Image: Sara Carter, the Washington Examiner’s national security correspondent (Courtesy photo)Taliban Internet Recruiting Through The Eyes Of A Detainee -- Washington Examiner
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN — The young Taliban detainee, shackled at the wrists, with his head covered with a black canvas bag, was chillingly clear about his life's mission: "The Taliban have only one objective: to continue killing the Americans."
The tools this particular terrorist had adopted to accomplish that goal were not suicide bombs or sniper rifles, but laptop computers and other high-tech equipment. The purpose of his Taliban cell was to reach potential recruits online over the Internet.
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My Commentary: Sara Carter is an excellent reporter, and she does not disappoint in this report. The Taliban have accepted the Al Qaeda philosophy that half of the battle is in the media space .... but arrests and being exposed by other bloggers has decimated their ranks, and their impact is not as pervasive as it once was.
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