I am helping fuel a panic or whether I am doing the public a service.
"Do you withhold the information until you can verify it or do you publish it and say: this is not necessarily reliable but we have decided to let you know, in case.""