Just this morning, I blogged about an article in the Washington Post that looked at the convergence of online fraud with terrorism / jihadists networks.
Just several days ago, I blogged about Younis Tsouli. This case is a clear cut example of this scary convergence.
According to the Met -
The trio are the first people in the UK to be prosecuted for incitement of terrorist murder using the internet.
23-year old Tsouli, was jailed for 10 years; 23-year old Mughal, for seven and a half years; and 20-year-old al-Daour to six and a half years.
The men were arrested by counter terrorism detectives during October 2005, after they purchased a range of web sites using stolen identities and credit card details which they then used to publish extreme propaganda and material produced by Al-Qaeda.
The extreme and explicit material was crafted to incite and recruit suicide bombers in Iraq and elsewhere who may be prepared to kill so-called disbeliever enemies on a global scale.
Tsouli, of Richmond Way, W12, used the internet name 'irhaby007' - translated as 'terrorist007'. He was responsible for updating the websites, while Mughal, of Railway Street, Chatham, Kent, assisted. Mughal and al-Daour, of Queens Court, W2, provided the stolen identities and credit card details to Tsouli.
Tsouli was also responsible for the setting up and administration of a chat room forum used by supporters of Al-Qaeda from which explosives and weapons manuals could be downloaded.
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