Islamic Extremists

Advancements in new technology have helped birth a globalization effect around the world, by providing lightning fast communications at a low cost. The United States now faces new threats created by these technologies, such as the Internet. Moreover, Islamic extremists have had significant success in tormenting the world and generating devastating assaults producing mass casualties. These mass casualty attacks are a physical form of violence which manifest in ways, such as shootings, bombings, stabbings, or utilizing vehicles to cause destruction. While deadly attacks are occurring throughout the world, a vastly different threat arises from the Internet which has helped bring the world together. Islamic extremists use the cyber world to assist in recruiting radical individuals across the world into their operations. Further, the ability to share information or post videos allows for long distance training opportunities for those who wish to cooperate with terrorists. Interestingly, Islamic extremists who covet 12th to 14th-century philosophy uses 21st-century technology to aid in spreading their mission …show more content…
The nation has decided to stand by and covertly monitor these terrorist groups rather than deploy a more forceful approach. The strategy encompasses ease dropping on terrorist communications to gain valuable information on future operations. Proponents of this method argue that if the United States shut down websites belonging to Islamic extremists, that more would pop-up in a matter of days. However, some researchers argue that by covert monitoring, the United States is allowing communications between terrorists to continue and therefore operations to continue. One suggestion would be to shut down the cyber world to terrorist and force them to find a slower and more complicated means to communicate (Arquilla