Terrorism, jihadist propaganda on the web: precautionary measure for Egyptian

He made jihadist propaganda on the web, a precautionary measure for a 37-year-old Egyptian accused of participating in an association with the aim of international terrorism, namely the Islamic State, and training for terrorism purposes. As part of the so-called “jihad of the pen”, he carried out the “role of virtual fighter on behalf of the Islamic State”. The investigative activity, coordinated by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Rome, originates two years ago from the particular activism on the web by the suspect who, reports the Ros, “did his utmost in consuming and relaunching jihadist propaganda material in favor of a vast virtual community of users. A virtual activity that was particularly alarming since the same was reported, in those months, together with another co-investigator, as a frequenter of the Vatican tourist area “. Thanks to traditional investigations, personal data checks, sector information activities, observation and shadowing services, accompanied by a targeted technical-IT action, the ROS soldiers have reconstructed all the conduct of the suspect and from the investigations it emerged as if it were ” an integral part of Daesh “. The central role played by the 37-year-old in putting into practice the instructions that the Islamic State gives to its militants, aimed at avoiding being identified by the police forces of the West, has emerged, at the same time guaranteeing the maximum diffusion of the violent messages advocated by the organization “. The Islamic State, explains Ros,” with the dissemination of media products of an apologetic nature, highly evocative videos and updates on the ‘successes’ of the insurgency campaigns in territories of conflict, can continue to survive, co-opting under its own ideological banner the greatest number of adherents, who are called to strike in their territories of origin, even in the West. This strategy has the dual purpose of fighting unbelievers (those who do not profess the Muslim religion) and apostates (those who do not profess Salafism-jihadist, therefore including the regimes of the Muslim world, judged corrupt) and to win the global dispute against its rival of greater consistency, namely al-Qaeda “. According to the investigations, the suspect, “participating in a virtual circuit made up of mere sympathizers, actual members and even real Daesh fighters, called ‘Casa Mediatica Roma'” took part in the so-called “‘media aggression campaigns’, conceived by a nucleus of Islamic State leaders, charged with identifying the objectives of the virtual offensives and the means to implement them “. According to the investigators “in this way, the social media pages most exposed to the public were flooded with violent messages and jihadist propaganda, with the aim on the one hand of exalting the supporters of jihad and on the other of attracting the audience of those who for the first time they overlook this erroneous interpretation of Islam “. How the carabinieri del Ros, the suspect reconstruct,” thanks to the access he was granted to Telegram channels managed by the official media organizations of the Islamic State, he has repeatedly shared with other users, documents of real military training, through which he gave instructions on the handling of firearms, on the manufacture of improvised explosive devices and on the operational and tactical procedures for carrying out terrorist attacks “.