Questions about Al-Q and terrorists - Vanity

9/23/04 | 4everontheright

[4everontheRight]

Can someone answer questions that came up recently in a discussion?? First, concerning Al-Q and the beheading of civilians....why does the US not track these groups through their websites? Can't the IP be traced, etc to pin point where these sites originate? I don't understand why these terrorist sites are allowed to show murder and they are not shut down, tracked, etc. I find it hard to believe that we do not have the technology to do this.

Also, if this is the way these terrorists are going to operate, why not require US civilian contractors in Iraq to have a micro-chip inserted under the skin where they can be tracked and would lead the US forces right to these terrorists?? Once they are home, the chip could be removed. I know that the chip must be x-rayed of something like that but isn't a GPS chip available?

I know there are reasons these things aren't done...I mean, I'm no brain trust and I thought of them so there must be some reason it isn't done. Can anyone answer these questions? Just curious.

[wesdale]

Who says they aren't doing that?

[wesdale]

Tracking the websites, I mean.

[Billthedrill]

1. The sites are paid for through legitimate Muslim "charities" and are, in fact, hosted in a number of places in the United States. The contract looks perfectly legitimate - heck, it is legitimate - and the ISP doesn't know what's going to be posted until after it is so. Some of these have been shut down, but it's so easy to reestablish them that it hasn't mattered.

2. There is no such chip with present technology. Smallest package is, reportedly, about the size of a pack of cigarettes. There are GPS transmitters that fit inside a cellphone (I have one) but not implantable - yet. A transponder (two-way) would be even bigger.

[Billthedrill]

Oh - I forgot to point it out, but the posting of pages to the websites is done anonymously from cyber-cafes and the like all over the Middle East. That part is easy - you just did something similar to post this question!

[4everontheRight]

Thanks! I have had a discussion with several people about this same thing and it just surprised us all that the technology isn't there for this. But, I know our guys are doing everything they can!!

[AllTheRage]