A computer nerd from Shepherd's Bush became al Qaeda top cyber terrorist

[Flashermac]

Younes Tsouli, 23, an IT student at a London college, used his top-floor flat in W12 to help Islamist extremists wage a propaganda war against the West.

 

Under the name Irhabi 007 â?? combining the James Bond reference with the Arabic for terrorist â?? he worked with al Qaeda leaders in Iraq and came up with a way to convert often gruesome videos into a form that could be put onto the Web.

 

Videos he posted included messages from Osama bin Laden and images of the kidnapping and murder of hostages in Iraq such as American Nick Berg.

 

His capture led to the arrest of Islamic terrorists around the world, including 17 men in Canada and two in the US.

 

Associates linked to Tsouli in the UK have also now been detained. His 10-year jail sentence was increased to 16 years last month.

 

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Detectives found literature urging Muslims to take up the fight against other religions. It was the first time anyone in Britain had been prosecuted for inciting terrorist murder purely based on the internet, the court heard.

 

 

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