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From bin Laden to Facebook : 10 days of abduction, 10 years of terrorism /

The two most wanted terrorists in Southeast Asia - a Malaysian and a Singaporean - are on the run in the Philippines, but they manage to keep their friends and family updated on Facebook. Filipinos connect with al-Qaeda-linked groups in Somalia and Yemen. The black flag - embedded in al-Qaeda lore -...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ressa, Maria
Autor Corporativo: World Scientific (Firm)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Singapore : Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co., ©2013.
Edición:International ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The two most wanted terrorists in Southeast Asia - a Malaysian and a Singaporean - are on the run in the Philippines, but they manage to keep their friends and family updated on Facebook. Filipinos connect with al-Qaeda-linked groups in Somalia and Yemen. The black flag - embedded in al-Qaeda lore - pops up on websites and Facebook pages from around the world, including the Philippines, Indonesia, the Middle East, Afghanistan, Australia, and North Africa. The black flag is believed to herald an apocalypse that brings Islam's triumph. These are a few of the signs that define terrorism's new battleground: the Internet and social media. In this groundbreaking work of investigative journalism, Maria Ressa traces the spread of terrorism from the training camps of Afghanistan to Southeast Asia and the Philippines. Through research done at the International Center for Political Violence & Terrorism Research in Singapore and sociograms created by the CORE Lab at the Naval Postgraduate School, the book examines the social networks which spread the virulent ideology that powered terrorist attacks in the past 10 years. Many of the stories here have never been told before, including details about the 10 days during which Ressa led the crisis team in the Ces Drilon kidnapping case by the Abu Sayyaf in 2008. The book forms the powerful narrative that glues together the social networks - both physical and virtual - which spread the jihadi virus from bin Laden to Facebook.
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxii, 283 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781908979551
1908979550
9781299556379
129955637X