Spain’s security chief:Isis wants to spread Ebola

Isis wants to spread Ebola: security chief

Spain’s state secretary for security, Francisco Martínez, has told Congress that jihadists with connections to the extremist force Isis have discussed on internet forums how they could use Ebola as a weapon against the United States and the West in general.

Speaking on Wednesday in the congressional Interior Committee, Martínez pointed to internet conversations of this kind as proof that jihadists treat cyberspace as “an extension of the battlefield”.

The state secretary said that it was necessary to combat the online challenge posed by extremists’ use of the internet, explaining that terrorist groups have identified six objectives in their online activities: “Threatening enemies through propaganda, preparing operations, exchanging information, ideological training, recruiting new members and acquiring finance”.

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Marsha Gill
Marsha Gill
10 years ago

Should we send a thank you card to ovomit for a probable and possible gift from him (ovomit)? ovomit has opened the borders and welcomed all kinds of riff-raff in.

emdfl
emdfl
10 years ago

Well they’re certainly getting support for the idea at the highest levels in our government -- ISIS that is.