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Several Al Qaeda Web Forums Reportedly Disabled
FoxNews.com ^ | Saturday, October 18, 2008

Posted on 10/18/2008 10:19:08 AM PDT by Joiseydude

Al Qaeda's leadership is suffering from a communication breakdown and struggling to issue directives after its computer network was hobbled in September, the Washington Post reports.

Four of the five main online forums that the terrorist group uses to communicate with followers were disabled on Sept. 10, monitors of the Web sites told the newspaper.

The loss to Al Qaeda is the equivalent of the Pentagon's and the White House's Web sites suddenly going offline, expert Evan Kohlmann told the Post, and it has left the propaganda strategy that Usama bin Laden and his followers rely on "hanging by a narrow thread."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; alqaida; globaljihad; gwot; internet; jihadpropaganda; september112001; september112008; september2008; softjihad; wot
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1 posted on 10/18/2008 10:19:09 AM PDT by Joiseydude
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To: Joiseydude

Obama blaming Bush?


2 posted on 10/18/2008 10:23:07 AM PDT by AdvisorB (Baraq is the Arabic name of the winged horse that took mohammed to paradise from the DomeoftheRock)
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To: Joiseydude

Countdown to when UBL gives a video endorsement for Barry Soetoro....10-9-8-7......


3 posted on 10/18/2008 10:23:39 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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To: Joiseydude

Thank you CIA :)


4 posted on 10/18/2008 10:24:36 AM PDT by Lawdoc (My dad married my aunt, so now my cousins are my brothers. Go figure.)
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To: Joiseydude

The best thing about an Obama presidency is that all our enemies will lay down their arms and suicide jackets, come to DC, hold hands with Obama and sing Kumbyya. We will have peace at last! All Hail Obama!!!


5 posted on 10/18/2008 10:25:06 AM PDT by MAD-AS-HELL (How does one win over terrorists? KILL them with UNKINDNESS)
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To: Joiseydude

This is called shaping the battlefield.


6 posted on 10/18/2008 10:25:16 AM PDT by Dog (Palin for President 2012!)
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To: Joiseydude
Three of the top Al Qaeda terrorists websites are now non operational and they are:

1. Ekhlaas terrorist forum with over 57,000 members and by far the largest terrorist forum on the internet.

2. Al Firdaws terrorist forum.

3. Al Boraq terrorist forum.

The only one left of the top four is Al Hesbah terrorist forum with over 17,000 members.

The first three terrorist forums that I mentioned above were all hosted by the same Malaysian Internet Service Provide called PARIDIUS.

7 posted on 10/18/2008 10:25:49 AM PDT by jveritas (Use the nuclear option against Obama: Jeremiah Wright)
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To: Joiseydude
it isn't clear who the hackers are nor whether the United States is involved in the attempts to disable the terrorist communication network.

Naaah! Not the US!

8 posted on 10/18/2008 10:27:02 AM PDT by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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To: Joiseydude

It is PIRADIUS not PARIDIUS.


9 posted on 10/18/2008 10:28:53 AM PDT by jveritas (Use the nuclear option against Obama: Jeremiah Wright)
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To: Joiseydude

It’s about time


10 posted on 10/18/2008 10:28:54 AM PDT by txroadkill (Do it for Sarah!- Conservatism= finding joy in duty)
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To: Joiseydude

Well, there’s a line of thinking that goes, it’s better to have these sites running and transparent to intel agents than shut down with the “chatter” suddenly gone inaudibly underground. Not sure our guys would shut these sites down.


11 posted on 10/18/2008 10:32:06 AM PDT by PaleoBob
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To: Joiseydude

The following Al Qaeda sites are still operational:

http://www.nytimes.com

http://www.lattimes.com

http://www.washingtonpost.com

http://www.cnn.com

http://www.msnbc.com


12 posted on 10/18/2008 10:35:13 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: MAD-AS-HELL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvxiG56M-eU&feature=related


13 posted on 10/18/2008 10:39:54 AM PDT by Pinkbell (”This guy is a jerk, an arrogant jerk. A Jerk Messiah.” - Rush talking about Obama)
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To: Joiseydude
This is the work of those Valery Plame lefties in the CIA. Knocking out Al Quada’s websites before the election so they can not rally the voters to vote for Obama bin Laden. :)
14 posted on 10/18/2008 10:40:43 AM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: Joiseydude

what the ACLU most be very busy with trying to save ACORN that they have no time to fight for the rights of Al Queda
and its’ freedom of speech?


15 posted on 10/18/2008 10:45:51 AM PDT by pennboricua
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To: mlocher

“Naaah! Not the US!”

Never. : )


16 posted on 10/18/2008 11:00:17 AM PDT by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: Joiseydude

That’s a doggone shame. I guess the last bastion of the Freedom of Terrorist Speech is the Northwestern University of Chicago.


17 posted on 10/18/2008 12:33:55 PM PDT by TigersEye (''Stroke of the pen, law of the land. Pretty neat.'' -- Paul 'the forehead' Begala)
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To: All
OFF TOPIC:

AL-QAEDA'S PAEDO FILES" by Brian Flynn (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "These include steganography -- concealing digital information within computer files including photographs and word documents. The recipient can use special applications to reverse the process and access the hidden files. Experts warn that advances in encryption techniques are now outpacing the ability of police and the security services to crack them and monitor their use." (October 18, 2008)
REPORT ON ARRAKIS - blog: "LINK BETWEEN CHILD PORN AND TERRORISM" (SNIPPET: "In fact, one of the most popular google search terms that directs users to this site is 'hijab sex.' Most of the users entering this search term are from Turkey.") (October 17, 2008)
JIHAD WATCH.org (TIMES ONLINE.co.uk): "LINK BETWEEN CHILD PORN AND MUSLIM TERRORISTS DISCOVERED IN POLICE RAIDS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Secret coded messages are being embedded into child pornographic images, and paedophile websites are being exploited as a secure way of passing information between terrorists.") (October 17, 2008)
stepping back in time...FreeRepublic.com - Discussion Forum (ABC News): "TERRORISTS' TWIN TOWER IMAGES, SECRET PORN MESSAGES" (May 8, 2003)

Link

18 posted on 10/18/2008 3:58:34 PM PDT by Cindy
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ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2099235/posts?page=326#326


19 posted on 10/18/2008 4:09:08 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: jimbo123

You forgot:

http://www.house.gov/


20 posted on 10/18/2008 4:18:06 PM PDT by Busywhiskers ("Shave off the whiskers of unnecessary thought." Occams Razor)
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