text:
Qaeda and the Internet:
The Danger
of "Cyberplanning"
From Parameters, Spring 2003, pp. 112-23. (.pdf
We can say with some certainty, al
Qaeda loves the Internet. When the latter first appeared, it was hailed
as an integrator of cultures and a medium for businesses, consumers, and
governments to communicate with one another. It appeared to offer unparalleled
opportunities for the creation of a "global village." Today the Internet
still offers that promise, but it also has proven in some respects to
be a digital menace. Its use by al Qaeda is only one example. It also
has provided a virtual battlefield for peacetime hostilities between Taiwan
and China, Israel and Palestine, Pakistan and India, and China and the
United States (during both the war over Kosovo and in the aftermath of
the collision between the Navy EP-3 aircraft and Chinese MiG). In times
of actual conflict, the Internet was used as a virtual battleground between
NATO's coalition forces and elements of the Serbian population. These
real tensions from a virtual interface involved not only nation-states
but also non-state individuals and groups either aligned with one side
or the other, or acting independently.
strongly suggests that terrorists used the Internet to plan their operations
for 9/11. Computers seized in Afghanistan reportedly revealed that al Qaeda
was collecting intelligence on targets and sending encrypted messages
via the Internet. As recently as 16 September 2002, al Qaeda cells operating
in America reportedly were using Internet-based phone services to communicate
with cells overseas. These incidents indicate that the Internet is being
used as a "cyberplanning" tool for terrorists. It provides terrorists
with anonymity, command and control resources, and a host of other measures
to coordinate and integrate attack options.
may be a more important terrorist Internet tool than the much touted and
feared cyberterrorism option—attacks against information and systems resulting
in violence against noncombatant targets. The Naval Postgrad-
uate School
(NPS) has defined cyberterrorism as the unlawful destruction or disruption
of digital property to intimidate or coerce people.1 Cyberplanning, not defined by NPS
or any other source, refers to the digital coordination of an integrated
plan stretching across geographical boundaries that may or may not result
in bloodshed. It can include cyberterrorism as part of the overall plan.
Since 9/11, US sources have monitored several websites linked to al Qaeda
that appear to contain elements of cyberplanning:
alneda.com, which US officials said
contained encrypted information to direct al Qaeda members to more
secure sites, featured international news on al Qaeda, and published
articles, fatwas (decisions on applying Muslim law), and books.
assam.com, believed to be linked
to al Qaeda (originally hosted by the Scranton company BurstNET Technologies,
Inc.), served as a mouthpiece for jihad in Afghanistan, Chechnya,
and Palestine.
almuhrajiroun.com, an al Qaeda site
which urged sympathizers to assassinate Pakistani President Musharraf.
qassam.net, reportedly linked to
jihadunspun.net, which offered a 36-minute video of Osama bin Laden.2
which aimed to teach visitors how to conduct computer attacks.3
which featured quotes from bin Laden tapes, religious legal rulings
that "justified" the terrorist attacks, and support for the al Qaeda
drasat.com, run by the Islamic Studies
and Research Center (which some allege is a fake center), and reported
to be the most credible of dozens of Islamist sites posting al Qaeda
jehad.net, alsaha.com, and islammemo.com,
alleged to have posted al Qaeda statements on their websites.
and aljehad.online, alleged to have flashed political-religious songs,
with pictures of persecuted Muslims, to denounce US policy and Arab
leaders, notably Saudi.5
While it
is prudent to tally the Internet cyberplanning applications that support
terrorists, it must be underscored that few if any of these measures are
really anything new. Any hacker or legitimate web user can employ many
of these
same measures
for their own purposes, for business, or even for advertising endeavors.
The difference, of course, is that most of the people on the net, even
if they have the capabilities, do not harbor the intent to do harm as
does a terrorist or al Qaeda member.
several of the more important applications may help attract attention
to terrorist methodologies and enable law enforcement agencies to recognize
where and what to look for on the net. Sixteen measures are listed below
for consideration. More could be added.
. The Internet
can be used to put together profiles. Internet user demographics allow
terrorists to target users with sympathy toward a cause or issue, and
to solicit donations if the right "profile" is found. Usually a front
group will perform the fundraising for the terrorist, often unwittingly.
E-mail fundraising has the potential to significantly assist a terrorist's
publicity objectives and finances simultaneously.6
Word searches
of online newspapers and journals allow a terrorist to construct a profile
of the means designed to counter his actions, or a profile of admitted
vulnerabilities in our systems. For example, recent articles reported
on attempts to slip contraband items through security checkpoints. One
report noted that at Cincinnati's airport, contraband slipped through
over 50 percent of the time. A simple Internet search by a terrorist would
uncover this shortcoming, and offer the terrorist an embarkation point
to consider for his or her next operation. A 16 September report noted
that US law enforcement agencies were tracing calls made overseas to al
Qaeda cells from phone cards, cell phones, phone booths, or Internet-based
phone services. Exposing the targeting techniques of law enforcement agencies
allows the terrorist to alter his or her operating procedures. The use
of profiles by terrorists to uncover such material greatly assists their
command and control of operations. The implication is that in a free society
such as the United States, you can publish too much information, and while
the information might not be sensitive to us, it might be very useful
to a terrorist.
. Internet access can be controlled
or its use directed according to the server configuration, thus creating
a true ideological weapon. In the past, if some report was offensive
to a government, the content of the report could be censored or filtered.
Governments cannot control the Internet to the same degree they could
control newspapers and TV. In fact, the Internet can serve as a terrorist's
TV or radio station, or his international newspaper or journal. The web
allows an uncensored and unfiltered version of events to be broadcast
worldwide. Chat rooms, websites, and bulletin boards are largely uncontrolled,
with few filters in place. This climate is perfect for an underfunded
group to explain its actions or to offset both internal and international
condemnation, especially when using specific servers. The Internet can
target fence-sitters as well as true believers with different messages,
oriented to the target audience.
In the aftermath
of the 9/11 attacks, al Qaeda operatives used the Internet to fight for
the hearts and minds of the Islamic faithful worldwide. Sev-
eral internationally
recognized and respected Muslims who questioned the attacks were described
as hypocrites by al Qaeda. Al Qaeda ran two websites, alneda.com and drasat.com,
to discuss the legality of the attacks on 9/11. Al Qaeda stated that Islam
shares no fundamental values with the West and that Muslims are committed
to spread Islam by the sword. As a result of such commentary, several
Muslim critics of al Qaeda's policies withdrew their prior condemnation.7 Ideological warfare worked.
. The Internet
can be used anonymously, or as a shell game to hide identities. Terrorists
have access to Internet tools to create anonymity or disguise their identities.
Online encryption services offer encryption keys for some services that
are very difficult to break. The website spammimic.com offers tools that
hide text in "spam," unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail. Speech compression
technology allows users to convert a computer into a secure phone device.
Network accounts can be deleted or changed as required. For example, Internet
users can create Internet accounts with national firms such as America
Online (AOL), or can even create an AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) account
on a short-term basis. In addition, anonymous logins are possible for
many of the thousands of chat rooms on the net. If desired, the user can
access cyber cafes, university and library computers, or additional
external resources to further hide the source of the messages.8 An al Qaeda laptop found
in Afghanistan had linked with the French Anonymous Society on several
occasions. The site offers a two-volume Sabotage Handbook online.
Not only
are anonymous methods available for the people who use the Internet, but
at times Internet service providers (ISPs) unwittingly participate in
serving people or groups for purposes other than legitimate ones. The
al Qaeda web site www.alneda.com was originally located in Malaysia until
13 May. It reappeared in Texas at http://184.108.40.206/ until 13 June,
and then reappeared on 21 June at www.drasat.com in Michigan. It was shut
down on 25 June 2002. The ISPs hosting it apparently knew nothing about
the content of the site or even the fact that it was housed on their servers.9 This shell game with
their website enabled the al Qaeda web to remain functional in spite of
repeated efforts to shut it down. Cyber deception campaigns will remain
a problem for law enforcement personnel for years to come.
. The Internet
produces an atmosphere of virtual fear or virtual life. People are
afraid of things that are invisible and things they don't understand.
The virtual threat of computer attacks appears to be one of those things.
Cyber-fear is generated by the fact that what a computer attack could
do (bring down airliners, ruin critical infrastructure, destroy the stock
market, reveal Pentagon planning secrets, etc.) is too often associated
with what will happen. News reports would lead one to believe that
hundreds or thousands of people are still active in the al Qaeda network
on a daily basis just because al Qaeda says so. It is clear that
the Internet empowers small groups and makes them appear much more capable
than they might actually be, even turning bluster into a type of
virtual fear. The net allows terrorists
to amplify the consequences of their activities with follow-on messages
and threats directly to the population at large, even though the terrorist
group may be totally impotent. In effect, the Internet allows a person
or group to appear to be larger or more important or threatening than
they really are.
The Internet
can be used to spread disinformation, frightening personal messages, or
horrific images of recent activities (one is reminded of the use of the
net to replay the murder of reporter Daniel Pearl by his Pakistani captors).
Virtually, it appears as though attacks are well planned and controlled,
and capabilities are genuine. Messages are usually one-sided, however,
and reflect a particular political slant. There is often little chance
to check the story and find out if it is mere bravado or fact. The Internet
can thus spread rumors and false reports that many people, until further
examination, regard as facts.
the Arab TV station al-Jazeera has played tape recordings of bin Laden's
speeches and displayed a note purportedly signed by him praising attacks
on an oil tanker near Yemen, and on US soldiers participating in a war
game in Kuwait. These messages were picked up and spread around the Internet,
offering virtual proof that bin Laden was alive. Most likely bin Laden
was seriously injured (which is why we haven't seen him in over a year),
but his image can be manipulated through radio or Internet broadcasts
so that he appears confident, even healthy.
. The Internet
can help a poorly funded group to raise money. Al Qaeda has used
Islamic humanitarian "charities" to raise money for jihad against the
perceived enemies of Islam. Analysts found al Qaeda and humanitarian relief
agencies using the same bank account numbers on numerous occasions. As
a result, several US-based Islamic charities were shut down.10 The Sunni extremist group Hizb al-Tahrir uses an integrated
web of Internet sites from Europe to Africa to call for the return
of an Islamic caliphate. The website states that it desires to do
so by peaceful means. Supporters are encouraged to assist the effort by monetary
support, scholarly verdicts, and encouraging others to support jihad. Bank
information, including account numbers, is provided on a German
site, www.explizit-islam.de.11 Portals specializing in the anonymous transfer of money,
or portals providing services popular with terrorists (such as the issue
of new identities and official passports) are also available.12
The fighters
in the Russian breakaway republic of Chechnya have used the Internet to
publicize banks and bank account numbers to which sympathizers can contribute.
One of these Chechen bank accounts is located in Sacramento, California,
according to a Chechen website known as amina.com.
Of course,
there are other ways to obtain money for a cause via the Internet. One
of the most common ways is credit card fraud. Jean-Francois Ricard, one
of France's top anti-terrorism investigators, noted that many Islamist
terror plots in Europe and North America were financed through such criminal
. The Internet is an outstanding
command and control mechanism. Command and control, from a US military
point of view, involves the exercise of authority and direction by a properly
designated commander over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment
of the mission. Personnel, equipment, communications, facilities, and
procedures accomplish command and control by assisting in planning, directing,
coordinating, and controlling forces and operations in the accomplishment
of a mission.
and control on the Internet is not hindered by geographical distance,
or by lack of sophisticated communications equipment. Antigovernment groups
present at the G8 conference in Cologne used the Internet to attack computers
of financial centers and to coordinate protests from locations as distant
as Indonesia and Canada. Terrorists can use their front organizations
to coordinate such attacks, to flood a key institution's e-mail service
(sometimes as a diversionary tactic for another attack), or to send hidden
messages that coordinate and plan future operations.
The average
citizen, the antigovernment protester, and the terrorist now have access
to command and control means, limited though they may be, to coordinate
and plan attacks. Further, there are "cracking" tools available to detect
security flaws in systems and try to exploit them. Attaining access to
a site allows the hacker or planner to command and control assets (forces
or electrons) that are not his. The Internet's potential for command and
control can vastly improve an organization's effectiveness if it does
not have a dedicated command and control establishment, especially in
the propaganda and internal coordination areas. Finally, command and control
can be accomplished via the Internet's chat rooms. One website, alneda.com,
has supported al Qaeda's effort to disperse its forces and enable them
to operate independently, providing leadership via strategic guidance,
theological arguments, and moral inspiration. The site also published
a list of the names and home phone numbers of 84 al Qaeda fighters captured
in Pakistan after escaping from Afghanistan. The aim presumably was to
allow sympathizers to contact their families and let them know they were
. The Internet
is a recruiting tool. The web allows the user complete control over
content, and eliminates the need to rely on journalists for publicity.
with sympathy for a cause can be converted by the images and messages
of terrorist organizations, and the addition of digital video has reinforced
this ability. Images and video clips are tools of empowerment for terrorists.
More important, net access to such products provides contact points for
men and women to enroll in the cause, whatever it may be.15 Additionally,
versions of web browsers, including Netscape and Internet Explorer,
support JavaScript functions allowing Internet servers to know which
language is set as the default for a particular client's computer. Hence,
a browser set to use English as the default language can be redirected
to a site optimized for publicity aimed at Western audiences, while
one set to use Arabic as the default can be redirected to a different
site tailored toward Arab or Muslim sensibilities.16
versions of web browsers, including Netscape and Internet Explorer,
support JavaScript functions allowing Internet servers to know which
language is set as the default for a particular client's computer. Hence,
a browser set to use English as the default language can be redirected
to a site optimized for publicity aimed at Western audiences, while
one set to use Arabic as the default can be redirected to a different
site tailored toward Arab or Muslim sensibilities.16
This allows
recruiting to be audience- and language-specific, enabling the web to
serve as a recruiter of talent for a terrorist cause. Recently, the Chechen
website qoqaz.net, which used to be aimed strictly against Russian forces
operating in Chechnya, changed its address to assam.com, and now includes
links to Jihad in Afghanistan, Jihad in Palestine, and Jihad in Chechnya.
Such sites give the impression that the entire Islamic world is uniting
against the West, when in fact the site may be the work of just a few
. The Internet
is used to gather information on potential targets. The website operated
by the Muslim Hackers Club reportedly featured links to US sites that
purport to disclose sensitive information like code names and radio frequencies
used by the US Secret Service. The same website offers tutorials in viruses,
hacking stratagems, network "phreaking" and secret codes, as well as links
to other militant Islamic and cyberprankster web addresses.17 Recent targets that terrorists have
discussed include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta;
FedWire, the money-movement clearing system maintained by the Federal
Reserve Board; and facilities controlling the flow of information over
the Internet.18 Attacks on critical
infrastructure control systems would be particularly harmful, especially
on a system such as the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
system. Thus any information on insecure network architectures or non-enforceable
security protocols is potentially very damaging.
have access, like many Americans, to imaging data on potential targets,
as well as maps, diagrams, and other crucial data on important facilities
or networks. Imaging data can also allow terrorists to view counterterrorist
activities at a target site. One captured al Qaeda computer contained
engineering and structural architecture features of a dam, enabling al
Qaeda engineers and planners to simulate catastrophic failures.19
With regard
to gathering information through the Internet, on 15 January 2003 Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld observed that an al Qaeda training manual recovered
in Afghanistan said, "Using public sources openly and without resorting
to illegal means, it is possible to gather at least 80 percent of all
information required about the enemy."20
. The Internet puts distance between
those planning the attack and their targets. Terrorists planning attacks
on the United States can do so abroad with limited risk, especially if
their command and control sites are located in countries other than their
own. Tracing the route of their activity is particularly difficult. The
net provides terrorists a place to plan without the risks normally associated
with cell or satellite phones.
. The Internet
can be used to steal information or manipulate data. Ronald Dick,
Director of the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center, considers
the theft or manipulation of data by terrorist groups as his worst nightmare,
especially if the attacks are integrated with a physical attack such as
on a US power grid.21
Richard Clark, Chairman of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection
Board, said the problem of cybersecurity and data protection had its own
9/11 on 18 September 2001 when the Nimda virus spread through Internet-connected
computers around the world, causing billions of dollars of damage. Nimda's
creator has never been identified. This virus, hardly noticed in the wake
of the airliner attacks and anthrax scares, set off a chain reaction among
software companies (including Microsoft) to get very serious about plugging
In the fall of 2001 a number of unexplained intrusions began occurring
against Silicon Valley computers. An FBI investigation traced the intrusions
to telecommunication switches in Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, and Pakistan.
While none was directly linked to al Qaeda, there remain strong suspicions
that the group was somehow involved.23
. The Internet can be used to send
hidden messages. The practice of steganography, which involves hiding
messages inside graphic files, is a widespread art among criminal and
terrorist elements. Hidden pages or nonsensical phrases can be coded instructions
for al Qaeda operatives and supporters. One recent report noted,
Al Qaeda
uses prearranged phrases and symbols to direct its agents. An icon of
an AK-47 can appear next to a photo of Osama bin Laden facing one
direction one day, and another direction the next. The color of icons
can change as well. Messages can be hidden on pages inside sites with
no links to them, or placed openly in chat rooms.24
Al Qaeda
uses prearranged phrases and symbols to direct its agents. An icon of
an AK-47 can appear next to a photo of Osama bin Laden facing one
direction one day, and another direction the next. The color of icons
can change as well. Messages can be hidden on pages inside sites with
no links to them, or placed openly in chat rooms.24
In addition,
it is possible to buy encryption software for less than $15. Cyberplanners
gain an advantage in hiding their messages via encryption. Sometimes the
messages are not even hidden in a sophisticated manner. Al-Jazeera television
reported that Mohammed Atta's final message (another advantage of the
Internet—the impossibility of checking sources) to direct the attacks
on the Twin Towers was simple and open. The message purportedly said,
"The semester begins in three more weeks. We've obtained 19 confirmations
for studies in the faculty of law, the faculty of urban planning, the
faculty of fine arts, and the faculty of engineering."25 The reference to the
various faculties was apparently the code for the buildings targeted in
the attacks.
. The Internet allows groups with
few resources to offset even some huge propaganda machines in advanced
countries. The web is an attractive device to those looking for a
way to attack major powers via the mass media. The "always on" status
of the web allows these individuals not only to access sites day and night
but also to scold major powers and treat them with disdain in a public
forum. The web can be used to counter facts and logic with the logic of
the terrorist. There is no need for the terrorist organization to worry
about "the truth," because ignoring facts is a standard operating procedure.
Al Qaeda
uses polemics on the net not only to offset Western reporting, but also
to counter Muslims who don't toe the party line. It defends the conduct
of its war against the West and encourages violence. The web is important
to al Qaeda because it can be used to enrage people and neutralize
moderate opinion. The website of the Center for Islamic Studies and Research
(according to one source, a made-up name), for example, has 11 sections,
including reports on fighting in Afghanistan, world media coverage of
the conflict, books on jihad theology, videos of hijackers' testaments,
information about prisoners held in Pakistan and Guantanamo Bay, and jihad
It does
not pay for any major power to lie, as facts can be easily used against
them. Even in the war in Chechnya, there were times when the Chechens
would report a successful ambush of a Russian convoy, and the Russians
would deny the event ever happened. To prove their point, the Chechens
would show video footage of the ambush on the Internet, thus offsetting
the credibility of the Russian official media and undercutting the power
of their massive propaganda machine. Al Qaeda officials are waiting to
do the same to Western media reporting if the opportunity presents itself.
. The Internet
can be used to disrupt business. This tactic requires precise timing and intimate knowledge of the business
climate in the target country. It attempts to harm businesses by accusing
them of guilt by association.
for example, has outlined a strategy to cripple Israeli government, military,
and business sites with the aim of disrupting normal economic and societal
operations. Phase one might be to disable official Israeli government
sites; phase two might focus on crashing financial sites such as those
on the Israeli stock exchange; phase three might involve knocking out
the main Israeli internet servers; and phase four might blitz Israeli
e-commerce sites to ensure the loss of hundreds of transactions.27
A final phase could be to accuse companies that do business with a target
government as guilty by association and call for a boycott of the firm's
products. Arab terrorists attacked Lucent Technologies in a round of Israeli-Arab
cyber skirmishes, for example.28 All of
these plans require insider knowledge in order to carry out the operation
in a timely and accurate manner.
. The Internet
can mobilize a group or diaspora, or other hackers to action. Websites
are not only used to disseminate information and propaganda. They also
are used to create solidarity and brotherhood among groups. In the case
of Islamist
terrorist organizations, the Internet substitutes for the loss of bases
and territory. In this respect the most important sites are alneda.com,
jehad.net, drasat.com, and aloswa.org, which feature quotes from bin Laden
tapes, religious legal rulings that justify the terrorist attacks, and
support for the al Qaeda cause.29
In addition, website operators have established a site that is "a kind
of database or encyclopedia for the dissemination of computer viruses."30 The site is 7hj.7hj.com, and it aims
to teach Internet users how to conduct computer attacks, purportedly in
the service of Islam.31
. The Internet takes advantage of
legal norms. Non-state actors or terrorists using the Internet can
ignore Western notions of law and focus instead on cultural or religious
norms. At a minimum, they ignore legal protocols on the Internet. In addition,
they use the net to break the law (when they hack websites or send out
viruses) while at the same time the law protects them (from unlawful surveillance,
investigations into such behavior are difficult to conclude due to the
slow pace of other nations' investigative mechanisms, and the limited
time that data is stored.32
However, in the aftermath of the events of 9/11 in the United States,
the terrorists' actions actually initiated several changes in the US legal
system that were not to the terrorists' advantage. For example, in the
past, the privacy concerns of Internet users were a paramount consideration
by the US government. After 9/11, new legislation was enacted.
The controversial
USA Patriot Act of 2001 included new field guidance relating to computer
crime and electronic evidence. The Patriot Act is designed to unite and
strengthen the United States by providing the appropriate tools required
to intercept and obstruct terrorism. It establishes a counterterrorism
fund in the Treasury Department, amends federal criminal code that authorizes
enhanced surveillance procedures, provides guidelines for investigating
money-laundering concerns, removes obstacles to investigating terrorism
(granting the FBI authority to investigate fraud and computer-related
activity for specific cases), and strengthens criminal laws against terrorism.33
The "Field
Guidance on New Authorities that Relate to Computer Crime and Electronic
Evidence Enacted in the USA Patriot Act of 2001" provides the authority
to do several things. Authorizations include: intercepting
voice communications
in computer hacking investigations; allowing law enforcement to trace
communications on the Internet and other computer networks within the
pen register and trap and trace statute ("pen/trap" statute); intercepting
communications of computer trespassers; writing nationwide search
warrants for e-mail; and deterring and preventing cyberterrorism. The
latter provision raises the maximum penalty for hackers that damage protected
computers (and eliminates minimums); states that hackers need only show
intent to cause damage, not a particular consequence or degree of damage;
provides for the aggregation of damage caused by a hacker's entire course
of conduct; creates a new offense for damaging computers used for national
security and criminal justice; expands the definition of a "protected
computer" to include computers in foreign countries; counts prior state
convictions of computer crime as prior offenses; and defines computer
"loss." In addition, the guidance develops and supports cyber-security
forensic capabilities.34
. The Internet can be used to divert
attention from a real attack scenario. Al Qaeda can plant threats
on the Internet or via cell phones to mislead law enforcement officials.
Terrorists study how the United States collects and analyzes information,
and thus how we respond to information.
know when their Internet "chatter" or use of telecommunications increases,
US officials issue warnings. Terrorists can thus introduce false information
into a net via routine means, measure the response it garners from the
US intelligence community, and then try to figure out where the leaks
are in their systems or what type of technology the United States is using
to uncover their plans. For example, if terrorists use encrypted messages
over cell phones to discuss a fake operation against, say, the Golden
Gate Bridge, they can then sit back and watch to see if law enforcement
agencies issue warnings regarding that particular landmark. If they do,
then the terrorists know their communications are being listened to by
US officials.35
In conclusion, it should be reiterated
that cyberplanning is as important a concept as cyberterrorism, and perhaps
even more so. Terrorists won't have an easy time shutting down the Internet.
Vulnerabilities are continuously reported and fixed while computers function
without serious interference (at least in the United States). One hopes
that law enforcement and government officials will focus more efforts
on the cyberplanning capabilities of terrorists in order to thwart computer
attacks and other terrorist activities. At a minimum, America can use
such measures to make terrorist activities much harder to coordinate and
control. Paul Eedle, writing in The
Guardian, summed up the value of the Internet to al Qaeda:
Whether bin Ladin
or al Qaeda's Egyptian theorist Ayman al-Zawahiri and their colleagues
are on a mountain in the Hindu Kush or living with their beards shaved
off in a suburb of Karachi no longer matters to the organization. They
can inspire
Whether bin Ladin
or al Qaeda's Egyptian theorist Ayman al-Zawahiri and their colleagues
are on a mountain in the Hindu Kush or living with their beards shaved
off in a suburb of Karachi no longer matters to the organization. They
can inspire
and guide a worldwide
movement without physically meeting their followers— without knowing
who they are.36
and guide a worldwide
movement without physically meeting their followers— without knowing
who they are.36
Such is
the power and the danger of cyberplanning.
1. Patricia
Daukantas, "Government Computer News via Infowar.com," 14 December 2001,
2. Jack
Kelley, "Militants Wire Web with Links to Jihad," USA Today, 10
July 2002, from CNO/IO Newsletter, 8-14 July 2002.
3. Ibid.
4. Yossi
Melman, "Virtual Soldiers in a Holy War," Ha'aretz, http://www.haaretz.com,
17 September 2002.
5. Habib
Trabelsi, "Al-Qaeda Wages Cyber War against US," Middle East Times,
Dubai, 27 June 2002, rpt. in CNO/IO Newsletter, 1-7 July 2002.
6. Patrick
S. Tibbetts, "Terrorist Use of the Internet and Related Information Technologies,"
unpublished paper, School of Advanced Military Studies, Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas, June 2002, p. 20.
7. Paul
Eedle, "Al-Qaeda Takes Fight for 'Hearts and Minds' to the Web," Jane's
Intelligence Review, August 2002, rpt. in CNO/IO Newsletter, 5-11
August 2002.
8. Tibbetts,
pp 7, 9.
9. Eedle,
"Al-Qaeda Takes Fight."
10. Colin
Soloway, Rod Nordland, and Barbie Nadeau, "Hiding (and Seeking) Messages
on the Web," Newsweek, 17 June 2002, p. 8.
11. "Sunni
Extremist Group Hizb al-Tahrir Promotes Ideology on the Internet," FBIS,
http://184.108.40.206, 5 February 2002.
Manin, "Terrorism and Information Communication Technology," La Tribune,
College Interarmees de Defense, April 2002, p. 112.
13. Michael
Elliot, "Reeling Them In," Time, 23 September 2002, p. 33.
14. Paul
Eedle, "Terrorism.com," The Guardian, 17 July 2002, downloaded
from the FBIS website on 17 July 2002.
15. Tibbetts,
p. 37.
16. Ibid.,
p. 34.
17. Mark
Hosenball, "Islamic Cyberterror," Newsweek, 20 May 2002
18. Tom
Squitieri, "Cyberspace Full of Terror Targets," USA Today, 5 June
19. Barton
Gellman, "FBI Fears Al-Qaeda Cyber Attacks," San Francisco Chronicle,
28 June 2002, pp. 1, 10.
20. "Citing
Al Qaeda Manual, Rumsfeld Re-Emphasizes Web Security," InsideDefense.com,
http://www.insidedefense.com/, 15 January 2003.
21. Gellman,
pp. 1, 10.
22. John
Schwartz, "Despite 9/11 Warnings, Cyberspace Still at Risk," The Post
Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.), 11 September 2002, pp. D-10, 11.
23. Maria
T. Welch, "Accumulating Digital Evidence is Difficult," The Post Standard,
11 September 2002, pp. D-9, 11.
24. Ibid.;
also Soloway, Nordland, and Nadeau.
25. Melman.
26. Eedle,
27. Giles
Trendle, "Cyberwars: The Coming Arab E-Jihad," The Middle East,
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28. Tim
McDonald, "Fanatics with Laptops: The Coming Cyber War," NewsFactor.com
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29. Melman.
30. Ibid.
31. Ibid.
32. Manin,
p. 112.
33. See
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34. See
"Field Guidance on New Authorities that Relate to Computer Crime and Electronic
Evidence Enacted in the USA Patriot Act of 2001," http://www.cybercrime.gov/PatriotAct.htm.
35. John
Diamond, "Al-Qaeda Steers Clear of NSA's Ears," USA Today, 17 October
2002, CNO/IO Newsletter, 23-30 October 2002, pp. 17-18.
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FJ says: I felt like I'd been seeing a lot of "but it's hard to be thin, too!" comments recently, not really here but from Jezzies and whatnot. I've taken on thin privilege in comments threads before (pet peeve: yes, okay, I know clothes don't fit you perfectly, but at least most stores have things you can try on), but I wanted to get a thin ally's take on what it means to be a thin ally. So I asked our resident skinny scientist, volcanista, if she would do the honors. She's also cross-posted it on her blog, which you should visit because we all love volcanista.
So, Fillyjonk recently asked me to write a guest post about thin privilege.
What's interesting is that at first, it was really hard for me to know what to say. My first, reflexive thought was that I could just tell my own story! I mean, I'm thin and all. But I quickly shot that down. Talking about my experiences as a thin person, on a FA blog, would be an excellent demonstration of thin privilege, but it wouldn't accomplish much else. Fat acceptance is fundamentally not ABOUT the thin experience. It's really not about me, at all. In fact, that's really what I should be talking about.
But I'm going to take a minute to ward off as much of the anticipated defensiveness as I can right off the bat, even though I hate feeling like I'm placating the WATM-style whining (this time with Thin!). After all, it's not like the FA community needs a lecture on thin privilege (HEY GUESS WHAT FATTIES I GET IT NOW CAN I HAVE A COOKIEDOUGHNUT): this is really for thin people out there who haven't really considered their own privilege.
So, do some thin people get shit for being thin? Of course! People's bodies – especially women's bodies – are treated like public property all the time. And standing out in any way, especially in a physical way, often just seems to invite additional ridicule and mistreatment. Maybe that's why some thin people posit that they are the same, the fat experience and the thin experience. Getting teased and bullied for the shape and even the existence of your body, something you fundamentally can't change, and in many cases (for both the thin and the fat) something you might try to change about yourself in hopeless and self-damaging ways – well, that shit hurts, and it's a deeply personal, formative experience. So I think that for some thin people, there's resentment when they hear a fat person complaining, like the fat person is trying to invalidate or one-up their own painful, skinny past. For others, there can be this pull to try to identify with the painful experiences of a fat person: to think you understand, to find a comrade who was also pushed around by the kids on the playground. I admit that I think, at first, the latter is the perspective I came from more often when I would talk with my fat friends.
Both of those reactions are, I think, understandable. But they're rooted in privilege for one major reason: those experiences were not the same. The similarities I listed above, well, that's probably about where the commonality ends. (There are other similar, small details, like being sized out of some clothes, but I think that covers most of it.) Sure, the thin kid and the fat kid both got teased/beat up/ridiculed/targeted through school, and that's horrible. Both probably still get at least occasional public insults as adults. But there is a fundamental difference in the way society as a whole treats, envisions, pictures those two types of bodies. That teasing didn't happen in the same social context, so it didn't have the same tone or impact. And if you haven't lived in a fat body, you simply can't know what that experience was, or how much worse it was than your own.
Again, don't get me wrong; bodies in public and especially all women's bodies face an impossible catch-22. The line between not-thin-enough and too-thin is impossibly narrow (ha!), and a moving target, besides. That size six is wayyyyy too fat to be a model, ew so gross, but OMG, did you see how disgustingly thin those runway models are??? You either have to diet (to finally become either that really hot thin person, or at least just incrementally less-fat and therefore more acceptable), or you're far too thin. Everybody loses. But there's a fundamental question of degree here. In social discourse there may be pretty frequent complaints about those women who are too skinny, but it simply does not compare to the scale of fat stigma. (And I think a great deal of that discourse comes from resentment, felt entirely fairly by the vast majority of the population that doesn't have one of those idealized bodies and has been practically disappeared from the public eye. Blaming that on thin women is, however, misdirected.) When every image of a woman in every magazine, on every tv show, in every movie and billboard and annoying Facebook ad, is not only thin but impossibly-Photoshopped-thin; when half of the reality shows on TV these days seem to be weight-loss contests; when every women's magazine cover is screaming about diets and weight loss; when the assumed audience for every news article about health issues is universally thin, and doctors are berating and even blatantly neglecting their patients because all they can see is their own fat-hatred – well, there's simply no comparison.
Example: Last week, I finally got around to getting a physical at my new doctor's office. I'm not crazy about her, but she was the only doctor in my area accepting new patients when I moved here, and she's brusque but does the job. It bothered me from the beginning that there are ads for drugs literally papering the office walls, including distorted weight loss statistics on posters advertising weight loss drugs. There is even one of those hanging from the scale (I mean, seriously?? HEY FATTIES DON'T FORGET YOU'RE A FATTY). But as a very thin person, though I hate it, that really doesn't impact me, and I need a doctor. So at this visit, my first physical there, they measured my waist circumference, I shit you not. The nurse took the measurement and then said, "Good girl!" while she wrote it down on the chart, like I had accomplished something by having thin parents (and deserved a doggie treat for it, no less). And then the doctor, when she looked at my chart, said she was concerned that I am underweight. I said, "Yes, and so is my whole family, and I couldn't gain weight if I tried," and she shrugged and said, "Okay!" Based on everything else that goes on in that office, I can pretty much guarantee that if I had been fat (hell, probably even a BMI of 26) I would have been walking out of there 1) with a prescription for WW (there were ads for that, too!), 2) with an admonition to cut out the cough drops, and 3) fighting back tears.
So apparently, if you're "too thin?" (to live? Clearly not!) – oh well! We know there's nothing you can do about it (because for some reason, THAT has entered public awareness, but the futility and harmfulness of weight loss programs have not), and at least you aren't fat (because while my BMI category may have the highest mortality rate, at least the movies say I'm sexy!). And while "Put some meat on your bones!" may make me want to break a window with my bare hands, it doesn't even compare with repeated, hateful catcalls of "Whale!" or "Cow!"
When FJ asked me to write this post, she mentioned that it might mean more for people to see a post about thin privilege written by a thin person. I don't think she meant that for the SP community (hi, choir!), but the certainly for the broader, more fatphobic internet-public that might stumble in from Salon. It makes me angry (at the world, not FJ) that because I'm not one of those fat fat fatties, I can bring some cred to this whole FA thing: look, a skinny girl who cares about fat people!! hey, what was this post about, again? Yeah, I have automatic credibility on the subject of fat prejudice, despite never having experienced it firsthand, while actual fat people are just wrong/deluded/lying. THAT makes sense.
So that fucking sucks. But maybe if enough allies write posts like this one, people will just start listening to what fat people are saying about their own lives in the first place.

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People say they received an average of 10 cold calls on their landline, with the most common calls being about Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) (66 per cent), silent calls (55 per cent) and the Green Deal or energy efficiency measures including boilers and double glazing (52 per cent).
More than 90 per cent of people agreed that nuisance calls are an annoying interruption to their daily life and 4 in 10 (40 per cent) said they felt intimidated by them.
This latest move is part of recent action from Government to tackle the issue. Government has already made it easier for the ICO to: Punish the companies making nuisance calls by removing the legal threshold for taking action; and more effectively share information with the Ofcom in relation to nuisance calls.
Since January 2012, the ICO has issued fines totalling nearly £2m for serious cases of nuisance calls.
In September 2015, Home Energy & Lifestyle Management Ltd (HELM) was fined £200,000 for making over six million nuisance calls as part of a massive automated call marketing campaign.
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Arthritis is a medical condition that literally means "joint inflammation" and it's been affecting millions of women, men, and children all over the world. Arthritis is debilitating, painful, and far reaching that people with this medical condition will have to deal with during their lifetime. Arthritis not only attacks the joints, but also the ligaments, muscles, tendons and bones with stiffness, swelling, and pain. Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis are the most common forms of this medical condition.
Types of Arthritis
Osteoarthritis is a common joint degenerative condition that afflicts 20 million Americans in the US alone. Osteoarthritis affects the cartilage which is the padding between joints that supports the bones. People that have this medical condition will experience Joint Pain, stiffness, swelling and motor loss for that joint. This is because the outer part of the cartilage gets damaged, resulting in losing the support of the bones that makes them rub against each other, and this form of arthritis only affects the joints.
Rheumatoid arthritis is the second most common form of arthritis that has been afflicting over 2 million Americans in the US for many years. Compared to osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis does not only affect the joints, it can also affect a person's eyes, heart, skin, nerves, blood, and more. This type of arthritis is characterized by symmetry, which means that if one joint is affected like for example the knee joint, the other knee joint will be affected as well. This make rheumatoid arthritis convenient, as it is much easier to diagnose and detect. Common symptoms for this type of arthritis are swelling, pain, and stiffness after a certain time of inactivity or after a certain sleep period, as fatigue is also a characteristic of this type of arthritis.
The stiffness, joint pain, and inflammation typically develop over time and sometimes it even disappears, but this type of arthritis usually afflicts each person who has the condition differently. Women are more prone to get this disease compared to men, however, men tend to acquire this condition in a more extreme capacity. It typically manifests itself in middle age, although it is common for young children and older adults to acquire the condition as well.
The onset of rheumatoid arthritis is characterized by chronic pain most of the time and is caused by arthritis. Chronic pain can hinder daily activity, interfere with work, and gradually degrade a person's overall quality of life and well-being. However, proper therapy and medication by a qualified medical professional will surely help to manage and cope with the pain effectively and efficiently that will then aid in improving a person's quality of life.
Treatment Options
Today, with the constant improvement in the medical field, there are now many types of medications out on the market to properly cope with and treat chronic pain that is caused by arthritis. Anti-inflammatory medications for relieving pain and reduction of inflammation are among the most popular and widely used by people who have arthritis. Topical creams are also being used to minimize the pain and swelling. Above all these, talking or consulting with a medical professional is always highly recommended before applying treatment or cure for your arthritis. Certain herbal supplements have also been proven to help alleviate the symptoms of arthritis.
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The top-two primary, also known as the open primary, was approved last year by voters as part of an effort to produce more moderate elected officials in California. In these primaries, the top-two candidates, regardless of party, advance to the genearl election. The theory behind top-two is that, in a partisan district, the top two candidates might be from the same party, so the winner would likely be the more moderate candidate -- the one most appealing to independents and voters of the other party.
The problem in the first few elections under top-two has been that there's no test of the theory. The top two candidates have been one Democrat and one Republican in a handful of special legislative elections this year. The 36th Congressional District primary this Tuesday was supposed to end this trend, with two Democrats -- LA City Councilwoman Janice Hahn and California Secretary of State Debra Bowen-- favored to advance.
But a little known Republican, businessman Craig Huey, may have spoiled the party. He holds a narrow lead over Bowen for second place -- and a spot in the general election -- with provisional ballots to be counted later this week.
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If Huey triumphs, it will be a reminder of a fundamental problem with top-two. There are few districts and elections that will produce the conditions that could produce a moderate winner.


text: so RI got its hands in on the hurricane sandy relief money and proposes an 8 million dollar repair off the cliffwalk. No one doubts the importance of the cliffwalk to newport's economy however the proposed solution seems absurd to me. Maybe some of you can tell me otherwise. Instead of doing all the work on land they propose to cerate 2 jettys out in the lineup (ruining ruggles the break as we know it). There were no other bids considered here for land based work which would be way cheaper. I just walked the cliffwalk last week and the damage is nothing like NJ or NY experienced. Yes we need to pour more conrete and make repairs but 8 million dollars. give me a break. Plus the landowner on the corner of ruggles is in cahoots with the developer (classic RI corruption). He will not let anyone work off his property even for a shirt amount of time so the jetty solution is proposed now. I invite any contractor to walk the cliffwalk with me and tell me it will cost 8 million to do these repairs. It is laughable except is is truly sad to also lose such a beatiful wave as a result. RI kept all this very quiet and apprently this has been pased and is ready to begin operation. defintely moving it this thing goes through. everyone in RI knows eachother and the corrupotion here is all too obvious. I already emailed all the news stations to dig into it on their end. what does everyone think of this?


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Bearable ways to deal with bruins
Generally speaking, the last thing anybody wants is a book waving a "practical" banner. But practical can also be informative and funny, especially when it comes to bears.
Linda Masterson, an award-winning writer and volunteer for the Colorado Division of Wildlife's Bear Aware team, has succeeded in converting what could have been a boring how-to manual into a delightfully good read. As renowned bear expert Tom Beck notes in his foreword, bears are "the most engaging subject matter I know of." Living with Bears is packed with photos, anecdotes, and every imaginable tip useful to people who live or vacation near black bears.
"It's a good idea to have a super-soaker water gun on the kitchen counter in order to saturate a bear in the snout if he dares to come towards the window when dinner is being prepared," she writes. "Or maybe an empty bean can with little pebbles inside which, when brushed aside by a bear attempting to enter a home, will sound exactly like a rattlesnake… bears are deathly afraid of rattlesnakes …"
Masterson takes us on a journey through a bear's universe. We learn how bears think and should not be surprised to find that they'll outsmart us every chance they get. Masterson convinces us of one important fact: Although they're big and intelligent, most black bears are basically fraidy-cats. They scamper off when a child defends his birthday cupcakes or a 90-year-old woman shakes her soup spoon at them.
Bears have adapted remarkably to the overcrowding of the planet, carving out a niche right under our noses. Bears know how to survive; we can only hope to learn a few lessons from them.


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Do we really understand that this portal is occupied by personalities like you and me who can grasp the simplest of scientific views as they are intended to be?When someone asks me "why are there still apes" what I feel is not anymore sympathy, but anger in my mind towards their parents who wanted them to be morons! We are here because we really want to make some change in the positive direction! And we are 7 of us online now! out of the 7 billion we are 7 online! Singular times 7! My wife left me because I do not believe is BS! I am cool with that! I am sure I will be more an asset to this world than any nother holy book preacher!
Why are we not a unanimously technological civilization yet when it is quite true that the theists enjoy most of the advancements that we atheists achieved!
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Your views are shared by hundred of thousands of people ... likely millions ... that are willing to admit it. I would argue (and others as well) that billions actually know the truth and are afraid to come clean.
Sorry to hear about your wife leaving you, but it may be for the better if she is that closed minded. Either way, it must be difficult.
AND YES ... you will be more of an asset than a holy book preacher. Frankly, if you did nothing, you are more of an asset than a holy book preacher. The absence of a negative influence is a positive influence. Best wishes.
Well said Mike. Having no negative tends to be more positive. Thanks for the reply
People have a vested interest in religion. It is big business, monetarily speaking.
yes, I understand that but difficult to contemplate!
We live in tense times, people can't or won't find the time to relax and appreciate our temporary existence.
Sorry about your wife leaving you. My entire family and extended family except for my younger brother are theists. We tolerate each others belief or non belief.
I can tolerate anyone but it becomes difficult approve them when I get punished for what I don't believe! Guess its the fabric of being human.
In the short term, failure of a marriage can be painful; in the long term, no marriage or no relationship is worth having if you have to silence your understanding of how the world works. I find being at family gatherings with people who express their beliefs while denying me my beliefs isn't worth the time and aggravation. People don't like me saying this, but according to World Population Clock, the World Population is 7,045,863,838 as of Oct 15, 2012. There is no reason to limit oneself to a narrow group of people, whether family or friend. After all, we all are part of the same family, whether from Africa, Europe, Asia, or the Americas.
Religion is learned, it is not innate. The need for community is innate. So build your community as you would build your home, on solid foundations and according to healthy and health affirming principles. The purpose of an individual is to flourish; the purpose of a community is to empower flourishing; the purpose of government should be to provide protection so people can flourish without coercion or submission to any one or any religion.
One of my pet peeves is the group who think they are doing good when they go to people who are starving and homeless and give them food, shelter, medicines and clothes. So many times I hear people say, with a bit of superior attitude, how many bowls of soup or how many shelters they built, or how many medicines they delivered. Why are they not pounding down the doors of religious and political leaders and demanding opportunity for all? We take away job opportunity by finding cheaper labor sources or inventing machines to replace humans and then wonder why there are so many jobless people in the world. We tell people to submit to church and government even as those institutions put into place the rules and regulations that maintain and perpetuate poverty and exploit them.
Capitalism cannot work without a poverty class. It has to have a larger group of people who want jobs than there are jobs. That is easy to do by taxation policies and limiting access to education and preventing labor organization. Just look at what is happening now -- Working class people can't afford to pay for education of their children, whether trades, crafts or professions. It is very difficult to organize labor because of all the stigma attached to the poor who organize. First of all, organizers are called "Commies" or "Pinkos", as if that were some dread disease or major crime. McCarthyism did it's work and it still resides in our working poor.
Why are churches and those religious not going to the source of poverty? Why are they not joining together in a supportive environment to join with those who are poor to secure opportunity for flourishing? Where is Paulo Freire when we need him? or Cesar Chavez?
I sympathize with your situation, it is not easy to be at odds with ones family's beliefs.
I have noted that at atheistnexus there seems to be a strong positions along these lines:
"It is so obvious that reality is just as we perceive it, and that science is the most obvious way to move the human race forward. How can the rest of the world believe in something else? The really should open their eyes!"
I, however, believe that each person has the right to believe whatever brings the most meaning to their life. Unfortunately some of those beliefs are self defeating, or downright dangerious to the entire human race. IMHO we need to be patient (and I mean for centuries), natural selection will eventually sort out the most beneficial course for society and beliefs.
In the meantime, I trully believe in coexisting - live and let live.
As far as "theists enjoy most of the advancements that we atheists achieved" - I couldn't disagree more. We stand on the shoulders of giants. And they are millions of shoulders streching back millions of years, some meek, some murderous. ...more on this later :)
We stand on the shoulders of giants... (continued)
We owe our current state of humanity (all 7+ billion of us) to all those people who made advances in technology in a broad sense. The person or people that first used stone tools, those that first used fire, the first who planted seeds, the first who sailed the seas. Ancient people all had one thing in common - religious beliefs. Even more profoundly, we owe our existence to those people (maybe more broadly mammals) who suffered through near extinction events and who had the tenacity and resourcefulness (and maybe some luck) to pull through unimmaginable suffering. I would put these individuals, no matter what their beliefs, at the top of human achievement.
So I don't knock people or their beliefs, for they believe what their ancestors believed. And in many cases, these beliefs and the societies built around these beliefs made significant contributions to humanity. It is also true that there were horrendous attrocities among neighboring societies with different belief systems. But on balance the way forward is to coexist, and live harmoniously.
wow - feels good to have an outlet for these thoughts - Thanks Atheist Nexus!
I appreciate your calm and reasoned response and wholeheartedly agree "We stand on the shoulders of giants". Indeed, I respect your approach to the ways you handle differences of opinions and tolerate those who believe in god, or other disputed issues.
I am not so tolerant. My life experience informs me that if we remain silent in the face of beliefs that bring suffering and dispute, then I imply agreement. To each statement of belief in god I can only respond with a statement of not having enough evidence there is such a power.
Being polite or being tolerant is not the issue. Human beings throughout time have believed in some higher power and make decisions based on those beliefs. However, for those who do not believe, we are expected to accept without question or we are accused of being ... well there are so many things non-believers are called, you can fill in the blank.
As for myself, there is so very much to be grateful for that have absolutely nothing to do with beliefs. Just look around, smell the flowers, taste the harvests, hear birds and wind and conversation, I feel calm and serene inside even as I feel with my heart. All my senses spring to life with the joys of family and friends and neighbors and my garden visitors and the delights of daily living. I have work to do that brings me pleasure, even if I don't like to dust or scrub floors. Great friends, virtual and otherwise, fill my need for community, and I have the great joy of thinking and imagining, hoping, exploring, examining.
For me, life is sweet indeed. May all have their basic needs met and enjoy each day as it comes. That sounds like a prayer, and maybe it is. However, I still hope for peace and joy for all.
"Why are we not a unanimously technological civilization yet?" Personally I think we need to become that, to all be connected, in order to switch from a destructive overpopulated fossil-fuel "growth" economy to a sustainable economy in balance with our planet. Without global justice and universal participation, we'll lose habitability in a few centuries. I'd like to see the sequestered wealth of the 1% in tax havens confiscated for a massive program to bring everyone together, through technology.
I support that proposal! The great wealth of the wealthy was stolen from those who created goods and services and should be returned to care for the planet. No more profiting from exploitation and domination.
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — There's video evidence out there that Rafael Nadal did, indeed, lose a tennis match to Richard Gasquet.
OK, so it was half a lifetime ago, and it was at a tournament in Tarbes, France, for kids 14 and under.
"Last time I beat him, I was 13," Gasquet said. "It was a long time ago."
Reminded of that match, Nadal smiled and said, "I lost 6-4 in the third. Yeah, I remember."
As professionals, it's been a different story: Nadal is 10-0 against Gasquet heading into their US Open semifinal Saturday.
When Gasquet looks up a clip of that long-ago encounter on YouTube, he said, "I can see I'm winning against him, so I don't believe it sometimes."
Based on the way Nadal is playing at the moment, it is hard to believe many players could beat him. A year after skipping the US Open because of a bad left knee, Nadal powered his way back to the semifinals by overwhelming 19th-seeded Tommy Robredo 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday night.
"I'm sure that's the way I have to play to keep having chances to be successful in every surface, but especially on this one," the second-seeded Nadal said after improving to 20-0 on hard courts in 2013. "I was able to do it today. I hope to be able to do it in two days."
He never faced a break point and has not lost a set through five matches. Hasn't even lost a single service game so far, a run of 67 holds.
"Very happy," Nadal said. "I think I played my best match at the US Open."
This latest win lasted 1 hour, 40 minutes, and it really was over after 22 minutes. That's how long it took Nadal to dominate the first set, not only winning every game but also 24 of 29 points, including all seven that lasted 10 strokes or more.
"I played great the first set," Nadal said. "It's my first set so far this year 100 percent."
That's really saying something, considering that he is 58-3 this season with nine titles, including his record eighth championship at the French Open in June.
"He was up very quick," said Robredo, who is 0-7 in Grand Slam quarterfinals, "and then there was nothing else to do. He was too good."
The eighth-seeded Gasquet, who was born 15 days after Nadal in June 1986, took a far more circuitous route to his first major semifinal in six years. After needing five sets to get past No. 10 Milos Raonic in the fourth round, Gasquet again went the distance Wednesday, edging No. 4 David Ferrer 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3 over nearly 3½ hours.
Gasquet might find some hope from knowing he was 1-8 against Ferrer before Wednesday.
Then again, Robredo went from 0-10 against Nadal to 0-11 against him.
"I know he's the favorite of the match," Gasquet said about Nadal. "Nobody will say I'm the favorite."
There's no doubt who was expected to win Thursday's pair of men's quarterfinals: No. 3 Andy Murray plays No. 9 Stanislas Wawrinka in the afternoon, while No. 1 Novak Djokovic faces No. 21 Mikhail Youzhny at night.
Aside from the seedings, Murray is the defending champion in New York and also won Wimbledon this year. Djokovic is a six-time Grand Slam title winner, including at the 2011 US Open, and was the runner-up to Murray 12 months ago. Neither Wawrinka nor Youzhny has ever reached a major final.
The women's semifinals are Friday, with No. 1 Serena Williams vs. No. 5 Li Na, and No. 2 Victoria Azarenka vs. 83rd-ranked Flavia Pennetta. Williams owns 16 major titles, Azarenka two, and Li one. Pennetta will be making her Grand Slam semifinal debut a year after having right wrist surgery.
Nadal's 12 major trophies include the 2010 US Open, and he has reached at least the semifinals the past five times he entered the tournament. Nadal did not come to New York in 2012, part of about a seven-month absence due mainly to a left knee problem.
No sign of that Wednesday.
It took Robredo 39 minutes to finally win a game, the ninth of the match, and some fans stood to applaud, probably hoping for a more competitive evening of tennis. At the changeover moments later, the videoboards in Arthur Ashe Stadium showed Donald Trump in his suite, and the cheers turned to boos.
With loud grunts, Nadal announced his violent, uppercut forehands, and they cut through the 20 mph wind, thick with spin, landing right near lines.
Through two sets, Nadal compiled a 19-2 edge in winners — the final tally was 28-10 — and that forehand of his also forced Robredo into plenty of errors. Actually, every aspect of Nadal's game worked.
One backhand lob was curled so well, Robredo tossed his racket up in the air toward the ball, knowing he had no chance of reaching the perfectly placed shot.
Nadal played at the French Open and Wimbledon with tape below his left knee, but not at the US Open. He looks healthy as can be, covering the court well and tracking down shot after shot by his opponents.
A reporter asked Nadal whether he thinks he could beat Djokovic if they meet in Monday's final.
"If I don't play (a) great match against Richard," Nadal replied, "I will see the final on TV."
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