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22 March 2008
“A LETTER TO THE EDITORS AT FOXNEWS.COM”
by Rose Weisburd

LETTER SNIPPET: “The article “Cyber Vigilantes Track Extremist Web Sites, Intelligence Experts Balk at Effort” by Carmen Gentile, which was posted on the FoxNews site on Saturday, March 22, 2008 contains gross mischaracterizations and sheer speculation.

Speaking as someone who has considerable knowledge of Aaron Weisburd’s professional activities and motives, I wish to respond to a number of these inaccuracies.

This freelance journalist writes as if he either interviewed Weisburd, or contacted him and was refused an interview. Neither is the case. Gentile never contacted Weisburd, therefore these passages are misleading:”

WAY TO GO, TROOPS! Thank you. -Cindy

Note: The following post is a quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989912/posts

U.S. military says hits al Qaeda propaganda units
Reuters ^ | March 22, 2008 | Randy Fabi
Posted on 03/22/2008 10:39:51 AM PDT by CreativePerspective

The U.S. military said on Saturday it had hampered al Qaeda’s ability to recruit new members in Iraq by capturing or killing many of the people who make slick videos used to attract disaffected young Muslims.

U.S. military spokesman Rear Admiral Greg Smith said that in the past year, 39 al Qaeda members in Iraq responsible for producing and disseminating videos and other material to thousands of Internet Web sites had been captured or killed.

“The power of this information is obvious. These guys are using material that is used on Web sites to recruit and raise money,” Smith told Reuters in an interview.

“We think the vast majority of this media network has been degraded at this point,” he said, adding that the arrests had led to fewer Internet postings of al Qaeda beheadings, kidnappings and other attacks in Iraq.

Smith said militant groups had become increasingly sophisticated in their distribution of information, publishing professional-looking videos with narration, music and special effects of attacks on U.S. soldiers and Iraqis.

“Most of al Qaeda’s coordinated attacks tend to be so well-planned that they allow for camera crews to be on location filming just before it happens,” he said.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2008
“Terror on the Internet - Conflict of Interest”
by Dancho Danchev

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “If cyber jihad is really a priority, then there’s nothing more effective than the combination of independent researchers and intelligence analysts.”