Internet ‘the new Afghanistan’: NY police chief

The internet is the new battleground against Islamist extremism because it provides ideology that could radicalise Westerners who might then initiate home-grown attacks, New York police chief Raymond Kelly says.

The internet is the new battleground against Islamist extremism because it provides ideology that could radicalise Westerners who might then initiate home-grown attacks, New York police chief Raymond Kelly says.”The internet is the new Afghanistan,” Mr Kelly said as he released a New York Police Department (NYPD) report on the home-grown threat of attacks by Islamist extremists.”It is the de facto training ground. It’s an area of concern.”The report found that the challenge for Western authorities was to identify, pre-empt and prevent home-grown threats, which was difficult because many of those who might undertake an attack often committed no crimes along the path to extremism.
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