Techno Terror

You know one of the things that truly scares me about terrorists, other than the obvious, is that they’re ideology belongs to a time period that was 2000 years ago, but they’re using the technology of today to achieve their means of destruction:

SINGAPORE - Terrorists who have long embraced the Internet for propaganda and planning have begun to post comedy and Top 10 lists to draw in young recruits, experts say.

Bouchaib Silm, a researcher with the terrorism department at Singapore's Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies, said Web sites are becoming more modern in design, incorporating content designed to hook a younger generation of sympathizers and potential recruits.

Sites can no longer simply show videos of Osama bin Laden giving an hourlong speech as he sits in front of a bare wall, Silm said.

"The young of today will not listen to him," he said. "They will get bored. So the recruiters need something new to attract them."

He said some sites have recently offered animated videos, comedy clips and Top 10 video lists of the most devastating terror attacks.

"There is a shift in technology and presentation," he said. "The point is to attract an audience."

Silm made the remarks at the Digital Terrorism conference in Singapore on Tuesday.

Gee, the terrorists must feel really good about having us infidels around so they can use our technology to attract other people who might want to kill us. I wonder what they’re plan would be for the time that they actually succeed in killing the rest of the world off… In an alternative reality in which such a mission is realistic.