Training for the Jihad (merged thread)

[davidbfpo]

The link is to a Norwegian think tank report The Internet: a virtual traing camp: http://www.mil.no/multimedia/archive...nu_101280a.pdf

Might fit somewhere else, but another suitable thread not readily id'd.

A longer version is in the periodical Terrorism and Political Violence, No.20 April 2008.

From the conclusion: 'the Internet is best viewed as a resource bank for self-radicalized and autonomous cells, which is used alongside more traditional ways of training and preparing. In many cases, jihadi Internet manuals may function as a preparation for real-life training, rather than a substitute for it. This also seems to be a common view among the jihadis themselves. The idea that Internet training material should be used to learn the basics—before moving on to classical jihadi training—makes it perhaps more accurate to talk about the Internet as a ‘‘pre-school of jihad’’ rather than a ‘‘university.’’

The link (fee to pay) is: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/con...all~order=page

A wider perspective is on: http://www.mil.no/multimedia/archive...08_107488a.pdf (free too) and a 2006 report: http://rapporter.ffi.no/rapporter/2006/00915.pdf

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