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Jihadist Use of Technology Paul Easter Harquebus Ltd

Jihadist Use of Technology Paul Easter Harquebus Ltd. Contents. Use of Internet Use of technology in weapons State sponsorship Chemical Biological, Nuclear and Radiological (CBRN) weapons. Why?. The myth of terrorist mastery of technology Bias of media, government agencies and jihadists

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Jihadist Use of Technology Paul Easter Harquebus Ltd

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  1. Jihadist Use of TechnologyPaul EasterHarquebus Ltd

  2. Contents Use of Internet Use of technology in weapons State sponsorship Chemical Biological, Nuclear and Radiological (CBRN) weapons

  3. Why? The myth of terrorist mastery of technology Bias of media, government agencies and jihadists Lack of credulity in literature

  4. Jihadist Useof the Internet Communications Training Planning and execution of attacks Fundraising Propaganda and radicalisation As a cyber weapon

  5. Jihadist Useof the Internet Communications - PASS Training – MARGINAL PASS Planning and execution of attacks - PASS Fundraising - PASS Propaganda and radicalisation – PASS As a cyber weapon - FAIL

  6. Jihadist Useof the Internet All uses follow conventional models

  7. IEDs and Non-ConventionalWeapons Conventional use Adapted use Novel use and new technology

  8. IEDs and Non-ConventionalWeapons (Conventional Use) Most effective as part of complex (combined) attack

  9. IEDs and Non-ConventionalWeapons (Adapted Use) IEDs Command wire PIRs Cordless phone/3G Mixed Technology race continues

  10. IEDs and Non-ConventionalWeapons (Novel Uses) EFPs NMMs

  11. IEDs and Non-ConventionalWeapons IEDs - PASS EFPs – PASS (but) NMMs – FAIL (but)

  12. CBRN Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear

  13. CBRN (Chemical) Experimentation Use of chlorine gas in Iraq Muktabbar Use in Syria

  14. CBRN (Biological) Small Programme in Afghanistan pre-2001 Aspirational Only successful attack in US

  15. CBRN (Radiological) Plots disrupted Aspirational Most plausible

  16. CBRN (Nuclear) Aspiration Evidence of attempts at procurement State programmes take years

  17. CBRN (Summary) Chemical – MARGINAL PASS Biological – FAIL Radiological – FAIL (but) Nuclear – FAIL

  18. State Sponsorship Syria, Iran, Pakistan Degrees of sponsorship – Hezbollah Technology transfer

  19. Summary Conservative in use of technology Evolutionary rather than revolutionary State sponsorship is more important than most literature suggests

  20. Questions?

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