-- Steven Emerson, author of American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us and Director of the Investigative Project
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Posted on 02/18/2005 7:01:40 AM PST by Happy2BMe
Terror Web Site Issues Death Threat
Talon News
February 18, 2005
(Talon News) -- Long time Albuquerque resident and Talon News contributor Jeremy Reynalds is best known for his work with Joy Junction, the shelter for homeless families he founded in 1986 and continues to direct. However, there's another side of Reynalds that is not quite as well known -- as a terrorist hunter.
For most the last three years, Reynalds has investigating a number of Islamic terrorist web sites, many of which are hosted by American Internet Service Providers.
According to Reynalds a few weeks ago a "hot" jihadi Internet terror site was Mawsuat, located at www.mawsuat.com. Just hours prior to the Iraqi elections, this site was taken off-line by its American Internet service provider after being alerted of the web site's contents by Jeremy Reynalds.
From friends at Internet Haganah, Reynalds has learned that his part in the site's demise has made some jihadis very upset.
Recent threats posted on the Houston-based radical Islamic site Ansarnet (web site) have been translated by Internet Haganah's owner Aaron Weisburd.
Weisburd commented on these posting, saying, "The person who ran the now-defunct mawsuat.com site starts by blaming Reynalds for the site's demise ... and asks if anyone else has more information about him."
Weisburd continued, "In the discussion that follows, the Islamists first ... ask ... that [Reynalds] might be 'visited,' then [they post] a picture of him and a wish that his ribs be broken, and finally they offer their prayers to Allah that He should deliver to them Reynalds' 'fatty neck' -- a clear reference to the current fad of decapitating anyone deemed to be a critic of the more lethal forms of Islam."
Note -- In the hours leading up to the filing of this story, the post and the entire web site were suspended and then restored.
American ISPs Host Terror Site with Bulletin Board Threats Against Reynalds
Reynalds said he was fascinated to see that the bulletin board Ansarnet basically disclaims responsibility for what appears on its site.
He said an Ansarnet (web site) disclaimer reads in part, "Bulletin boards are public access platforms on which any member of the public can post comments, news, or links to other sites. This member of the public could well be a dictatorial government's agent trying to cause discord. It is ANSARNET.WS's policy, not to allow any posting which contains incitement to violence or could be interpreted as an original statement or publication of terrorist groups. These postings could stay for while before being noticed and removed by the web-master."
Ansarnet.ws was hosted by the Houston based Everyone's Internet. Ev1.net attracted more than a little attention last year by its relationship with www.hostinganime.com, a small and free Internet service provider which used computer space owned by ev1.net and hosted as many as 20 terror sites. EV1, Reynalds told Talon News, repeatedly refused to respond to inquiries from him and others about why it continued to allow Hosting Anime the use of its computer space. Interestingly, he said, Hosting Anime was sold a few months ago and the new owners appear to be much more discriminating in their policies.
Following extensive media coverage regarding the death threat (web site) against Reynalds, which remains online, www.ansarnet.ws has now changed its Internet Service Provider.
After being suspended by Ev1, it moved to the Chicago-based www.hostforweb.com.
Reynalds said he sent an e-mail to the company asking why they were hosting a well-known "terror-friendly" site. It was answered, he said, by a "Max J" who identified himself as a company vice president.
According to Reynalds, "Max J" said in a reply, "The website will be removed once we get a request from FBI or Court."
Mawsuat -- A Jihadi "Snuff" Store
In addition to providing links to files of al Qaeda publications, Reynalds told Talon News that www.mawsuat.com also had about 40 Jihadi "snuff" videos depicted killings reportedly committed by supporters of Iraq's most wanted man, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi available for download.
These were mostly short three to five minute videos of masked insurgents reading some sort of proclamation to a prisoner; followed either by the individual's head being cut off or the prisoner being shot in the head execution style.
Despite the al-Zarqawi and al Qaeda materials available on the site, a disclaimer read, "We would like to inform all the media outlets, all the governments and agencies that Mawsuat.com is not affiliated with any group or organization. The sole purpose of this project is to inform."
The address provided for contact on the site was mawsuat@hotmail.com. Reynalds said he sent an e-mail to that address asking what the individual hoped to achieve by his site.
"To tell the other side's story without bias at the contrary of the most major networks in your land," the individual replied. "[For] example, if you check some of the videos of some operations in Iraq, you'll find that the number of casualties of the American forces is far greater than what your Pentagon and your Fox News report."
Reynalds said that the individual continued by writing, "First of all, the cyber space doesn't belong to anybody the last time I checked. What I put in my website is my business. To be honest with you, I find it kinda amazing that you will be offended by my website and its content, yet the thousands of porn sites that show women of all ages displaying themselves all over the internet seem to be fine by you "people" -- assuming you are an American.
Mawsuat.com was hosted by an American Internet service provider -- Go Daddy (www.godaddy.com). When alerted by Reynalds of the site's content, the company initially removed it for a short time. However, it was back on line by the next morning -- pending, company officials said, a more thorough investigation.
A couple of days later the site was again down. Visitors are now greeted with the words, "This site is currently unavailable. If you are the owner of this site, please contact us at 1-480-505-8855 at your earliest convenience."
A Go Daddy representative told Reynalds that after the company finished an internal investigation of the site contents, it appeared the site was violating the terms of service and so it was taken down.
And Now?
Reynalds said while he takes any threat seriously, "I refuse to be intimidated by terrorist thugs using the Internet as a platform to broadcast their message of death and destruction. Working in conjunction with fine groups like Internet Haganah I intend to continue shining a light into the darkness of cyber terrorism."
TROP stands for "The Religion Of Peace".
Oh. The irony.
Excellent quote from Scripture!
I agree with Ann Coulter - convert them to Christianity!
My fear is that the country will awaken from its complacency when its too late; when the darkness has already spread to our very doors. That's why we have to be modern day Paul Reveres, all of us who know that this evil is, and sound the alarm--every day!
And be prepared--the evil from the East is already on our shores.
Ciao! Thought you should see this!
All we can do is keep sounding the alarm and trust in God.
The big difference TC is they will have the Freedom to choose Christianity or not, without fear for their life.
Christianity is all about Freedom, whereas what they have now is submit or die.
What kind of choice is that?
I choose the God of Truth and Holiness over the god of Lies and Deception!
Let me jump in for a minute AFE; America's Most Wanted sent an email promising to profile the murders on Feb 19th, Saturday at 9:00 p.m. We should all watch to see HOW the story is handled--and be ready for a massive email and phone campaign if the "robbery" crap is trotted out.
The women, especially, should be receptive to the message of a loving God and more rewards in heaven that 72 virgins.
I'll be there!
Thank you for being on the front line with this.
I agree TC. I think many will be open to the Truth when it is presented to them. We can all pray that those opportunities arise soon.
Ciao John,
Thank you for the ping. One of the signs of intelligence is recognizing patterns.
Look around the world and you will see nothing but trouble with this religion.
Ambulances are unable to enter the Muslim neighborhoods of Malmo Sweden without police escort. Peaceful Thailand is day by day seeing a rise in Islamic terrorism. The Philippines idem. The news from India rarely makes it to the western news bureaus, but it's a nightmare... and the Indian government is even generous enough to subsidize their Muslims' Hajj trips to Mecca. The French banlieus are no-mans-lands. All terrorists caught are linked to the Mosques and charity (sic) centers.
There are no squeaky clean pulpits, but like the people of the crazy left, Muslims make hypocrisy (the easiest of all sins) the greatest. Yes there are porn sites, but besides the fact pornography is nothing compared to snuff films, they are not being produced by churches and synagogues.
Immigration is a big enough problem without having to worry about color coded terror alerts. The civilized world doesn't deserve to have nail clips confiscated from the purses of little old ladies in order to fly its airplanes.
Islam is terrible at everything but expanding. Islam is the offer of a Sheik's money to New York's Giuliani right after 9/11 with the implicit tag that those poor 3000 people had it coming to them.
Any decent religion would rise en masse against suicide bombing.
None would generate such a plethora of groups as:
Jihad, Hamas, Hizbullah, Horkut-ul-Jihad, Horkut-ul-mujahedin, Jaise Muhamad, Jihad-e-Muhammad, Tahrik-e-Nifaj-shariaat-e-Muhammad, Al-Hikhma, Al-badr-Mujaheddin, Jamah-e-Islamia, Hijb-e-Islamia.
(and this list is old).
Though I can't blame you, please don't grow weary of saving Europe from herself. In truth even America is in danger, and Canada even more so. Not just of major terror attacks, but of increasing tensions and erosions.
The present spat between America and Old Europe is nothing. If it were a separate country, your California would be old Europe, surrendering and accomodating, unable and unwilling to take the challenge. So it's not a problem solved by stopping to drink French or California wines.
Today in the news it's someone, an American being threatened to death by Islamic clerics for being virtuous. The other day it was the Dutch Film "Submission" not being shown at Holland's film festival... before than, Rushdie's book unable to find a publisher in Austria... lingerie posters removed from Britain... Cair demanding of Fox that the TV series telling the story of Islamic terrorists be preambled by a speech (while their Saudi financiers call Jews and Christians pigs and monkeys.
Good night!
Excellent post. How sad for Michigan, where I grew up.
Keep coming back to FR, Hudobna. As long as their are people like in Europe, I won't give up on the continent. You have a pleasant night, too.
The new and updated map has arrived!!!!
I'm on a danged dailup.. good thing I have the CD! ;-)
Yeah, that's the reason I put in the warning about cable or DSL!
Maybe someday someone can teach me how to compress those darn things!
I don't reckon sandwiching between cinderblocks would work.
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