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Al-Qaida's online forums go dark
UPI ^
| Published: April 2, 2012 at 2:37 PM
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Posted on 04/02/2012 4:31:33 PM PDT by Cindy
SNIPPET: "WASHINGTON, April 2 (UPI) -- A blackout of al-Qaida's main Web sites is in its 11th day, and officials think the forums may have been brought down in a cyberattack.
While no one has claimed credit for disabling the sites..."
SNIPPET: "The loss of information typically confuses and frustrates the readers of the Web sites.
"It leaves the rank-and-file to guess which messages and which messengers are genuine al-Qaida, and provides undercover operators with new opportunities to disrupt the movement," said A. Aaron Weisburd, senior fellow at the Homeland Security Policy Institute."
(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...
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Thanks Cindy. "Clearly this is an act of war." -- Ron Paul
[just barely satire]
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04/28/2012 7:31:32 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: null and void
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04/28/2012 7:39:41 AM PDT
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Ditter
To: Ditter
Not yet. There is no ‘r’ in May...
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posted on
04/28/2012 9:03:03 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1194 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...])
To: null and void
Clam before the storm?
Hugh and series!
Cheers!
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04/28/2012 1:45:17 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: grey_whiskers
Wednesday is the anniversary of the official date of OBL’s death/assassination/murder (depending on who is defining the term)...
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04/28/2012 1:54:34 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1194 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...])
To: All
SNIPPET - quote:
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=5966¶m=GJN
GLOBAL JIHAD NEWS
Members of Shumoukh Forum Discuss Laying Siege To U.S. Embassy in Cairo
In a recent thread, two members of a jihadi forum discussed the idea of holding mass demonstrations outside the U.S. embassy in Cairo and disrupting its activity as a means of putting pressure on Egypt’s interim government, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF).
Posted at: April 30, 2012
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05/01/2012 2:15:16 AM PDT
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Cindy
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05/04/2012 2:20:59 AM PDT
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Cindy
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06/18/2012 11:46:19 PM PDT
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Cindy
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