Posted on 08/01/2011 1:10:28 PM PDT by Cindy
http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/007413.html
"Whither the jihadi forums?"
SNIPPET: "There are currently only three jihadi forums that are sufficiently active and well-connected to be of any interest whatsoever. Why we claim to be on the verge of defeating al-Qaida while simultaneously watching passively as they use these forums to regroup and regenerate is beyond me.
These are the forums three:
• al-Fidaa, a forum created by al-Qaida core. That it is directly linked to al-Qaida by definition moves it to the top of the list. Current membership: 2,462, all of whom can be considered "active" if only because they just joined the forum.
• al-Shmukh, a forum with a long history that includes connections al-Qaida core. Current membership: 14,327.
• Ansar al-Mujahideen Arabic Forum, which was stood up with the assistance of at least one individual with bona fide connections to al-Qaida core. Current membership: about 10,000.
Some conclusions and some speculation:
1. There are far fewer jihadi activists on the Arabic forums than there used to be. With each round of shutdowns a portion of the membership never comes back (they had probably already become inactive).
2. A portion of the jihadi community globally bypasses the forums entirely, and instead relies on Facebook and Youtube. This seems particularly true of Western jihadis, the HVEs.
(Excerpt) Read more at internet-haganah.com ...
http://www.makingsenseofjihad.com/2011/08/from-londonistan-the-perfect-video.html
“From Londonistan: the perfect video”
SNIPPET: “The following video was available on Archive.org for years (but not now). It is perhaps the perfect “jihad” video. It features four primary players of the Global jihad movement sitting/standing on a dais together — filmed in an effort to raise money for the Chechen jihad. It’s 48-minutes long, in Arabic and English; it features “stars” of the movement, and includes a bit of recent history. It is a perfect example of how jihad media was used in fundraising and recruitment before 9/11, and it provides some much-needed historical continuity in the current study of the origins of the jihad media phenomenon.”
SNIPPET: “The video epitomizes 90s-era Londonistan: a cultural, theological, and entrepreneurial milieu that was the heart of the global jihad movement. Some analysts say the jihad went global after 9/11. Still other believe it happened after Bin Laden’s 1998 fatwa. I believe that the “Jihad” went global once it established itself in London in the early 1990s. A group of Salafist-jihadi exiles thrived under UK’s lax policies toward “dissidents,” exploting both the government’s disinterest and commonplace Western freedoms - religion, speech, etc. In this global stew, Londonistan became a safehaven with limitless freedom and cash. It became a proving ground for a global mindset.”
SNIPPET: “There you go. A little bit of recent history, with some provocative statements by Londonistan’s professional provocateurs. Much has changed in London since the 1990s, but that history hasn’t been written yet, and we’d be short-sighted if we thought we knew everything that needed to be known.”
Note: Posted here for archival purposes.
September 8, 2011
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@IntelTweet
Evan Kohlmann
Users have suggested attacks on national parks, skyscrapers, state governors offices, the Federal Reserve, airports, dams, and power plants.
3 hours ago via web
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@IntelTweet
Evan Kohlmann
Online jihadi forum users are discussing the “best” kind of terrorist attacks on the U.S. that would result in long-term strategic damage.
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@IntelTweet
Evan Kohlmann
Nasser claims that he was once held prisoner by U.S. military forces and also was in contact with Stockholm suicide bomber Taimur al-Abdaly.
6 hours ago via web
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@IntelTweet
Evan Kohlmann
Notorious online extremist “Abu Suleiman al-Nasser” has posted a new message encouraging attacks on “suspension bridges in New York.”
6 hours ago via web
Boy these towelheads are real geniuses.
Who would have thought of those as targets?
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/feds-threat-al-qaeda-terror-attack-911/story?id=14477592
“Feds: Threat of Al Qaeda Terror Attack on 9/11”
By BRIAN ROSS (@brianross) , RHONDA SCHWARTZ and RICHARD ESPOSITO
Sept. 8, 2011
SNIPPET: “At least three individuals — one believed to be a U.S. citizen — entered the U.S. in August by air with the intent to launch a vehicle-borne attack against Washington D.C. or New York around the anniversary of 9-11, according to intelligence officials. As news of the information became public authorities began weighing whether to raise the national threat level.
The suspected terrorists are believed to have embarked on their journey to the U.S. from Afghanistan, according to one senior official taking a route that took them through at least one other country, possibly Iran.
One official added that at least two rental trucks — one from Penske and one from Budget — were being sought nationwide. The Budget GMC truck and the Penske GMC both were missing from locations in Kansas City, Missouri. It was not immediately known if that search was connected to the plot.”
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“Truck Thefts Raise Awareness of Terror Threat”
Monica Evans, edited by Jason Vaughn
6:22 p.m. CDT, September 8, 2011
SNIPPET: “KANSAS CITY, Mo.— Kansas City, Missouri, Police went on alert after nine box-trucks were stolen from two different rental companies over the past week, and they say that this weekend’s 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks is giving them reason to be concerned.”
SNIPPET: “Police say they discovered that the stolen trucks were not intended for terrorist acts, but detectives say the thieves certainly had something illegal in mind.”
SNIPPET: “Two people have been arrested in connection to the thefts, and police say that more victims may be involved.
While police say the metro isn’t under a credible terroist threat, Michael Corwin, the commander of Homeland Security for the KCPD says he would like everyone to be on the look out for suspicious activity.
“If there is a backpack sitting some place where it normally wouldn’t be sitting, a box truck sitting some place, a van, whatever it may be, it’s about suspicious behavior,” said Corwin.”
http://forum.internet-haganah.com/showthread.php?123-Islamic-Hacker-Union-reopened
“Islamic Hack Union Reopened”
(September 7, 2011)
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SNIPPET - Quote:
http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/007391.html
29 June 2011
Harry M., AKA Isa al-Khattab: cyber shaheed
Brother Harry M., who operated online as the Islamic Hacker Union, has been arrested in Neumünster, Germany.
His site islamic-hacker-union.org:
ADDING to post no. 44:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/city_on_alert_over_terror_threat_65MOOuyj3oMEUDioYtJUWI
“NYC on alert after ‘specific, credible’ threat of 9/11 car-bomb attack”
By LARRY CELONA
Last Updated: 6:29 AM, September 9, 2011
Posted: 2:16 AM, September 9, 2011
SNIPPET: “A “specific” and “credible” terror threat against New York and Washington, DC, was revealed last night — involving three men who entered the country last month from Pakistan and were instructed by al Qaeda to detonate a car bomb on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, law-enforcement sources told The Post. The information, which came from chatter picked up overseas by the CIA, said the attack would occur on the 10th, 11th or 12th, the sources said.”
SNIPPET: “NYPD officials have also been briefed in recent days about three men who were arrested in Ottawa with 2,000 pounds of stolen explosives, as well as two men captured in Berlin.
Cops are checking whether those arrests are connected to the possible anniversary attack, sources said.”
ADDING to post no. 44:
“Authorities hunting for three Al Qaeda thugs who may be planning strike on 9/11 anniversary: sources”
BY ROCCO PARASCANDOLA, ALISON GENDAR AND MIKE JACCARINO
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Originally Published:Thursday, September 8th 2011, 8:09 PM
Updated: Friday, September 9th 2011, 3:42 AM
SNIPPET: “Officials are focused on three “seasoned” Al Qaeda operatives who most likely were personally dispatched by the organization’s new chief, sources told the Daily News.”
SNIPPET: “Because the three would-be terrorists have common names, cops have been unable to pinpoint their exact location, sources said.
The operatives are allegedly targeting transit hubs with car bombs - and not a chemical attack or so-called nuclear-laced “dirty bomb.”
Intel also suggests the Al Qaeda operatives were planning the strike for Sunday, the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.”
WRAL.com: Washington, D.C. - "TRIANGLE MAN TIED TO UNCONFIRMED 9/11 BOMB THREAT" (SNIPPET: "A man accused of being part of a terrorist cell in the Triangle has been linked to what U.S. counter-terrorism officials have called a credible but unconfirmed al-Qaida threat to set off a car bomb on bridges or tunnels in New York City or Washington. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Jude Kenan Mohammad is among three al-Qaida leaders that investigators believe pose a particular threat because they have lived in the U.S.") (Updated September 9, 2011)
Taking time out on September 10, 2011 to look at 2 media articles.
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“Intelligence Community Questioning Credibility of Terror Threat”
Published September 10, 2011
| FoxNews.com
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http://cnn.com/2011/US/09/09/terrorism.threat/index.html
“Authorities piece together clues from flight logs over 9/11 threat”
From Susan Candiotti and Barbara Starr, CNN
September 10, 2011 11:20 a.m. EDT
SNIPPET: “New York (CNN) — Two of the three suspects believed to be involved in a potential 9/11 anniversary plot against New York or Washington are of Arab descent and traveled to the United States last week, according to a U.S. government official.
Authorities are operating under the assumption that two of the suspects have arrived on U.S. soil, and have been piecing together clues gleaned from flight logs and manifests, among other sources, said the official, who declined to be named.
A third plotter is believed to be have traveling in Europe, though it is not clear whether that person has arrived in the United States, the official said.
American spy networks had intercepted communications of an attack from an al Qaeda operative in Pakistan, derived from a source who has provided accurate information in the past, official say.”
Adding to post no. 50 and looking at 2 more media articles.
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http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/sending_out_the_vise_squad_get0cUZ8kHZrqXBuXtBiDM
“Cops flood NYC streets and transit hubs amid bomb threat”
By JENNIFER BAIN
Last Updated: 9:27 AM, September 10, 2011
Posted: 12:16 AM, September 10, 2011
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“Terrorists plotting attack on 9/11 anniversary in NY could be disguised as construction workers”
BY ALISON GENDAR, BOB KAPPSTATTER AND JANON FISHER
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Originally Published:Friday, September 9th 2011, 10:08 PM
Updated: Saturday, September 10th 2011, 3:08 PM
SNIPPET: “Cops are searching for three stolen vehicles - two belonging to Tully Construction in Queens, which is doing roadwork on West St. near 1 World Trade Center, a police spokesman said.
On Sept. 1, a dark green Chevy van with a two-inch horizontal stripe and a yellow turret light was boosted from a construction site at the Westbound onramp of the Long Island Expressway at the Utopia Parkway. Police said the driver left the vehicle temporarily to talk to coworkers when it was stolen.
The next night at 9:30 p.m., three men broke into a construction locker at the Tully storage facility on Ditmars Blvd. and 94th St. near Utopia Parkway and loaded roughly $70,000 in tools and construction equipment into the stolen van and another vehicle, NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said.
He cautioned that there are no concrete ties to the reported anniversary attack plot.
“This may very well be industrial savy thieves looking to steal expensive construction equipment, but it’s receiving greater scrutiny because of the threat environment,” Browne said.
A third van, a white Econoline stolen from Liberty Storage in Jersey City on August 20, is also being investigated for possible ties to the attack threat. Thieves disabled the burglar alarm, cut the phone lines and took surveillance tapes along with the vehicle.
“They made a considerable effort not to be detected,” Browne said, adding that it could be a simple vehicle theft.”
Adding to post no. 50 for a final look at the media on September 10, 2011.
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http://www.wtop.com/?nid=109&sid=2536470
“DC Police: Suspicious activity tips up 60 percent”
Saturday - 9/10/2011, 12:01pm ET
By JESSICA GRESKO
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) -
SNIPPET: “One U.S. official says al-Qaida dispatched three men, at least two of whom could be U.S. citizens, to detonate a car bomb or, failing that, cause as much destruction as possible.
But U.S. intelligence officials say they have no evidence there is anyone inside the United States tied to the plot.
James McJunkin, the assistant director in charge of the FBI’s field office in Washington, said Saturday his office was actively following the threat and investigating leads they get.
“We vet these threats routinely,” he said.
He would not talk about reports that the threat involved two Americans or people traveling with American documents, but said that American involvement can change an investigation.”
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http://forum.internet-haganah.com/showthread.php?138
“Active threads, 02 September to 11 September, 2011”
(Posted September 11, 2011)
http://forum.internet-haganah.com/showthread.php?15-Youtube-account-reconquista177
“Youtube account reconquista177”
(August 10, 2011
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“Love letter from the self-proclaimed operator of reconquista177”
(September 11, 2001)
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@IntelTweet
Evan Kohlmann
Users on the top-tier “Al-Fidaa” jihadi chat forum are discussing how to prevent hostile hackers from launching “SQL-injection” attacks.
5 hours ago via web
http://twitter.com/#!/ISAFmedia
twitter.com/#!/ABalkhi
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Afghanistan
“Kabul attack: Isaf and Taliban press officers attack each other on Twitter”
SNIPPET: “A 20-hour standoff between Taliban suicide attackers and Afghan and Nato troops sparked another conflict between their spokesmen who attacked each other on Twitter.”
By Ben Farmer, Kabul
6:28PM BST 14 Sep 2011
http://forum.internet-haganah.com/showthread.php?150
“Salafiya|Jihadiya cell busted in northern Israel”
(September 15, 2011)
twitter.com/#!/abusuleiman2011
September 16, 2011
twitter.com/#!/abusuleiman2011/status/114779374783434753
@abusuleiman2011
abu suleiman
@haloefekti @eevertti get informations from what Islamic state of Iraq say not from Iraqi government cause abu suleiman is alive
4 hours ago via web
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