According to available information, there has been no abuse of the Internet for traditional terrorist purposes or cyber terrorism in BiH so far. According to available information, there are several web sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina which, according to their content, incite or call for intolerance, even hatred. These are mainly web sites hosted outside Bosnia and Herzegovina, in other European countries (Austria, Germany, Norway, etc). It is believed that free Internet distribution of such contents, which openly call to violence and retaliation, considerably motivates consumers of such sites to display intolerance and hatred and to spread negative atmosphere and create an overall negative security and safety situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Additionally, individuals use such web sites to state their verbal support to some global terrorist organizations and movements by broadcasting videos produced by the media outlet supported by Al Qaida. Some videos openly call to violence and retaliation against the coalition troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. In some cases, the Internet was used to incite national intolerance, conflict, to frighten other ethnic and religious groups. 4.2. Assessment of potential terrorist-related threats in BiH The security situation in BiH is still heavily burdened by various problems, which is manifested, inter alia, through nationalism- or religion-driven acts of intolerance, provocations and even violence. A great number of individuals participate in such activities, though at various degrees and with different roles. The total of available information makes us believe that nationalism- and religion-driven acts of violence in various forms will remain a problem that will block BiH’s progress in the future, although the system is trying to eliminate or alleviate it. The security situation in BiH will be crucially affected by the development and outcome of the world economic crisis. With the current negative trend, and especially if the impact of the global economic crisis deepens, it is expected not only that all forms of illegal activities in BiH will persist but that they will be intensified, which will create new negative aspects and further complicate security circumstances. Since the 2009 assessments do not predict changes in the current financial and economic trends, the potential negative impact seems even more likely. If the economic crisis persists and becomes more complicated, all aspects of violent may increase in scope and content. If the economic/social dissatisfaction grows, this may result in various politically motivated negative displays of intolerance towards representatives of other social and political groups, as well as other ethnic and religious groups. In that context, we must not dismiss the possibility of massive rallies with some elements of violent behavior, but also individual illegal violent acts, used by individuals and groups to express their negative views and even the intent to make the economic situation ever worse by jeopardizing lives and property of citizens. We cannot entirely dismiss a situation where announced protest rallies, with different motives and causes, could be used by some individuals or groups of security significance, or other disgruntled persons, who might, wittingly or with no regard for consequences of their actions, independently or encouraged by someone, create some type of threat or apply different forms of violence against current authorities in BiH and the entities, but also the facilities they work or stay in or the assets they use. 20