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For almost two years, intelligence services around the world tried to uncover the identity of an Internet hacker who had become a key conduit for al-Qaeda. The savvy, English-speaking, presumably young webmaster taunted his pursuers, calling himself Irhabi -- Terrorist -- 007. He hacked into American university computers, propagandized for the Iraq insurgents led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and taught other online jihadists how to wield their computers for the cause.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=66042
FROM JOSEPH FARAH’S G2 BULLETIN
“U.S. threatened by al-Qaida propaganda
War on terror can’t be won on battlefield alone”
Posted: June 03, 2008
11:07 pm Eastern
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Still, al-Qaida has been able to “inspire” its followers to carry out attacks in the Western World. London has reeled from jihadist-inspired attacks in two separate summers, and other attacks have been thwarted before they came to fruition. The influence of the Internet training became apparent to the world with the arrest and trial of Younis Tsouli, the infamous Irhabi 007.”
http://www.cybercrime.gov/DataBreachesArticle.pdf
DATA BREACHES: WHAT THE UNDERGROUND WORLD OF
“CARDING” REVEALS
(May 2008)
Kimberly Kiefer Peretti
U.S. Department of Justice
Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section
Forthcoming in Volume 25 of the
Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Journal
Data Breaches: What the Underground World of “Carding” Reveals
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BLOG:
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/193033.php
June 18, 2008
“Qatada on Wordpress.com: Terrorize Non-Believers!”
SNIPPET: “But the plot, it thickens”
BLOG:
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/193035.php
June 19, 2008
“British Computer Geek: The Central Node of American Terror Plots”
SNIPPET: “Our good friend Younis Tsouli back in the news, once again. I’ve known about some of his connections to terror plots in the U.S & Canada, but this CBS report lays the whole thing out nicely.”
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http://cbs13.com/national/terror.cells.internet.2.751699.html
Jun 18, 2008 4:30 pm
“Internet Ties Link U.S. Terror Cells”
WASHINGTON (CBS News)
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The Toledo trio was in frequent contact with two Chicago men who are now charged with plotting attacks of their own.
Those Chicago suspects in turn communicated with two college-age students in Atlanta, sending e-mails asking them to “come and see our preparation...” for violent Jihad.
That preparation, the government charges, was conspiring with a Canadian terror cell to bomb Toronto landmarks.
And it all connected through the Internet, and to a shadowy al Qaeda webmaster known as Irhabi 007.
When police raided 007’s London flat in 2005 they found among the evidence a video showing security at the U.S. Capitol, fuel tanks and other targets in Washington. The video was shot by the Atlanta suspects.
None of these plots came close to working - all were infiltrated and busted.”
http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/006336.html
21 June 2008
“QUOTE OF THE DAY”
SNIPPET: “Source:
Crown’s case alive and well in homegrown terror trial
CHRISTIE BLATCHFORD, globeandmail.com, June 20, 2008
Quote:
“The charge is participation in terrorist activities - not participation in terrorist activities on an epic scale.””
SNIPPET: “Internet connection: Members of the Toronto 18 were active on a number of high-quality jihadi sites, and were part of the broader “Irhabi007 Network.””
A bit off topic...
QUOTE:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2024913/posts?page=924#924
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/belmarshprison
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/belmarh
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/abuhamza
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“America’s fury as Hamza smuggles hate messages to Bin Laden’s No 2... From UK jail cell”
By JASON LEWIS
Last updated at 10:35 PM on 28th June 2008
PHOTOCAPTION:”Jail mail: Hook-handed cleric Abu Hamza sent emails from Belmarsh prison”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “American counter-terrorism chiefs are demanding a full explanation from Britain of how radical cleric Abu Hamza was able to smuggle murderous messages from his UK prison cell to Al Qaeda’s deputy leader.
The major diplomatic row comes in the wake of a long-running battle by US prosecutors to extradite the former imam of London’s Finsbury Park mosque to stand trial in America.
Hook-handed Hamza was jailed for seven years in Britain in 2006 for inciting murder and racial hatred and is held at Belmarsh prison, South-East London, supposedly one of Britain’s most secure jails.
But according to senior American intelligence sources, Hamza evaded the extensive security measures surrounding him to send a series of questions to Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama Bin Laden’s right-hand man.”
924 posted on June 28, 2008 7:38:34 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy
Let’s fix that keyword spelling:
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/belmarsh
925 posted on June 28, 2008 7:40:54 PM PDT by Cindy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2040058/posts?page=955#955
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BLOG:
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/193391.php
Blog Entry Snippet:
“It has also been proven that terrorist organizations are using malware, carding and online money laundering to procure funds for battlefield supplies, travel expenses and general funds. Younis Tsouli and his mates are the primary example of using this activity for terrorism financing to date.”
http://www.expansion.com/edicion/exp/economia_y_politica/entorno/es/desarrollo/1145312.html
“Evan Kohlmann: “Internet se ha convertido en un arma de doble filo para Al Qaeda””
Publicado el 11/07/2008, por Víctor Moreno
ARTICLE - INTERVIEW SNIPPET:
“P.: Es un arma peligrosa.
R.: Es un arma potente, tiene un alcance muy importante y cualquiera puede utilizarlo. El caso de Younes Tsouli, conocido como Irhabi 007, es un ejemplo perfecto para explicar este último dato. Tsouli era un chico de 18 años marroquí nacido en Londres que nunca había estado en Irak y que no había tenido ningún contacto previo con Al Qaeda. Sin embargo, mientras navegaba en Internet, empezó a interesarse por el movimiento yihadista. Su aproximación fue tal que Al Qaeda le utilizó para reclutar terroristas, se convirtió en su enlace. Si alguien quería cometer un acto suicida, le enviaba un mail diciéndoselo y él contactaba con Al Qaeda ¡La situación es increíble! ¡Hablamos de un chico de 18 años que vivía en Londres y que organizaba ataques terroristas!
P.: ¿Las nuevas tecnologías han cambiado la forma de actuar de estos terroristas?
R.: Estas organizaciones han empezado a funcionar como una inmensa red. Ya no tienen que estar todos en un mismo lugar para participar en el movimiento. Cada persona puede llevar a cabo su trabajo desde cualquier punto geográfico, en muchos casos en Occidente, y que todo funcione. Este es su nuevo estrategia y ya ha demostrado que es muy efectiva.
P.: Este cambio llegó tras el 11 de septiembre. ¿Hasta que punto las fuerzas de seguridad occidentales subestimaron esta evolución?
R.: Ese es el verdadero problema. En un principio, no le dieron importancia. Tras el 11 de septiembre, las fuerzas antiterroristas occidentales siguieron utilizando el mismo sistema de vigilancia. Pensaban: “Han funcionado así en el pasado, seguirán haciéndolo en el futuro”. Y en parte es verdad. Pero, en otros muchos casos, tuvo lugar este cambio. Las fuerzas de seguridad todavía están intentando ponerse al día. El terrorismo internacional les lleva una amplia ventaja. El caso de Younes Tsouli ha cambiado las mentalidades y se ha empezado a tomar en serio esta nueva amenaza.”
ADDING to post no. 129:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1603333/posts?page=129#129
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http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/006372.html
20 August 2008
“AABID KHAN & COMPANY - MORE FRIENDS OF IRHABI007 CONVICTED”
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RECAP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7knxgWSEgr8
“The rise and fall of Irhabi007”
(Added January 19, 2008)
http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/006371.html
20 August 2008
“MEANWHILE, IN ATLANTA...”
SNIPPET: “Syed Haris Ahmed, another of Irhabi007’s boys, lost a round in court”
“More than 70 criminals given ‘unduly lenient’ sentences last year”
SNIPPET: “More than 70 criminals had their jail terms increased last year after the Court of Appeal ruled they were given “unduly lenient” sentences by judges, according to new figures.”
Last Updated: 11:13AM BST 03 Sep 2008
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “In January the Court of Appeal raised Younes Tsouli’s sentence for inciting terrorism from 10 to 16 years.
Moroccan-born Tsouli, who lived in west London, hosted a jihadi chat site called YOUBOMBIT and another that regularly featured beheadings. Two other men in the same case also had their sentences increased.”
Quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074194/posts?page=389#389
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/belmarsh
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/belmarshprison
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http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/61428/Prison-files-are-sold-in-charity-shop
UK NEWS
“PRISON FILES ARE SOLD IN CHARITY SHOP”
Sunday September 14,2008
By Ted Jeory and David Jarvis
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A BUNGLING prison official left a secret file from Belmarsh high security prison in a charity shop.
The plastic folder containing the home addresses, telephone numbers and pager numbers of senior prison officials was sold to a customer who later handed the file to the Sunday Express.
The file lists the 16 members of Belmarsh Internal Monitoring Board, the body that oversees jail conditions and the welfare of inmates.
Board chairman David Pinchin’s details are included as are the addresses and mobile phone numbers of four magistrates who also sit on the board.
The list even pinpoints the distance each member’s home is from the prison.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Earlier this month a computer drive containing 5,000 personnel files, including those of prison officers, was lost by a company working on the national identity card scheme.
Last month the ministry lost a memory stick containing the details of all the 84,000 prisoners in England and Wales.
The Home Office has admitted losing 43 laptop computers and 94 mobile phones over the past three years.”
389 posted on September 16, 2008 1:19:15 AM PDT by Cindy
BLOG:
October 30, 2008, 2:51 pm
SNIPPET: “This is a distinctly more academic article I have written for the Perspectives on Terrorism journal that looks in detail at a recent network of plots. This group seems to show a potentially very interesting set of developments, and I think the information about them is not yet all out, as there would seem to be a number of loose ends - and other cases in the pipeline.”
http://documents.scribd.com/docs/11ah8kug6gxq945gkg6s.pdf
“Operation Praline: The Realization of Al-Suri’s Nizam, la Tanzim?”
By Raffaello Pantucci
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “This article will attempt to show how a recent plot in the United Kingdom, known by its police codename Operation Praline[1], and the broader international conspiracy that supported the group responsible may constitute an organic evolution of terrorist networks towards al-Qaeda “architect” Abu Musab al-Suri’s nizam la tanzim – “a system, not secret organization.”[2] This is not to conclude that Aabid Khan and his broader network were necessarily purposefully moulding themselves in this direction – as the author has not seen evidence supporting this assertion – but rather this article attempts to show how al-Suri’s framework for global jihad offers a good prism through which to analyse this group since they would appear to have developed in broad accordance with al-Suri’s principles, whether wittingly or no.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Tsouli as the Agitation Unit
Remaining at this level of analysis, it is therefore useful to consider Younis Tsouli and his cell (known by their police codename “Mazhar”), as the Secret Agitation Unit to which al-Suri refers. From his home in Shepherds Bush, Tsouli and his co-conspirators al-Daour and Waseem Mughal (some of whom had never met in person before they were arrested), acted as a global media cell for al-Qaeda, and in particular al-Qaeda in Iraq. They provided websites, hacking information and an ability for extremist material to be distributed and hidden online, translation, as well as helping design logos, magazines and other supportive materials for al-Qaeda.
While it may have been Tsouli who first provided police with an avenue into the network, it seems subsequently clear that his role in the network was focused on the internet and communications. In this way, he can be described as fulfilling the role of al-Suri’s Secret Agitation Unit, fulfilling its mission “to spread the Call and redistribute its literature, its research studies, and its various programmes by clandestine means.”[9] Tsouli helped complete their mission of “translating the works and communiqués of the Resistance” both by directly translating things himself, but also by cracking Arabic language software and placing it in online forums for public use by others.”
SNIPPET: “Raffaello Pantucci is a researcher at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London, UK.”
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/14590.htm
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http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/006490.html
15 March 2009
“THIS IS NEWS?”
No, this is not news.
http://ubiwar.com/2009/03/31/virtual-sanctuaries-and-auto-radicalisation/
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http://hsc.house.gov/hearings/index.asp?ID=185
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http://counterterrorismblog.org/2009/04/statement_for_congressional_he.php
“My Written Statement for Congress on Credit Card Use by Terrorists”
By Andrew Cochran
SNIPPET: “Younes Tsouli, aka “Terrorist 007,” and his two associates, Waseem Mughal and Tariq al-Daour, used computer viruses and stolen credit card accounts to set up a network of communication forums and web sites that hosted everything from tutorials on computer hacking and bomb making to videos of beheadings and suicide bombing attacks in Iraq. They raised funds through credit card information theft and fraud, which were used to support the communications, propaganda and recruitment for terrorists worldwide, as well as to purchase equipment for Jihadists in the field. One expert described their activities as “operating an online dating service for al-Qaeda.” The three men pled guilty to inciting terrorist murder via the internet.
• Stolen credit card numbers and identities were used to buy web hosting services. At least 72 stolen credit card accounts were used to register more than 180 web site domains at 95 different web hosting companies in the U.S. and Europe.
• On one computer seized from al-Daour’s apartment, some 37,000 stolen credit card numbers were found. Alongside each credit card record was other information on the identity theft victims, such as the account holder’s address, date of birth, credit balances and limits.”
http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/006509.html
04 June 2009
“”HE WAS BRAINWASHED BY THE INTERNUTS! YOU MUST ACQUIT!11!!!””
SNIPPET: “Syed Haris Ahmed is finally on trial in Federal court in Atlanta, GA. Mr. Ahmed was an associate of Younis Tsouli, AKA Irhabi007. Mr. Tsouli might best be described as an al-Qaida intelligence operative, one who excelled in facilitating the distribution of AQ media files and who set up many websites in support of al-Qaida, in addition to his contributions to AQ’s virtual intelligence network.
News coverage:”
June 10, 2009
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2009/June/09-nsd-572.html
Defendant Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Support Terrorists
Syed Haris Ahmed Faces up to 15 Years in Federal Prison
WASHINGTON - After a bench trial held last week in the Northern District of Georgia, U.S. District Judge William S. Duffey, Jr., announced today that Syed Haris Ahmed, 24, has been found guilty of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.
“This case has never been about an imminent threat to the United States, because in the post-9/11 world we will not wait to disrupt terrorism-related activity until a bomb is built and ready to explode,” said David E. Nahmias, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. “The fuse that leads to an explosion of violence may be long, but once it is lit – once individuals unlawfully agree to support terrorist acts at home or abroad – we will prosecute them to snuff that fuse out. This investigation is connected to arrests and convictions of multiple terrorist supporters in Atlanta and around the world – all before any innocent people were killed. I commend the agents, prosecutors, and support staff who have worked so hard for so long to gather and present the evidence that led to today’s guilty verdict.”
“This prosecution underscores the importance of international and domestic cooperation in combating terrorism,” said David Kris, Assistant Attorney General for National Security. “The agents, analysts and prosecutors involved in this case and in related investigations around the world deserve a special thanks for their efforts.”
“Protecting the United States from terrorist attacks is the highest priority of every FBI employee,” said FBI Atlanta Special Agent in Charge Gregory Jones. “Working with our law enforcement and intelligence community partners, the FBI was fortunate enough to have disrupted and dismantled a group whose stated goal was to provide support to those engaged in terrorism. I would like to thank the men and women of the Atlanta Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) who, for over a year and a half, painstakingly pursued this defendant and others as they conspired and devised ways to achieve their dangerous goals. The conviction in this case validates the FBI’s approach that we do not need to wait, nor should we wait, for an individual to be caught with his hands on a bomb before we recognize and respond to the threat.”
According to U.S. Attorney Nahmias and the evidence presented during the trial:
Ahmed is a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in Pakistan and raised in Marietta and Dawsonville, Ga. At trial, the government presented evidence that, beginning in late 2004 and early 2005, Ahmed unlawfully agreed (conspired) with others to provide material support to terrorists engaged in violent jihad. The evidence indicated that the material support consisted of: (1) Ahmed and other individuals who would provide themselves as personnel to engage in violent jihad, and (2) property, namely, video clips of symbolic and infrastructure targets for potential terrorist attacks in the Washington, D.C., area, including the United States Capitol, which were taken by Ahmed and his principal alleged co-conspirator and then sent to “the jihadi brothers” abroad.
At trial, the government presented evidence that Ahmed and his co-conspirators used the Internet to develop relationships and maintain contact with each other and with other supporters of violent jihad in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, and elsewhere. In support of the conspiracy, in March 2005 Ahmed traveled with his principal co-conspirator to Toronto, Canada, to meet with other co-conspirators and discuss their plans to travel to Pakistan in an effort to attend a paramilitary training camp operated by a terrorist organization, as well as potential targets for terrorist attacks in the United States.
In April 2005, Ahmed and his principal co-conspirator traveled to the Washington, D.C., area to take the casing videos, which the government’s evidence showed they made to establish their credentials with other violent jihad supporters as well as for use in violent jihad propaganda and planning. Ahmed’s co-conspirator sent several of the video clips to Younis Tsouli, a/k/a “Irhabi007” (Arabic for “Terrorist 007”), a propagandist and recruiter for the terrorist organization Al Qaeda in Iraq, and to Aabid Hussein Khan, a/k/a “Abu Umar,” a facilitator for the Pakistan-based terrorist organizations “Lashkar-e-Tayyiba” and “Jaish-e-Mohammed.” Both Tsouli and Khan have since been convicted of terrorism offenses in the United Kingdom.
The government also presented evidence at trial that in July 2005, Ahmed traveled from Atlanta to Pakistan in an unsuccessful attempt to enter a training camp and ultimately engage in violent jihad. After returning to Atlanta to resume his studies at Georgia Tech in August 2005, Ahmed expressed regret at his failure to join violent jihadists, conducted internet research on topics such as high explosives and evading surveillance, and discussed his intent to make another attempt to enter a violent jihad training camp.
In March 2006, however, Ahmed was approached by FBI agents and agreed to a series of voluntary, non-custodial interviews over the course of eight days. Amid efforts to deny his illegal activities and mislead the agents, Ahmed made increasingly incriminating statements. Efforts by the FBI to obtain Ahmed’s cooperation in the ongoing international terrorism investigation ended after the FBI discovered that Ahmed was surreptitiously contacting his principal co-conspirator, who was then in Bangladesh, to advise him of the FBI investigation and to warn him not to return to the United States. The conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists did not result in any known acts of terrorism.
Ahmed was arrested in Atlanta on March 23, 2006, on the original indictment in this case, which charged him with one count of material support of terrorism. He has been in custody since that time. The initial indictment was unsealed and publicly announced on April 20, 2006, after the arrest of the alleged principal co-conspirator in Bangladesh. Superseding indictments added three additional charges.
Ahmed recently waived his right to a jury trial on the conspiracy charge of the second superseding indictment (Count One) and agreed to have the verdict decided by the Court. The other three counts were severed. The bench trial was held on June 1-4, 2009, and the Court then took the verdict under advisement until today.
Judge Duffey delivered the guilty verdict in open court, but sealed his written findings supporting the verdict until the completion of the jury trial of a related case against the alleged principal co-conspirator, which is scheduled to begin on August 3, 2009. Judge Duffey set a hearing for tomorrow, June 11, at 11:00 a.m., for anyone interested in being heard on the sealing of the findings supporting the guilty verdict.
Ahmed could receive a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison, followed by a term of supervised release up to life, and a fine of up to $250,000. In determining the actual sentence, the Court will consider the United States Sentencing Guidelines, which are not binding but provide appropriate sentencing ranges for most offenders. A sentencing date will be set after the completion of the alleged co-conspirator’s trial.
This case is being investigated by agents and officers of the Atlanta Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), which is led by the FBI, Atlanta Division.
Assistant United States Attorneys Robert McBurney and Christopher Bly and Trial Attorney Alexis Collins, of the Counterterrorism Section of the Justice Department’s National Security Division, are prosecuting the case.
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