Hezbollah then switched to a Lebanese provider. The company also hosts the Web site for the U.N. mission addressing the Taliban regime, Islamic fundamentalists who rule most of Afghanistan. The Taliban was severly sanctioned in January by the United Nations for harboring terrorists. Many terrorists sites seem tpo preach to the converted, but others build surprisingly diverse audiences. Hezbollah claims 40,000 visitors per month to its sites.
Some terrorist groups rely on supporters to raise funds online.
One such fund raiser is Azzam Pub,ications in London. Azzam operates a site dedicated to worldwide 'jihad' and its site steeers funds to the Taliban in Afghanistan and to allied guerrillas fighting the Russiansin Chechnya. Taliban's assets abroad have been frozen by U.N. mandate.