Italian Bloggers Captured supporting al qaeda online

This interesting bit from internet Haganah is about an Italian article about some recent arrests of Italian bloggers supporting al Qaeda.They were apparently running communication with Abdul Fadl Mamour, who was previously deported from Italy and is currently based in Senegal.

-Shimron

Jihadi "bloggers" arrested in Italy

Milan newspaper Il Giornale reported on 25 February that seven individuals were arrested and under investigation for online activity in support of al-Qa`ida and global jihad. Article details include:

* This is the first instance of al-Qa`ida linked web activity being managed directly by Italians.

* Three suspects are in Florence, and their ages are 26, 49, and 55.

* Two of the suspects are described as a 21-year-old female university student from Reggio Calabria and a 19-year-old male student from Latina (near Rome).

* The suspects were in contact via the Internet with the former imam of Carmagnola, Abdul Fadl Mamour, who was previously deported from Italy and is currently based in Senegal.

* The Imam would translate official statements from al-Qa`ida into Italian, and would translate questions for al-Qa`ida leaders from his followers from Italian into Arabic.

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