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"Watchdogs target Web's dark side - Online vigilantes seek out, shut down pro-terrorism sites
By Ariana Eunjung Cha
The Washington Post
Updated: 12:07 a.m. ET April 25, 2005
CARBONDALE, Ill. - A. Aaron Weisburd slogged up to his attic at 5 a.m. to begin another day combing through tips he had received about possible pro-terrorist activity on the Internet.
It did not take long for one e-mail to catch his attention: Ekhlaas.com was offering instructions on how to steal people's personal information off their computers. It was a new development for an Islamic discussion site accustomed to announcing 'martyrdom operations,' or suicide bombings, against U.S. troops and others in Iraq."

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