LONDON - A report published by the British Home Affairs Committee on Monday
called internet a battleground for tackling violent radicalism.

The committee said in the report that besides prisons, universities or places
of worship, internet is also one of the most significant sites for promoting
violent radicalism. It played a part in most, if not all, cases of violent
radicalization.

Although Britain's law enforcement agencies have tried to remove unlawful
things from the internet, the Committee still recommends that internet providers
should be more active in monitoring internet contents.

For that purpose, the government should work with internet providers to
develop a series of practice in removing violent extremism contents, the report
said.

It suggested the government give more support to civil society groups which
oppose on-line extremism.

The committee also highlighted the threat from the far-right, which consists
mostly of solitary, disaffected individuals rather than organized terrorist
units.

"The July 7th bombings in London, carried out by four men from West
Yorkshire, were a powerful demonstration of the devastating and far-reaching
impact of home-grown radicalization," said Keith Vaz, chairman of the
committee.

"We remain concerned by the growing support for non-violent extremism and
more extreme and violent forms of far-right ideology," Vaz added.

Four men from London and Cardiff confessed last week to plotting to bomb the
London Stock Exchange and launching a Mumbai-style atrocity in the streets of
London.

Vaz said the fact that they radicalized through the internet showed "we
cannot let our vigilance slip and more resources need to be directed to these
threats and to preventing radicalization through the internet and in private
spaces," which have been "the fertile breeding grounds for terrorism."

The report named Roots of Violent Radicalization, is the result of a
wide-ranging inquiry that began in May 2011.