Posted on 03/27/2007 2:04:58 AM PDT by Man50D
Islamic terrorists are engaged in a "media jihad" in which they encourage jihadists to pose online as Americans to foster anti-war sentiment in the U.S.
According to the Middle East Media Research Institute, or MEMRI, a posting on the Al-Mohajroon Islamist website with the username Al-Wathig Billah provides instructions on how to infiltrate popular American Internet forums and use them to distribute jihad films and spread anti-war sentiments.
"Our experience shows that such instructions often yield compliance," Eli Alshech, director of the Jihad and Terrorism Project at MEMRI, told WND.
The instructions direct jihadists to "raid non-political forums and trivia forums which American people favor."
Contributors are encouraged to register as Americans and to use a purely American-sounding username: "Choose an icon that indicates that you are an American, and place it next to your nickname."
As reported by MEMRI, the Al-Mohajroon website instructs media jihad as follows:
"There is no doubt, my brothers, that raiding American forums is among the most important means of obtaining victory in the fierce media war and of influencing the views of the weak-minded American who pays his taxes so they will go to the infidel American army. This American is an idiot and does not [even] know where Iraq is [It is therefore] mandatory for every electronic mujad [to engage in this raiding]." And again:
"Obviously, you should post your contribution as an American You should correspond with visitors to this forum, [bringing to their attention] the frustrating situation of their troops in Iraq You should invent stories about American soldiers you have [allegedly] personally known (as classmates or members in a club who played baseball and tennis with you) who were drafted to Iraq and then committed suicide while in service by hanging or shooting themselves." WND asked Alshech how a viewer could identify if particular postings on popular sites such as YouTube, LiveLeak and Google Video were examples of media jihad.
"It is very difficult to identify a specific posting as media jihad," Alshech said. "One should know a forum very well and pay attention to writing and posting patterns.
Alshech referred WND to an Islamic website that posted anti-war images of U.S. troops in Iraq as well as at least one example of a media jihad clip produced for Google Video.
Alshech said one of the most effective ways to counter media jihad is to press the government to urge forum administrators to follow closely suspect postings "to make sure jihadists do not exploit the freedom of speech so valued in democratic countries."
Alshech advised WND that fighting media jihad requires playing an activist role.
"It is also important to urge forum members to follow up some of the more suspicious postings in order to expose lies," Alshech said. "This will make other members skeptical about the postings."
A few months ago, for example, jihadists posted a video message showing a military ID of one soldier they claimed was killed in Iraq, he said.
U.S. bloggers, however, followed up the story and discovered the soldier was alive he suffered identity theft in Iraq, but he had not lost his life.
Try it here Jihad Johnny.
Are these idiots hoping we will laugh ourselves to death?
At DU, the terrorists won't even have to pretend they're someone else. They could just come out and say they're al-Qaeda terrorists and the DUmmies would welcome them with open arms.
Make me a moderator you infidel pig or this american zionist crusader gets it.
Oh and Death to America.
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ON THE NET...
http://internet-haganah.org/hmedia/13feb07/13feb07-salafy_forums.html
http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/005903.html
http://www.internet-haganah.com/haganah/internet.html
http://www.internet-haganah.com
http://www.sofir.org/reports/2007-01-05-lebanon.html
http://www.sofir.org
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http://memri.org/iwmp.html
http://www.memri.org/jihad.html
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1793738/posts?page=8#8
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=threatmatrix
Giggling.
There is zero degree of separation between the enemy, those that sympathize with the enemy, those that make excuses for the enemy, those that allow themselves to fall under the weight of enemy propaganda or those that spread defeatism in direct aid of the enemy.
Enemy is enemy. Foreign born or domestic. All deserve the same misery, pain, horror and death.
What's to flame Mike?
I've looked at jihad/internet almost every day since 9/11.
(I was giggling at Lurker's comment and photo.
That was a doll.
Seriously.)
The real enemy is internal.
Are these idiots hoping we will laugh ourselves to death?
Have you checked some of the other forums lately? There are some on the Delphi forums that seem to have been infiltrated - or the liberal posters have the IQ of a retarded gnat.
Emergency. Everyone to get from chatroom.
So true. Its not just the internet either. I have encountered a number of people that get their concept of the WOT and most other things of importance from programs like Doprah, The View, and network news programs. Personally I think that Tim Russert, because he has gained such unwarranted respect, is one of the most dangerous people in America. Week after week on his program, he provides a forum for enemies of our country to spew their hateful rhetoric unchallanged. Not all of the uninformed watch these programs of course, but they are influenced in their thinking by those that do.
I would have to say the politcal section of yahoo answers has been invaded. I used to look around there but I couldn't deal with the hateful liberal and anti-American, anti-military posts. This site is about the only one I have found that doesn't make me want to throw out my computer.
I vote for the retarded knat
knat=gnat
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