A website thought to belong to the Afghan Mission to the United Nations has been hacked twice in the last 24 hours.
Yesterday the site was defaced with a message reminding visitors that there is £5 million bounty for Osama Bin Laden.
A more recent defacement of Taleban.com reproduces an FBI fact file on the United States's prime suspect for the atrocities
The hack comes among rising fears that invective posted on the web against Muslims might find expression in reprisals.
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The ITN cites message board postings on a US military website urging indiscriminate action against domestic Arab communities.
Yesterday, New York mayor Mr Rudolph Giuliani indicated that neighbourhoods with large Arab-American populations would be given police protection.