Posted on: Thursday, 3 July 2008, 15:00 CDT Text of report in English by Saudi newspaper Saudi Gazette website on 3 July [Unattributed report from Riyadh: "TV Shows 4 Recalling Online Route to Terror"] Four former militant supporters confessed on Saudi state television on Tuesday [1 July] night how they organized the Internet operations of Al-Qa'idah's campaign against the Saudi government. They were identified as Abu Azzam Al-Ansari, Abu Omar, Abu Akram and Umm Osama. Their confessions point to the danger posed to some 8 million Saudis who are Internet users, according to industry statistics. The number of jihadist websites has sharply risen from just 12 in 1998 to at least 5,000 today. Abu Azzam and Umm Osama -both Egyptian -explained how they set up the online magazines Sada Al-Jihad and Al-Khansaa promoting jihadist...
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