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Special Dispatch Series - No. 1552
April 20, 2007 No.1552

“Has an Organized Campaign to Shut Down Islamist Websites Begun? Islamist Forums Claim It Has”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “In the past weeks, several rumors have been spread over Islamist websites about Western intelligence agencies’ intention to shut down Islamist forums. As one Islamist put it, “We are all aware of the Zionist-Crusader campaign that has been launched against the Islamist websites... The most recent [manifestation of this campaign] is... the effort of American intelligence to completely eliminate websites that distribute communiqués [by the mujahideen] and films [documenting] attacks of the Iraqi resistance, or which encourage so-called terrorism.... As part of this campaign, [the Americans are also] threatening TV networks that broadcast videos [documenting] attacks... or that report on [Coalition] casualties not reported by the U.S. military.” [1] Islamist forums reacting to the recent disabling of one Islamist website and one Islamist forum claim that these are two manifestations of a single united U.S. campaign against Islamists.”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20070419-103309-1526r.htm

“Sunni militants name al Qaeda chief ‘minister of war’”
By Maamoun Youssef
ASSOCIATED PRESS
April 20, 2007

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “CAIRO — A Sunni insurgent coalition posted videos on the Internet yesterday naming the head of al Qaeda in Iraq as “minister of war” and showing the execution of 20 men it said were members of the Iraqi military and security forces.”