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Reuters News Wire (reuters@telecom-digest.org) Mon, 22 May 2006 10:47:42 -0500
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Southeast Asian extremist groups have turned to the Internet to recruit people and raise funds but they have not yet been able to mount cyber attacks, a security expert said on Monday.
Rohan Gunaratna, head of the political violence and terrorism center
"It will take a very long time for Southeast Asian groups to develop
He was in Malaysia to address Southeast Asian security officials on
A Malaysian counter-terrorism official told the meeting that the
"The threat is real. It's not the question of how or what, but it is
"We need a better coordination ... to be better prepared to face any
Malaysia announced recently that it would set up a center that
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said companies such as Symantec
Gunaratna, who has written books on al Qaeda and JI, played down the
"There are no groups in Southeast Asia that are capable of attacking
"But there are a number of terrorist groups that are using the
They include JI, al Qaeda's franchise in Southeast Asia, he said.
Noordin Mohammad Top, a Malaysian suspected of masterminding bombings
Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited.
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