The American media seems to be either unaware or unconcerned that when it carries video of an [improvised bomb attack], it is running terrorist video and thus doing their work for them.

I am convinced that information operations from both sides are increasing and intensifying. I think both sides are beginning to understand that this struggle will be waged in both the kinetic and informational realms, but that the latter is the decisive area of operations. The insurgents target several audiences, including the Islamic world and the American populace.

Interestingly, both the Chinese and Russians have expressed interest in some form of international effort to place curbs on such attacks. The Russians have gone so far as to formally propose via the Secretary General of the United Nations the development of 'an international legal regime' to combat information crime and terrorism.

The very same means that the cyber vandals used a few weeks ago [in the denial-of-service cyber attacks on several major Web sites] could also be used on a much more massive scale at the nation-state level to generate truly damaging interruptions to the national economy and infrastructure.

As with every other age and the technologies that are developed, there are vulnerabilities you have to deal with. What you can do is [to] mitigate, to the best amount possible, the damage that can come from it.

There is a symbolism in the attack. It seems to be an attempt to sow discord when civil society on both sides is showing greater compassion.