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THE internet is becoming a virtual forum for radical Islamic exchanges, with many sites specifically targeting Australia to recruit followers and plan terrorist attacks. An Islamic website regarded as a credible source for al-Qaeda information has canvassed the possibility of Australia - which it says "persecutes" Muslims - becoming an Islamic state. Islammemo.com is among the websites causing increasing concern to Australian and Indonesian authorities, who fear terrorists are using web traffic to sell their cause and disseminate information, including coded messages. Indonesia is investigating the sources of a number of sites, but is finding it difficult to close them...

Terrorism links under investigationFBI spokesman says 24 Texas suspects came from watch list By Jonathan York (Daily Texan Staff) December 10, 2002 Massive and oblique, the investigation into Texas terrorism connections has continued, but its traces remain in an FBI "watch list" dating from immediately after Sept. 11, 2001. The connections spread into Houston, where links to a foreign airline and two addresses are unexplained. They haunt Dallas, where a tangle of odd business involving an Internet service provider caused the United States to shut down its largest Islamic charity. Of about 370 suspects on the list, 24 are...

Why BurstNet is a Great American ISP by Johnathan R. Galt Months ago, we had protracted battles -- email exchanges and media blitzes -- with Burst.net over the many terrorist sites that were once hosted there: Hamas, Azzam (Waaqiah), Laskar Jehad, the TalibanOnline, ... just to name a few. Times change. Now, Burst.net has "no desire to host such sites which promote terrorism, support, and praise [the deaths of] our fallen brothers and sisters".Now, (Oct. 2002) ClearGuidance attempts to host at Burst.net. ClearGuidance is TOS'd (removed for Terms of Service violation: hate speach, or other nastyness) and he complains to 'WebHostingTalk.Com':...