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[Casey]

Saturday March 8, 2008
SXSW: How to Fight Online Jihadism
Categories: News & Events, Security & Spyware
Tags: sxsw

I'm in Austin attending the South by Southwest Interactive festival, and this is the first of many posts I'll be filing for Gearlog and AppScout. It's been a great show so far...in fact there's been so many interesting people to talk to that I haven't had time to write up and post what they said, but keep an eye out for more coverage through next Wednesday.

One of the first panels I've attended here was entitled "Online Extremism--And the Muslims Who Fight It." On the panel were experts from the Department of Homeland Security as well as prominent figures in the Muslim blogging community.

Security expert Mohammad Hluchan kicked off the panel by talking about the growing interactions between online jihadists and cyber criminals (especially "carders," or credit card number theives). There are big differences in the two networks, and benefits and dangers to both parties in cooperation, but Hluchan thinks they're destined to do so anyway.

"Verisign hasn't found evidence that jihadists have gained access to the most serious and effective carding communities. But they are making a concerted effort to do so," he said in a PowerPoint slide during his presentation. "There is mounting evidence that the worlds might be merging, with jihadists turning into cyber criminals," he said.

Hluchan went on to show some of the advances that have been made recently by online jihadists, like powerful encryption and secure communication, better Web site design and usability, audio- and video-editing software for better training/indoctrination materials, and the easier dissemination of said materials. These are all very recent (and troubling) advances, and Hluchan showed several examples of sites that exemplify these trends.

The next speaker at the panel was Mohammed Suleiman Khan, president of Hadithuna.com, a Muslim blogging community and platform. Khan said it was founded in response to the political climate changes after 9/11, to bring more attention to the positive aspect of Islam, and to fight the "Muslim Monolith Myth" and show there is diversity in the Islam community.

The community started out largely as planned, but a few more radical posters started testing the boundaries of Hadithuna's community policies, and that snowballed in to more and more extremism. Kahn said the experience raised many tough questions: Are these strong opinions protected by free-speech rights? Is it worth leaving the posts up to have the added diversity and opinions on the site? Where's the tipping point at which a user needs to be reported/prosecuted? Do such posts alienate other users?

Kahn concluded that the key was determining the "potential for harm"--ie, the post doesn't just opine about violence but facilitates it. And in the end, the FBI got involved and Hadithuna cooperated by supplying info on certain users.

Frank Cilluffo was the next speaker, a Homeland Security expert from George Washington University, formerly a White House advisor. Cilluffo spoke about the need for a paradigm shift in the way we deal with terrorist ideas online.

"We need to think about Al Qaida as a brand that is franchising," as well as thinking about it as an Internet-fueled, leaderless movement, he said. And the way to deal with the movement is to stop the indoctrination of new recruits.

"We can't capture and kill our way to victory...we need to be attacking their ideas instead of their structures," he said. Anti-terrorism needs to be a media campaign to undo the seduction of a violent point of view.

He continued by arguing that we need to actually increase the exposure to these extremist points of view. When dragged out into the open, the absurdities will be easier to see, and the terrorist ideal is reduced to criminality and thuggery. We need to be using video better...video of muslim extremists killing muslims in the name of Islam.

"We need to make this 'less cool,'" he concluded. "We need new and innovative and entrepreneurial ways to make this less cool."

Shaarik Zafar was the final panelist to speak, and he's a senior policy advisor and the Department of Homeland Security. His message to the crowd was that government tended to be very ineffective at fight against enemy ideas online, and that such work needed to be a community effort.

So get to it.

http://www.appscout.com/2008/03/sxsw_how_to_fight_online_jihad.php

[NYer]

Letter to Editors at Fox News from Mrs. Weisburd. (http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/006308.html)

... Gentile misuses the word vigilante. A vigilante undertakes law enforcement without legal authority. Reporting web sites to ISPs is not undertaking law enforcement. It is not even undertaking enforcement of service providers' Terms of Service. It is merely passing on information that others may choose to act on. There is no vigilante action, no matter how often sloppy journalists misuse the word.

One more thing: it's spelled Weisburd.

Ouch.

[Petronas]

Unwittingly hosting terror
March 27, 2008

For more than a year, a Burlington-based Internet company hosted a website that taught its members how to outfit a suicide bomber, aired Al Qaeda propaganda videos, and offered an "exclusive" Taliban video showing the beheadings of three "spies," according to computer records.

The English-language website, Leemedia.net, was taken down earlier this month - but not in a counterterrorism crackdown, government officials said. Instead, the Web server, Endurance International Corp. Inc., shut it down after Internet watchdogs made repeated demands to remove the terrorist material.

The case of Leemedia.net, which was operated by a suspected terrorist sympathizer in Karachi, is the latest example of how US Internet companies are unknowingly hosting possibly hundreds of the most virulent Islamic extremist websites in the world, inciting young Muslims to kill Christians and Jews.

The phenomenon is so common, however, that the Department of Homeland Security and US intelligence agencies have determined that in most cases it's preferable to keep the sites operating as a way of tracking the spread of radical Islam, rather than try to quell them one by one. They also contend that most of the sites attract what one US counterterrorism official called confused individuals who are not believed to pose a significant threat.

"What's useful about them is to understand the relationships between the various people that are on the sites, obviously in some cases their identities," said a senior US counterterrorism official who asked not to be identified because of his sensitive position.

But many other specialists in Islamic radicalism question the government's logic. They say the online propaganda could recruit new extremists, while the security benefits of monitoring the sites - some of which intelligence analysts have known about for years - is limited.

"There is nothing to learn from them," said Yigal Carmon, a former Israeli military intelligence officer who founded the Middle East Media Research Institute in Washington. "The damage they are causing is far beyond anything that can be learned."

Carmon and others point out that terrorists in Spain and Britain have been indoctrinated with the help of militant websites, including the London and Madrid transit bombers in 2005 and 2004.

Militants often rely on Western-based Internet companies to host their sites because they have the most advanced technology, and the radicals feel freer to market their ideas in more open societies with little interference, Carmon said.

His organization has exposed similar sites hosted by companies such as Google and Yahoo in Texas, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Minnesota, Washington, California, Utah, Ohio, and Maryland, as well as another website previously hosted by Endurance International that supported holy war in Iraq and was also shut down by the company.

The company, located in an office suite on Blanchard Road in Burlington, declined repeated requests for interviews but issued a short statement in response to Globe inquiries.

"Our terms of service expressly prohibit the use of our services for terrorist or unlawful purposes," according to the statement by Jean McCarthy, marketing director for Endurance International, which has at least $9 million in annual sales. "We do not knowingly host websites that are in violation of our terms of service, unless asked to do so by law enforcement."

However, many such websites - which are estimated to be up to 5,000 worldwide - still operate in the United States with the full knowledge of US counterterrorism officials.

For the government to shut them down would be "pointless," the senior counterterrorism official said, akin to a "whack-a-mole approach to counterterrorism."

"They'll just find another host," the official said. For example, a Phoenix web hosting company recently terminated an extremist site and it reappeared within days on another service in Brisbane, Australia.

Monitoring them, he added, "is the most useful when they think it is a secure environment but it is not."

The Department of Homeland Security agrees that these websites can provide a unique window into radicalization. Under surveillance laws, counterterrorism investigators can track website traffic without a warrant.

"We work with our intelligence community partners to monitor terrorist websites and terrorists' use of the Internet," Russ Knocke, a Homeland Security spokesman, told the Globe in a statement. "We've also established an inter-agency working group to deepen our understanding of the phenomenon of radicalization."

At the same time, many US counterterrorism officials also insist that young Muslims do not become terrorists by viewing the websites alone; typically they become radicalized and dangerous after forging personal connections with a charismatic leader or after attending a terrorist training camp.

"I think we have pretty much concluded that it is very seldom that someone has used the Internet solely for radicalization," the US counterterrorism official said in an interview, calling most of the website users "pre-terrorists."

Visiting a site "certainly gets you on a path toward radicalization but alone doesn't really do much good," he said.

Not so, according to several terrorism specialists. Many of the websites, they point out, target young Westerners to join the cause of jihad, or holy war, by translating the propaganda materials into their native languages.

Evan Kohlmann, a terrorism specialist who advises the US government, said that taking a largely hands-off approach to such websites "is a gross underestimation of the ability of individuals using these websites to use the information . . . to create their home-grown terror networks."

Leemedia.net - an acronym for "La Elaha Elallah," meaning "The True Path" in Arabic - appeared to be part of that effort.

For example, the site translated radical videos into Turkish in an apparent attempt to reach the sizable Turkish community living in Germany, said Aaron Wiesburd, who runs a consulting firm called Internet Haganah and has been hired by US intelligence agencies for advice in tracking terrorist websites.

Computer records show that Leemedia.net had about two dozen core members, who are invited to participate in exclusive discussion forums, in Pakistan, the Balkans, northern and central Europe, Canada, and the United States, Wiesburd said. The founder, listed as Tanzil Ahmed, is also believed to be connected to a radical Islamic missionary organization based in Pakistan called Tablighi Jama-at, he said.

Supporters of a more systematic Internet crackdown maintain that there are only about 500 core sites that generate radical material and that most of them are hosted on one of the 20 or so major Internet service providers in the world, mostly in Western countries.

"The real fountains of venom are no more than 500 or less," said Carmon. "It is very manageable. We can shut them down, and we will."

http://www.boston.com:80/news/nation/articles/2008/03/27/unwittingly_hosting_terror/

[Casey]

At-Tibyân Publications - Response to Abuz-Zubayr (First and Last)

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Disclaimer:

Normally we would never speak to, or about, any Muslim the way we are about to speak to, and about, Abuz Zubair. But due to his complete lack of manners and justice, his constant insults, name calling, lying accusations, enormous ego, extreme conceit and arrogance, we have taken a decision to address him with just a slightly more respectful tone than the one he has addressed us with – both directly and indirectly – on his forum.

Anyone who has followed some of these threads knows perfectly well what is meant by this and it is not we who initiated any of this venom. For those of you unfamiliar with these statements from him, perhaps it would be best not to bother reading. But those of you who have read those statements from him will certainly realize that despite the harshness of our tone in this reply, we are being far more lenient with him than he has been towards ourselves and others who disagree with his ‘Sahawî’ views.


Background:

This discussion may be difficult to fully grasp for those who have not followed the back-and-forth posts between At-Tibyân Publication’s forums and Islamic Awakening’s forums. Several references span multiple threads and posts over a series of months (maybe even years, in some cases) where Abuz Zubair, the Administrator of the Islamic Awakening website and forum, has made numerous lying claims, accusations and slanderous insulting statements about our publications, website, and contributors.

The topic of discussion, which will follow, is certainly not the most divisive issue between ourselves and him but has become the catalyst for us to reply directly to him, due to his insatiable longing for attention, and his challenge for us to respond to a number of quotations he posted without translation. It started when one brother (not from At-Tibyân Publications) referred to the action of the Saudi regime (in 1979) calling upon the French Foreign Legion to suppress the rebellion of Juhaymân al-‘Utaybî (ra) in the Haram during Hajj season. [The French troops deployed poisonous gas, and stormed the Haram after a ten-day standoff, killing over 100 Muslims. Juhaymân (ra) was arrested and later beheaded by the Saudi government.] That brother stated, on Abuz Zubair’s forum, that this was an action of Kufr and a cause (from the causes) of their apostasy.

Abuz Zubair then replied with the following:

“Allying with the kuffar against the Muslims, meaning aiding an enemy who wants to attack the Muslim lands. This does NOT refer to a ruler contracting a few kuffar to help them fight the rebels.’

“In this respect, you have made takfeer on the vast majority of classical scholars, such as Ibn Qudama who explicitly states that the ruler may seek aid from the mushrikin to quell the rebellion.”

In response to this, a brother from our forum translated and posted the translation of a Fatwâ from Shaykh Hamûd ibn ‘Uqlâ’ ash-Shu’aybî (ra), in which the Shaykh states the prohibition of the Muslim ruler seeking help from disbelievers against the Muslim rebels who resist the state, but who have not apostated. And this post was qualified by our brother with the following commentary:

“Recently there have been claims that the overwhelming majority of the Scholars of the Salaf were of the opinion that it is allowed to seek help from the kuffār against the Bughāt from the Muslims.” And he went on to say: “Even if we say that these Imāms are mistaken in this claim, it would appear that the issue isn’t as clear cut as some would have us believe.”

In response to this, Abuz Zubair posted a series of untranslated quotations along with his typical insults, swears, and slanderous accusations, which at the very least, borders upon Takfîr of At-Tibyân Publications:

“Look guys, you lot from Tibyan... Do your homework well, which means - specially when it comes to fiqh - A LOT more than translating an article by Sh al-Shu'aybi, who is probably a kafir according to you anyway on TWO counts;

“1) The fact that he considers entering the parliament as an MP a matter of khilaf and ijtihad, AND’

“2) Giving Bay'a to several Saudi kings...’

“Anyway, here you go... I decided to help you out with some research on this issue.’

“I don't have the time to translate all the quotes, so if you have anyone competent enough to translate for you (which is a hopeless thing to ask of you guys, lol) go ahead and translate....’

And in the end of his post was the following:

“So this is pretty much everyone except the Malikis.’

“But no one has ever said that this is kufr. Read Ibn Hazm's quote for yourselves.’

“As I said, you guys are tawagheet to have your own parallel Sharia to that of the Sharia of Muhammad - SallAllahu 'alayhi wa-sallam and his inheritors. Learn it and accept it.”

It is noteworthy to point out he has also called us “Zanadiqah”, which is a category from the categories of Kuffâr. Of course he will use his lying means of excusing himself for his labeling us as such, but it’s worth mentioning this in addition to his labeling us “Tawâghît” as well.

The Point Which Was Missed by Abuz Zubair (Among Several):

The point of the original discussion wasn’t whether seeking assistance from the Kuffâr against Bughât (Muslim rebels) was allowed unrestrictedly, restrictedly, or not at all. The issue began when a brother stated that seeking help from the Kuffâr against Bughât was Kufr. The claim was then made, by Abuz Zubair, that this brother was making Takfîr of the vast majority of the scholars of the past who viewed this action as permissible. This has two points in it:

The First: The fact that this same “vast majority of classical scholars”, agreed that it was Harâm, as a basic ruling. They then went on to state an entire list of conditions for any exceptions to this basic rule, as follows:

a) If there is a need; most said “necessity”
b) No one else is able to help
c) The Muslims are able to repel those Kuffâr, whose assistance was sought, from killing the defeated Muslim rebels who flee
d) The rule of the Muslims is dominant over the Kuffâr
e) That these Kuffâr are brave and able to fulfill what they are being asked to fulfill
f) That he trusts them to not contradict his orders in how to fight the Bughât as far as attacking and pursuing those Muslim rebels (Bughât) who flee or give up.

Then at this point, if the conditions existed for the exception to be made for that general prohibition, an Islâmic state would be permitted to seek the military assistance of the Kuffâr against the Muslim rebels, although some scholars left it unrestrictedly forbidden. Nothing like this was ever mentioned at all by Abuz Zubair. What was said was that the vast majority allowed it – full stop. And he continued in his foolish claims by stating that anyone who says this action is Kufr is making specific Takfîr upon those scholars who allowed it.

We (i.e. At-Tibyân Publications) did not claim that a Muslim seeking military assistance against the Muslim rebels is Kufr in every instance, but look to what Abuz Zubair HAS claimed. He is claiming that no one ever stated that it was Kufr. Then he said to read Ibn Hazm’s statement ourselves. The statement of Ibn Hazm is in the original Fatwâ of Shaykh Hamûd (ra), and it states that the state’s failure to comply with the EXCEPTIONAL conditions he lists WOULD BE KUFR in that instance! We are not saying that it is right or wrong, but only mention it as an example of Abuz Zubair’s lying upon the scholars. Therefore, the issue is Abuz Zubair’s lies, along with what he builds upon those lies.

The Second: And it was referred to in the previous address; since when does declaring an action to be Kufr, necessitate that those who don’t see it as Kufr are Kuffâr, let alone that they have committed Kufr? This has never been answered.

And is this question even possible from anyone with even the slightest familiarity with the principles of Takfîr? Interestingly, SPUBS accused us of the same thing when we wrote about certain actions being Kufr. They would take this and spread it saying that we had made specific Takfîr of anyone who had committed such-and-such action, thereby accusing us of being Khawârij and Takfîrîs etc. We could see some ignorant people falling for such traps in the 90’s when Irjâ’ was widespread and issues relating to Kufr, Îmân and Takfîr were not well-known to the regular English-speaking Muslims in the West. But are we still dealing with these issues with Abuz Zubair? Did we go back in time? Was the iMac just invented? Hmmm. Isn’t this just about the same time the infamous ‘Sahwah’ took place? Is someone stuck in the 90’s maybe?

This seems to be one of his main strategies on this topic, as well as the topic of voting and becoming an MP. Interestingly on this point, when the article about the doubts of voting was released, he mentioned more Shubuhât, and asked for a reply. A reply was made, from Shaykh Abû Qatâdah, may Allâh free him, specifically on his use of the Hadîth regarding An-Najâshî. When it was released, his response was: “Why don’t you do something beneficial for the Ummah?” So he was the one challenging us and asking for a reply and when he got it, he had nothing to say and instead resorted to claiming that our reply, which he was requesting, wasn’t ‘beneficial for the Ummah’. Had he read that reply, or listened to the recording, he would have seen our opinion on those who permit voting, and that it differs based on the reason. He would see that from those who see it as permissible, there are those who we don’t even hold to have committed Kufr, let alone actually apostated. This would have also put an end to his claims that we hold Shaykh ‘Abd Allâh ‘Azzâm, may Allâh be merciful to him, to be a Kâfir. And any discerning reader could see that plainly.

The reality seems to be that Abuz Zubair isn’t interested in participating in a Shar’î discussion on the topics where he disagrees with us. Rather, what seems most important to him, is that our reputations are attacked so that he can promote his Sahwah-oriented causes, such as glorifying and defending Democracy, hating and belittling the views, actions and efforts of the Mujâhidîn and their scholars in our time, and basically pretending that we’re still all living in a pre-9/11 world sometime in the 1990s (as is evident from his taking of news and commentary regarding the current Jihâd and the Mujâhidîn from those who haven’t been involved with Jihâd since this time period). The problem is that decisions have already been made about At-Tibyân; not based on the voting issue, not based on targeting women or children as retribution, not even for the mistranslation of a word in a Hadîth (his claim was that it was an intentional distortion). At-Tibyân is hated because of who we support, what we support and who we take our knowledge from. That’s as simple as it gets.

The Reply to Abuz Zubair

He said:

“Look guys, you lot from Tibyan... Do your homework well, which means - specially when it comes to fiqh - A LOT more than translating an article by Sh al-Shu'aybi, who is probably a kafir according to you anyway on TWO counts;’

“1) The fact that he considers entering the parliament as an MP a matter of khilaf and ijtihad, AND’

“2) Giving Bay'a to several Saudi kings...’

[Refer to the opening disclaimer about our using the same tone of insults and sarcasm in addressing Abuz Zubair.]

Is this anything other than what we have already said about him? Instead of focusing upon the statement and opinion being quoted, he uses the tactic of saying: “Well since so-and-so permitted what you have called Kufr, then you must hold him to be a Kâfir anyway.” So he demonstrates his lack of knowledge in the principles of Takfîr, which is very obvious to the discerning student of knowledge, all the while demonstrating his arrogance and his contempt for the truth. I’m really interested, Capt. Sahwah, where did any member of At-Tibyân Publications make Takfîr based on seeing entering the parliament as an MP to be a matter of Khilâf and Ijtihâd? If you could just provide a reference for this accusation, that would be splendid. Not that we expect you to be able to prove any of your Shock-Jock accusations. But for those who listen, maybe you can substantiate even this single claim of yours. We’re waiting…

Again, it’s not what we say about Shaykh Hamûd (ra), it’s what you say about him, you idiot! He said that it is not permissible for a Muslim to seek the assistance of a Kâfir against the Bughât. We say the same thing, but you claim the opposite is true. Was Shaykh Hamûd (ra) a ‘Tâghût having his own parallel Sharî’ah’, as you have labeled us for holding the same view he does? Was he ‘mainstream’? Was he a ‘heavyweight’? Simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ please, then we can move on.

Or will you claim that he is excused because he is a Mujtahid? And if that is the case, while he is knowledgeable of the Sharî’ah, then are you really that immature to attempt to label us with this, knowing that we are not Mujtahidîn and are merely relating what we see as the most correct opinions of the scholars? Why would the knowledgeable be excused by you while those who are less in knowledge are not excused for following the knowledgeable? Isn’t it you who asked us the same thing about Shaykh Hamûd and ‘Abd Allâh ‘Azzâm (ra)? Didn’t you ask us why we excuse them from the Kufr, while they permitted voting? Didn’t you claim that according to our view, that voting was an action of Kufr, that we must make Takfîr of those who were knowledgeable but permitted it anyway? Then why do your standards and logic apply to anyone but yourself?

Or was this only another plot to discredit the views of the Shaykh by calling attention to other matters (i.e. his view of the Parliaments, which Abuz Zubair didn’t even bother to post)? If we are speaking about the issue of a Muslim state seeking assistance from a Kâfir against the Bughât, then wouldn’t you have to say about the Shaykh the same thing you have said about us, for agreeing with his view? Or are you so childish that you change the subject as soon as you are confronted with his opinion on the same topic under discussion?

Then take it further Capt. Sahwah. Were the views of Shaykh Hamûd ash-Shu’aybî (ra) about the matter of the Saudi regime seeking the assistance of the French Foreign Legion to enter the Haram to kill Juhaymân al-‘Utaybî (ra) and his followers, consistent with your own view? Or do you want to change the subject to: “Yeah but look what he said about the Parliaments,”? And did he excuse the actions of that regime and approve of the actions of that state in doing what they did on the same basis that you say? Or will you change the subject to: “Yeah, but he gave Bay’ah to several Saudi Kings,”?

By Allâh, Abuz Zubair is like a child who gets caught being naughty and then when he is about to be disciplined he says, “But daddy, my sister disobeyed you last week,” in a vain effort to prevent his own problems by deflecting the blame onto someone else.

If you were less conceited in your speech and manners you might be worth feeling sorry for.

The Quotations [with Translation]:

Anyway, here you go... I decided to help you out with some research on this issue.

Thank you very much for providing us with these valuable quotes, which refute your stated position so much better than we could have done ourselves. If only you could read… Did you miss the parts where these scholars stated in the beginning of their statements that the basic rule for this action [which you said was unrestrictedly permissible] is that it is Harâm, and that some (not even all) of them stated it was permitted when certain conditions were present?

The ‘Sahawî’ School of Thought:

Let’s begin by recalling the claim of Abuz Zubair and then comparing that claim to the various juristic schools (which he, himself, posted in an attempt to substantiate his own claim):

“Allying with the kuffar against the Muslims, meaning aiding an enemy who wants to attack the Muslim lands. This does NOT refer to a ruler contracting a few kuffar to help them fight the rebels.’

“In this respect, you have made takfeer on the vast majority of classical scholars, such as Ibn Qudama who explicitly states that the ruler may seek aid from the mushrikin to quell the rebellion.”

Please notice how the general permissibility of an Islâmic state seeking the military assistance of a Kâfir in order to fight the Muslim rebels was claimed by Abuz Zubair, without a single condition, prerequisite, qualification, or necessary set of circumstances to permit such an action. [Forget for a moment that he is actually saying that the Saudi regime was an Islâmic state in 1979 and that Juyaymân (ra) and his followers were rebelling against the Islâmic rule of that state!] Let’s just stick to the general topic at hand, which is an Islâmic state seeking the assistance of a Kâfir army against the Muslim rebels. Now compare this statement with those whom he quoted to support this generalized ‘permissibility’, unrestrictedly, and without any single condition (keeping in mind that practically anything, which is prohibited as a basic rule, becomes permissible, in cases of necessity).

What you will see is that EVERY SINGLE QUOTATION, which was specifically listed by Abuz Zubair, proves that the basic rule is that doing so is IMPERMISSIBLE (i.e. Harâm), and that it only becomes permissible when a series of CONDITIONS exist, none of which he even mentioned when claiming the general permissibility of this action! We have translated them for Abuz Zubair who apparently didn’t have time to do his homework:

Shâfi’iyyah:

‘Rawdhat At-Tâlibîn’, by An-Nawawî:

“The fifth: It is not allowed to seek help against them from the Kuffâr because it is not allowed to give a Kâfir authority over a Muslim.” – until he said: “...unless he is in need of seeking their help; then it is allowed with two conditions. One of them is that they have bravery and good performance and the second is that he is able to repel them if they (i.e. the Kuffâr) pursue the people of rebellion (i.e. the Muslim rebels) after their defeat. And it is a must for the two conditions to be together for the permissibility for seeking help. This was stated by Ibn as-Sabbâgh and ar-Rûyânî and others from the agreement of the companions. And the phrasing of al-Baghawî necessitates its permissibility with one of them.”

‘Asnal-Matâlib’ by Abû Yahyâ Zakariyyâ Al-Ansârî:

“And seeking help against them from a Kâfir is Harâm, even if he is a Thimmî, as it is not allowed to give authority to him over us.” – until he said: “Yes, it is allowed to seek their help when it is a necessity…”

‘Tuhfat Al-Habîb’, by Al-Bujayrimî:

“His statement: ‘Because it is Harâm to give him authority over the Muslim..’ And likewise to make him the one who implements the Hudûd upon the Muslims…” – until he said: “Yes, if the benefit necessitates entrusting him with the authority of something, which no one other than him from the Muslims can establish, or the one who performs that from the Muslims has had some betrayal shown from him, while the Thimmî is considered trustworthy even if it is due to his fear of the ruler, for instance. Then it is not farfetched that it would be permissible to give him that authority when there is necessity.”

‘Hawâshî Al-Sharwânî’, by Abdul-Hakîm Al-Makkî Ash-Sharwânî’:

“What is apparent from their words is that this is not allowed, even if necessity calls for that. But it was clearly stated in ‘At-Tamammah’ the permissibility of seeking his help, in other words the Kâfir, when there is a necessity.”

‘Mughnî Al-Muhtâj’, by Al-Khatîb Ash-Shirbînî:

“Point of Notice: What is apparent from their words is that this is not allowed, even if necessity calls for that. But it was clearly stated in ‘At-Tamammah’ the permissibility of seeking his help, when there is a necessity.”

‘Nihâyat Al-Muhtâj’, by Muhammad Ibn Abil-‘Abbâs Ar-Ramlî:

“And a Kâfir is not to be sought help from against them, even if he is a Thimmî because it is forbidden to give him authority over a Muslim.” – until he said: “Yes, it is allowed to seek help from them, when there is a necessity.”

Hanafiyyah

‘Al-Bahr Ar-Râ’iq’, by Ibn Nujaym Al-Misrî:

“And from them is that it is not allowed for us to seek help from the people of Shirk against the people of rebellion if the ruling of the Shirk is dominant. And there is no harm for the people of justice to seek help from the Bughât and the Thimîs against the Khawârij, if the ruling of the people of justice is dominant.”

Hanâbilah

‘Sharh Muntahal-Irâdât’, by Al-Bahûtî:

“And it is forbidden to seek help against them from a Kâfir because it is giving him authority over the blood of the Muslims.” – until he said: “Except if due to necessity, such as the inability of the people of truth against them.”

‘Al-Mughnî’, by Ibn Qudâmah:

“And he does not seek help from a Kâfir in fighting them in any condition, nor from he who is of the opinion of fighting them when they flee. And this was what ash-Shâfi’î stated. And the people of opinion stated that there is no problem in seeking help against them from the people of Thimmah and those who were given security and another type from them, if the people of justice are dominant over those who they are seeking help from. And we take that the point is to repel them and return obedience and not killing them. And if the need calls for seeking help from them, then if he is able to repel them (i.e. those disbelievers he is seeking help from), then he seeks help from them. But if he is not able, it is not allowed.”

[Point: Not to dwell upon the incident of Juhaymân (ra), but would the Saudi Regime in 1979 be able to repel the French Foreign Legion, when it seems they were even unable to defeat al-Juhaymân (ra) and his followers, on their own?]

‘Al-Kâfî’, by Ibn Qudâmah:

“And he does not seek help from a Kâfir in fighting them, nor from he who permits killing them, because the point is to repel them, not to kill them, whereas the objection of those ones (i.e. the Kuffâr) is to kill them. Then if the need calls for seeking help from him, and he is able to prevent them from committing what is not permitted, seeking their help is permitted. Otherwise it is not.”

[Point: And again – not to go too deeply into the Juhaymân incident (ra), but was the so-called ‘Islâmic State’ of Âla Saud able to prevent the French Foreign Legion from killing the ‘Bughât’ (as Abuz Zubair referred to them), or were they poisoned and shot to death? And when Juhaymân was arrested, was he freed after being defeated, or was he executed?]

‘Kashâf Al-Qinâ’’, by Al-Bahûtî:

“And it is forbidden for the people of justice to seek help from a Kâfir in their war, in other words, their fighting of the rebels, because he is not sought help from in fighting the Kuffâr. So for him to not be sought help from in fighting a Muslim is more befitting. And because the point is to repel them, not kill them, while he does not intend anything except for killing them. ‘Or’, in other words, it is forbidden to seek help in their war from he who takes the opinion of killing them when they flee, due to what is in that from giving authority to him over he who it is not allowed to kill. Except for necessity, such as if the people of justice are unable to fight them, due to their small numbers. Then it is allowed for the need, due to their actions if it is not done.”

‘Al-Mubdi’’, by Ibn Muflih:

“And they do not seek help from a Kâfir in their war because he is not sought help from in fighting against the Kuffâr. So for him to not be sought help from in fighting a Muslim is more befitting and because the point is to repel them and not kill them, and he does not intend, (except) killing them. Then if it is needed and he is able to repel them from performing that which is not allowed, seeking help from them is allowed, otherwise no.”

‘Matâlib Ulin-Nuhâ’, by As-Suyûtî Ar-Rahîbânî:

“And seeking help against them from a Kâfir is forbidden, because it is giving authority to him over the blood of the Muslims.” – until he said: “Except for necessity, such as the inability of the people of truth against them.”

Thâhiriyyah

‘Al-Muhallâ’, by Ibn Hazm:

“Are the people of Harb, the people of Thimmah, or other people of rebellion sought help from against the people of rebellion?’

“Abû Muhammad (ra) said: ‘The people differed regarding this as a group stated that it is not allowed to seek help against them from the Harbi, nor a Thimmî nor from someone who permits fighting them when they flee. And this was the opinion of ash-Shâfi’î (raa). And the companions of Abû Hanîfah said, there is no problem in seeking help against them from the people of Harb, the people of Thimmah and from the likes of them from the people of rebellion.’

“And we mentioned in the ‘Book of Jihâd’, the statement of the Messenger of Allâh, صلى الله عليه وسلم, ‘Verily, we do not seek help from a Mushrik.’ And this is a general (text), which prevents the seeking of help from them in authority, fighting or anything else, except (in) that which the consensus has been confirmed concerning the permissibility of seeking their help in, like taking care of the animals, employment, or fulfilling a need, and other than that, from that which they do not come out from lowliness. And the (word) ‘Mushrik’ is used for a Thimmî and a Harbî.’

“Abû Muhammad (ra) said: ‘This is according to us (i.e. that it is not allowed), as long as the people of justice have ability to defend. But if they are at the brink of annihilation, and are in necessity, and they have no stratagem, then there is no problem for them to seek refuge with the people of Harb and to use the people of Thimmah in defense, as long as they are certain that they are in their support; they do not harm a Muslim nor a Thimmî in blood, wealth or a sanctity from what is not permitted.”

The Condition of ‘Necessity’

The reason we have emphasized this condition that was mentioned in so many of Abuz Zubair’s quotations, (which he urged us to translate, requesting that we “do our homework well”), is because this condition is almost universally applied to any generalized prohibition in the Sharî’ah as an EXCEPTION to the general rule of prohibition. Consider the statement of Allâh, the Most High:

“Say: ‘I find not in that which has been inspired to me anything forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be Maytatah (a dead animal) or blood poured forth (by slaughtering or the like), or the flesh of swine (pork, etc.) for that surely is impure, or impious (unlawful) meat (of an animal) which is slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allâh (or has been slaughtered for idols, etc., or on which Allâh's Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering). But whosoever is forced by necessity without willful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits, (for him) certainly, your Lord is Oft¬-Forgiving, Most Merciful.” (Al-An’âm, 145)

In the Verse Allâh, the Most High, Himself mentioned this topic similarly. Firstly the general prohibition of dead meat, blood, pork and animals sacrificed for other than Allâh, was mentioned. And then immediately after that general prohibition, the exception was made due to cases of necessity.

So then it is not surprising from a person with the character of Abuz Zubair, that he sought only to bold and underline the portion of the references he quoted, which permit an Islâmic state to seek the assistance of a Kâfir army, in cases of necessity, as the EXCEPTION to the general prohibition of this action. And all of this was pointed out in EVERY SINGLE quotation he posted, as an EXCEPTION to this generalized prohibition, which was CONDITIONAL upon some kind of necessity, need or other set of extreme circumstances. [Some actually didn’t even permit this seeking assistance under any condition, as was stated by Ibn Qudâmah about the opinion of ash-Shâfi’î (ra). Apparently Abuz Zubair missed that. Tsk, tsk Capt. Sahwah…didn’t do your homework well, we see.]

Why is this a big deal?

The reason it’s a big deal is because what Abuz Zubair claimed would essentially be the same as him claiming the general, unrestricted and unconditional permissibility of eating dead meat, pork, or blood etc. Because we already know these things are permitted, in cases of necessity, in the same way an Islâmic state is permitted to seek the military assistance of a Kâfir army against the Muslim rebels, in cases of necessity. But in fact, what Abuz Zubair claimed is much worse, because many of the same scholars he even quoted (in his delusional assumption that these quotations proved his point) actually mentioned even stricter conditions for the permissibility of seeking their help, such as being able to repel those Kuffâr whom they are seeking assistance from as well as power over them to prevent them from pursuing and killing the fleeing Muslim rebels after they have been defeated. Whereas the aforementioned verse ONLY mentions one condition; the condition of necessity.

A Point to the reader about the competency of Abuz Zubair’s Fiqh and knowledge of Arabic:

Consider the following quotation that Abuz Zubair cherry picked to prove his point that seeking military assistance from the Kuffâr against the Muslim rebels was unrestrictedly permissible as a basic ruling ‘by the vast majority of classical scholars’:

‘Al-Hâwî Al-Kabîr’ by al-Mâwardî:

“Al-Mâwardî said: ‘As for seeking help from the people of Ahad and Thimmah, in fighting the people of rebellion, then it is not allowed in any condition.” – until he said: “As for seeking help against them (i.e. the rebels) from those AMONGST THE MUSLIMS, who see it as permissible to fight them (i.e. the rebels) when attacking and fleeing, then ash-Shâfi’î prevented that due to what is necessary from refraining from (pursuing) them (i.e. the fleeing rebels), when they are defeated.”

* There is an entire paragraph missing from Abuz Zubair’s post between what is above and what is bellow this point. We will translate the missing paragraph from the original book, which was skipped by Abuz Zubair in his post. It is as follows:

Missing excerpt from Abuz Zubair’s quote: “Then if it is said: ‘Would it not be allowed to seek help against them from he who contradicts his opinion regarding it, and acts upon his own Ijtihâd, just as it is allowed for the ruler to leave behind one who rules with his own Ijtihâd, even if he (i.e. the ruler) opposes the Ijtihâd of the one he leaved behind in the same way that it is allowed for the Shâfi’î to leave behind a Hanafî and for the Hanafî to leave behind a Shâfi’î?’ It is to be said: ‘The difference between them is that the fighting against the people of rebellion when fleeing is up to the Ijtihâd of the Imâm. And the one specified for it (i.e. repelling the rebels) is under orders (and therefore) prevented from performing (his own) Ijtihâd, while the one left behind in judgment is left up to his own opinion. So (in this case) Ijtihâd is allowed for him.’

* This marks the end of the paragraph left out by Abuz Zubair (shall we accuse him of intentionally ‘distorting this text’, as he accuses others of doing?) [This was from the original book: “Al-Hâwî al-Kabîr”, by al-Mâwardî, Vol. 13/129-130, publication of Dâr Al-Kutub Al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut]

The quotation Abuz Zubair posted continues bellow:

“Then since it is confirmed that the seeking of the help is to be prevented, then our companions differed regarding it, in two opinions:

“One; that it is a prevention of forbiddance and prohibition, and the second; that it is a prevention of recommendation and urging.”

“Then if necessity calls him to seek help from them, due to the inability of the people of justice to resist them, then it is allowed for them to seek their help with three conditions. – End of quote.

Explanation: What is being discussed in this quotation is whether or not it is permissible for the Muslim to seek the military assistance of other MUSLIMS who take the opinion that pursuing the Bughât (i.e. Muslim rebels) in order to kill them while they are fleeing, after they have been repelled, is permissible. The reason for this discussion in a book of Shâfi’î Fiqh – unbeknownst to Abuz Zubair – is that according to Imâm ash-Shâfi’î and many others, the Bughât (Muslim rebels) are never to be pursued and killed when they flee from the battlefield after being repelled. So while discussing this, al-Mâwardî (ra) digressed into the issue of whether or not the Muslim state could make use of other MUSLIMS to defend the state if these MUSLIM soldiers did not prohibit the pursuit and killing of the Muslim rebels in the way Imâm ash-Shâfi’î did. So he mentioned the impermissibility of seeking help from non-Muslims unrestrictedly, then if the matter comes to there being some kind of necessity, he permitted the MUSLIM soldiers who see it as permissible to pursue and kill the Muslim rebels who flee to be sought assistance from. But even in this case, he only permitted seeking this MUSLIM assistance with THREE CONDITIONS! Some will say that these conditions mentioned in his quote also apply to seeking help from non-Muslims, but this is not the issue here. The issue here is that here in this quote, Al-Mâwardî is discussing Muslims. This is clear from numerous points.

1-The fact that in the beginning he stated, ‘As for seeking help from the people of Ahad and Thimmah, in fighting the people of rebellion, then it is not allowed in any condition.” So for him to state this, then go on to mention conditions in which it is allowed is self-contradictory.

2-His conditions came after he mentioned the seeking of help from Muslims, and had a discussion of some of the arguments used by those who permit it. So for these conditions to go back to this discussion is more befitting than to the whole thing, since they are two separate issues.

3-Regarding seeking help from non-Muslims, he used the phrase “Lâ Yajooz” and referring to Muslims, he mention “Mana’” Later when discussing the conditions, he used “Mamnû’’, which relates to “Mamnû’” and not “Jawâz”

4-That it was also mentioned al-Mâwardî mentioned in “Al-Ahkâm As-Sultâniyah”, that it is not allowed to use help from the non-Muslims, and he didn’t mention any conditions for it to be allowed.

This proves so much about Abuz Zubair’s inadequacy in discussing issues like this. Firstly, his lack of Arabic knowledge prevented him from noticing that he was quoting a reference, which completely refuted his own view. Second, his comprehension was so dull that he didn’t even realize whose help was being discussed in assisting with fighting the Bughât. And thirdly, despite the fact that conditions were listed in order for this seeing assistance to be permissible, it was fellow MUSLIMS being discussed and not the Kuffâr, as he claimed.
Is it possible that he is aware of these facts regarding his inadequacies, and that this is actually the cause of his embittered personality and vulgar manners?

O Abuz Zubair, we retract our former statement. We actually do feel sorry for you now.

A point about Abuz Zubair’s encouragement to ‘do your homework’:

The final quotation from Ibn Hazm (ra) from ‘Al-Muhallâ’, which he pasted into his thread, was totally messed up. Sentences were mixed, blended together and out of order, changing the context, logic and meaning of what was quoted. We wonder if we should accuse him of ‘intentionally distorting’ the words of the scholars, or if we should just assume that this error was an accident, especially because in his version, the statement ‘…and this is ash-Shâfi’î’s opinion…’ appeared after Ibn Hazm’s discussion on when it would be allowed to use the people of Harb and Thimmah in defense against the Muslim rebels. Good thing we ‘did our homework’ by correcting the errors in his.

More Replies to Abuz Zubair’s nonsense:

I don't have the time to translate all the quotes,

Too busy swearing at Mujâhidîn, belittling their efforts, and lamenting the glory days of the ‘Sahwah’ to do the work we guess. (Not surprising really. What little work you did do was pathetic enough.) It must be frustrating to be so irrelevant. But don’t worry, maybe cargo pants will make a comeback too. Bellbottoms did. Why not another 90’s trend?

so if you have anyone competent enough to translate for you (which is a hopeless thing to ask of you guys, lol)

Strong words from a kid whose knowledge of Arabic didn’t even prevent him from cherry picking a quote from al-Mâwardî discussing Muslims fighting Muslim rebels and then assuming, due to his impeccable interpretive skills, that this discussion was about an Islâmic state using the Kuffâr to fight the Muslim rebels! LOL!

go ahead and translate....So this is pretty much everyone except the Malikis. But no one has ever said that this is kufr.

Firstly, Ibn Hazm (ra) – you know, the same Ibn Hazm you told us to “read his quote for ourselves” – actually lists a situation in which seeking the military assistance against the Muslim rebels IS KUFR! As he said:

“And if the rule of the Kuffâr is dominant over him, then with that he is a Kâfir, (based) upon what we mentioned.”

Read Ibn Hazm's quote for yourselves.

Read it, thanks. Too bad you didn’t. While you’re at it, maybe you should read Shaykh Hamûd’s quote again for yourself. Remember that one…the one which included the statement from Ibn Hazm stating the situation where doing so would be Kufr? Oh yeah, we forgot, Shaykh Hamûd’s words don’t seem to mean anything to you presumably because he holds an opinion (as you claim) – on an entirely different topic – which is not the same as OURS. Yeah, that makes sense why YOU wouldn’t accept it then, especially when that opinion of his (as you claim) – on an entirely different topic – DOES agree with your own! Thanks for clearing that up, captain. It all makes perfect sense.

As I said, you guys are tawagheet to have your own parallel Sharia to that of the Sharia of Muhammad - SallAllahu 'alayhi wa-sallam and his inheritors. Learn it and accept it.

I’ll just let that last accusation stand out there without comment so everyone can see what type of person you really are. Take a good look, people. This is Abuz Zubair, and there’s plenty more where that came from.

Conclusion and a Warning

Do we expect this to be the end of Abuz Zubair’s tantrums? Of course not. We fully expect him to attempt a reply in order to save his own reputation and to discredit ours. This has become his only means of resurrecting his own relevance. And initially we had no intention of responding to his raving insults, lying claims and ridiculous challenges ourselves. [In fact, when the doubts about democracy came up, rather than pursuing anything with him directly, we decided to arrange a debate between Shaykh Abû Qatâdah (representing our side, obviously) and Shaykh Haytham al-Haddâd (representing his side). Which side do you think turned down this debate offer? Not ours.] However, due to some of our forum members seeking a reply from us towards his lunacy, we have produced this short response. This will be our only and last reply to him, as he truly is not worth being taken seriously.

A few years ago we had a meeting with Shaykh ‘Alî at-Tamîmî, may Allâh free him, and we were discussing SPUBS. At the time the Shaykh mentioned that we should not spend too much time on them, due to it being a waste of time, which could be better spent on other more important things. At the time we responded saying that if anyone else would bother refuting them then we wouldn’t feel the need to do it ourselves. The Shaykh, may Allâh free him, said (and I’m narrating this from the best of my memory):

“Then just leave it at this for now. You’ve refuted them and it can be referred to from this point forward. There’s no need to get into long, time consuming sessions on every topic they raise.”

We agreed with this point and we left our refutation series, and never bothered revisiting it. And we can think of no greater wisdom regarding addressing the likes of Abuz Zubair in this time. It seems that by pointing out all his problems in this discussion alone, any discerning, objective and clearly thinking Muslim can see that he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. And Allâh knows best.

Brothers and sisters, Abuz Zubair used to be a person known for sound conduct and beliefs. His descent into whatever has overcome him is sad and surprising. But who would have thought ten years ago, that a decade later, Safar al-Hawâlî would be interceding and assisting individuals wanted by the Saudi government to surrender themselves to the allies of Crusaders and then engage in debates against potential volunteers, who are seeking to assist their brothers in the Jihâd in Iraq? Could anything be less expected than that? So as surprising as it is that Abuz Zubair would turn into what he’s become today, let it be a lesson to those of you upon sincerity and religious commitment, that none of us know our fate and our seal. And remaining guided and upon the correct path is not to be taken for granted. Therefore ask Allâh that you are not shaken off the path of Haqq as the events of the future unfold. And He is the One who guides and protects.

Wa Salâmu ‘Alaykum Wa Rahmat Allâhî Wa Barakâtuh

At-Tibyân Publications

[Casey]

German Islamist Issues Call for Jihad in Internet Video

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: A 20-year-old German called for jihad in a new Internet video

Fears of a second suicide bombing by a German national have risen after a convert to Islam calls for holy war in an Internet video. EU officials have put posters of the suspect at all the bloc's entry points.

The video, posted on the "Time for Martyrdom" Web site, shows 20-year-old Eric B. from the western state of Saarland wearing an ammunitions belt and holding a machine gun. The mountainous backdrop has led some to believe it was filmed in the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

"Come over to the jihad, for that is your way to paradise," he proclaims in halting German. "If you cannot come, then help us with your wealth."

Connections to the Islamic Jihad Union

B., who calls himself Abdulgaffar al-Almani in the video, is reportedly known to German intelligence agencies. Authorities have been tracking his whereabouts at least since September 2007, following B. and his travelling companion, Houssain al-M., a 23-year-old German of Lebanese descent, throughout the Middle East.

Their surveillance was sparked by the raids in North Rhine-Westphalia that uncovered a Saarland-based branch of the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU). Those raids came after a warning from the CIA that the IJU was planning attacks against the American interests in Germany. Authorities thwarted those plans and arrested three men -- two German converts to Islam and a Turk.

Authorities on alert

Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Authorities fear Cifcti could be a role model for Eric B.
Afterwards, the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) issued an alert for four additional members of the cell, including B. and al-M. A third person, Cuneyt Cifcti, a 28-year-old Turk raised in Germany, carried out a suicide bombing in the Khost province of western Afghanistan that killed two US and two Afghan soldiers in March.

Cifcti's preparations were well-documented through video, and analysts fear that he may have become B.'s role model. They also fear that B.'s appearance in the film with his face uncovered heralds an imminent attack.

He is suspected to have received terrorist training in an IJU camp and was last seen in Kabul in early April, leading some to speculate that he could be planning a suicide bombing there.

Wanted posters with his picture on are hung throughout Kabul and his photograph recently appeared in the US army newspaper, Stars and Stripes. His photograph is also posted at all EU entry points and in all German airports in hopes of preventing a possible European attack.

A German Islamist network

Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Analysts say the video could herald an imminent attack
The video comes a week after German security agents conducted nationwide raids aimed at disrupting a network of Islamists. The raids on homes, clubs, and publishing houses, included the arrest of nine men suspected of trying to radicalize Germans and support a holy war abroad. They also heightened the fear of a growing Islamist movement in Germany.


http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3302503,00.html

[NYer]

Virtual worlds require Virtual - HUMINT. (http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/05/virtual_worlds_require_virtual.php)

Therefore, what this research does is point to something fundamental about how global intelligence and law-enforcement agencies need to approach the examination of virtual worlds, and that is that raw data-crunching is likely to prove unsatisfactory. Ironically, virtual worlds require a uniquely human approach. The only sure way to gather information on extremist or criminal groups operating in virtual worlds is to enter the environment and interact with the suspected groups. The United States Intelligence community is not short of computing power but what this new environment needs is the human touch or to put it in the language of the Beltway -- layer Virtual-HUMINT over the SIGINT mission.

[Casey]

Israeli study shows US a digital haven for terrorists
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By Sharon Kanon
May 14, 2008

Terrorist organizations are exploiting well-known Internet Service Providers to get their messages out, according to a new study by an Israeli researcher.

Prof. Niv Ahituv, academic director of the Netvision Institute for Internet Studies (NIIS) at Tel Aviv University (TAU), said that some of the world's most dangerous organizations, including Hezbollah and al-Qaeda, host their web sites on servers owned by popular American and Canadian ISPs used by most North Americans.

"Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah are among the dozens of terrorist organizations and hundreds of terrorist blogs that abuse the web. They use the same well-known service providers that we all use," Ahituv tells ISRAEL21c.

"The coordination of 9/11 was partially done by e-mail, written in plain English," Ahituv continues. The terrorists disguised the logistic information in coded messages, which ostensibly dealt with normal kinds of information, such as registering for a degree at a college. They did this right under the eyes of the FBI.

In February this year, Ahituv was invited to present his study at a closed workshop in Berlin to representatives from NATO (the North American Treaty Organization), and European Security Services.

NATO, which has set up a Counter-Terrorism Technology Unit focusing on nine areas, including cyber-terrorism, commissioned the workshop from the NIIS and the Interdisciplinary Center for Technology Analysis & Forecasting (ICTAF), both at Tel Aviv University, and Berlin's Institute for Cooperation Management and Interdisciplinary Research (NEXUS), affiliated with the Technology University of Berlin.

Israel is a member of the Mediterranean Group (affiliate members of NATO) trying to increase the prospects of peace in the Middle East.

At the workshop, "Old Threats, New Channels: the Internet as a Tool for Terrorists," Ahituv told participants that Islamic Jihad operates 15 websites in Arabic and English, using US and Canadian service providers (among others); Hamas operates 20 websites in eight languages (including Hebrew), some based in the US and Canada, as well as Russia, Malaysia, and the PA; and Hezbollah operates 20 websites in five languages using service providers from the US, Canada, Iran and Syria.

Aside from general propaganda and training, Ahituv said that terrorist organizations are also using the Net to coordinate missions or call meetings; provide tutorials on bomb building; and to recruit impressionable American and British Moslems to become believers, soldiers and even suicide bombers.

Websites target specific population groups. "We can see how they target vulnerable Muslim mothers - in the US, Canada, Great Britain, all over the world - persuading them of the virtues of having their sons be a suicide bomber, and how to educate their sons to be a 'Shahid.'"

Some websites are directed at the children themselves, inculcating them with terror messages.

No less insidious, says Ahituv, is the use of the Internet for disinformation. During Israel's second Lebanon war, citizens of south Lebanon were shown on the Net suffering Israeli attacks. Later, it was discovered that photographs were staged (a man killed in one incident, appeared two hours later in another.) Disinformation is also apparent in the promotion of so-called humanitarian organizations that are often fronts for terror organizations.

So should terrorist websites be shut down? Paradoxically, in the US, the First Amendment to the Constitution, protecting free speech, also protects the terrorists, says Ahituv, recognizing the irony of waging a war on terror when some of the most dangerous propaganda is being created at home.

"The main feeling at the meeting was that if the website is not used to develop a terrorist operation, why shut it down? This way we don't have to play hide and seek. We can follow what and where they are preaching," he tells ISRAEL21c.

On the other hand, he adds, it is absurd that the free world hosts terrorist organization websites.

Unfortunately, in the wired world, the base location is a technical matter. Geography is not a limiting factor. "A half an hour after a website is shut down in the US, it is registered in Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, or Iran. The FBI has shut down a few websites, but it is like chasing the wind," warns Ahituv.

The NIIS was established in 2003 as an interdisciplinary research institute that supports and coordinates research in a number of schools in TAU. It does not belong to one particular faculty. NIIS is also very active in offering seminars and lecture to the public.

http://www.israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Articles%5El2107&enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Technology

[Casey]

May 17, 2008
Spain arrests 5 suspected of hacking US sites
By DANIEL WOOLLS
Associated Press Writer

Spanish police have arrested five people suspected of hacking into or outright disabling thousands of Internet pages, some of them run by government agencies in the U.S., Latin America and Asia, authorities said Saturday.

The National Police said the suspects belonged to one of the most active hacker groups on the Internet and said two of the suspects are 16 years old. The others are 19 or 20.

On the Internet, the group calls itself D.O.M Team, police said.

One of the group's techniques was to infiltrate Web sites and insert a page of its own, police said.

The group attacked some 21,000 Web pages over the last two years, police said in a statement. The five were arrested this week in Barcelona, Burgos, Malaga and Valencia.

The statement did not identify which government Web sites the suspects are accused of tampering with.

The Spanish newspaper El Mundo reported in March that the group had infiltrated NASA's Web page. A police official said Saturday she could not confirm this, and she refused to specify which sites had been hit. The official spoke on condition of anonymity in line with department rules.

The newspaper said the group also hacked the Venezuelan national telephone company's page and that of the Spanish telephone operator Jazztel, among others.

El Mundo said it had contacted the group in March and that members described themselves not as delinquents, but as computer-lovers who raided Web sites to show system administrators the pages' vulnerabilities.

The Spanish investigation began in March after the Web page of a Spanish political party, Izquierda Unida, was disabled shortly after Spain's general election March 9.

The five suspects did not know one another personally, but rather just over the Internet, police said. They were in contact with other members of the hacking group, mainly in Latin America, police said.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SPAIN_HACKERS_ARRESTED?SITE=RIPAW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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Terror returns
18 May 2008, 0222 hrs IST,Vishwa Mohan,TNN

"The day is not far when we will slaughter you in the streets of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and other cities of India."

— Email received minutes before the UP serial blasts in November 2007

The bloodied streets of the Pink City are proof that this was no empty threat. Terror has returned, this time striking one of the country's hottest tourist destinations and virtually announcing its plan to bleed India by inflicting wounds at regular intervals. How long the lull in between will last is anybody's guess.

"I will not be surprised if terrorists are able to hit us once every month given the weak security scenario," says retired IPS officer and ex-BSF chief Prakash Singh. Of course, the remote control of this terror game lies in Pakistan where the ISI guides the timing of such attacks with Islamabad's internal power equations in mind. The current regime might have done a U-turn on aiding terror, especially since it has itself been at the receiving end of jihadi ire of late, but the threat from across the border has intensified once again.

The warning signal came barely two weeks before the Jaipur blasts, and former IB joint director M K Dhar wonders how the intelligence and security agencies could have missed it. It came in the form of an announcement by United Jihad Council (UJC) chief Syed Salahuddin in Muridke, Pakistan last month, where he called for a renewed offensive against India. "He openly urged cadres to advance the cause of jihad in Kashmir and India."

The call seems to have galvanised the jihadis. Last week, the BSF repulsed a major infiltration bid. Then, security forces fought a pitched battle with infiltrators in Samba (J&K). This was followed by strikes in the Pink City.

According to Dhar, terrorists have now reached a stage where they can strike and even announce it beforehand. The email sent (using ID guru_alhindi@yahoo.fr) before last November's serial blasts in UP was the first instance. The investigators managed to trace the cyber cafe (in East Delhi) used by the terrorists but hit a deadend in the absence of any concrete lead. UP's Special Task Force SSP Amitabh Yash admits their limitations, particularly when terrorists are trained not to leave any trace behind. "The probe did not yield much. However, it is confirmed that the senders of the email had connections with the perpetrators of the serial blasts in UP."

Terrorists sent another email — this time they did it a day after the Jaipur blasts, using ID guru_alhindi jaipur@yahoo.co.uk. And to give credence to their previous claim, they disclosed the password of their earlier ID (guru_alhindi@yahoo.fr) — which had hitherto been known only to top sleuths in IB, UP and Delhi Police — in one of the attachments. Officials involved in the probe confirm this to be the correct password, making it clear that terrorists are virtually operating with impunity.

And they are doing it in places of their own choosing — which may be anywhere in the country. While Jammu and Kashmir has been their traditional war zone, other parts of India have become a prime target in recent years — starting with the fidayeen attack on the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid complex in Ayodhya in July 2005. The attack on the Pink City is the 21st strike outside J&K since then. Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Malegaon, Hyderabad, Faizabad, Varanasi, Lucknow, Ajmer...the list of terror targets is only growing longer.

Prakash Singh, who has also served as police chief of UP and Assam, says the terrorists are well aware of the chinks in India's security and intelligence set-up. "The weak security set-up coupled with votebank politics are only aiding the terrorists' cause." What makes them even more lethal is the fact that police forces have not been able to catch the kingpins behind any of the major blasts in the past couple of years.

The ex-BSF boss is not wrong there. It took the country nearly 14 years to get convictions in the 1993 Bombay blasts. Among the recent blast cases, there have been virtually no breakthroughs in Malegaon (September 2006), Samjhauta Express (February 2007), Mecca Masjid, Hyderabad (May 2007), Gokul Chat and Lumbini Park, Hyderabad (August 2007) and the serial bombings in UP courts (November 2007). Though there have been a few arrests, security agencies don't appear to be on an entirely sure footing. "The rush to solve cases led the police to either arrest the wrong people or mere foot soldiers who did not even know whom they were working for. After a point, this results in a deadend while the actual perpetrators of the crime remain at large," says a senior CBI official involved in probing terror-related cases.

Meanwhile, a recent development in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) is likely to add to the worries of Indian security agencies. The provincial government there reached a ceasefire agreement with terrorists in Swat on May 9. This means they can now turn to India, which has been spared their attentions during the past four-five months. The period, incidentally, coincided with the uncertainty in Pakistan before the formation of the democratically elected government. With rogue elements within the Pakistani establishment now refocusing in this direction, it looks like the period of respite may be over for India.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Terror_returns/articleshow/3049889.cms

[al-Canine]

Better Secrecy for Open Source Intel Collectors Urged

U.S. intelligence employees who are collecting open source intelligence online should do more to ensure that they are not identified as intelligence personnel, the House Armed Services Committee said in its new report on the 2009 Defense Authorization Act.

Failure to conceal the identity of open source intelligence collectors could conceivably lead to spoofing, disinformation or other forms of compromise.
“Efforts in this area [i.e., open source intelligence] will require collectors to operate in benign cyberspace domains, such as media websites and academic databases, as well as more hostile areas, such as foreign language blogging websites and even websites maintained by terrorist or state-actors groups. The committee is concerned about the ability of our adversaries to be able to track and attribute collection activities to U.S. and allied forces. Technology exists to provide non-attribution services to protect identities, especially source country of origin.”

“The committee urges the Secretary of Defense to ensure, through the use of all reasonable means, protection of government investigators involved in gathering open source intelligence. These means should include proven non-attribution services, as well as development of appropriate tactics, techniques and procedures that are incorporated into manuals and training programs.”

The Committee generally welcomed the growing investment in open source intelligence.

“The committee recognizes that open source intelligence provides a critical complementary capability to traditional intelligence gathering and analysis. The committee is encouraged by the growing recognition within the military and intelligence communities of the value of open source intelligence which is punctuated by the establishment of the Open Source Center and the development of an Army field manual on open source intelligence.”

http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/05/better_secrecy_for.html

[al-Canine]

Lieberman to YouTube: Remove al Qaeda videos

In a Monday letter to Eric Schmidt, chief executive officer of Google, Lieberman asked that YouTube "implement its own policy against this offensive material," by removing the videos. Lieberman, the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, also wants YouTube staffers to have a system that will prevent the video from reappearing.

The letter follows the committee's staff report on terrorists' Internet use. Read the report

YouTube is a subsidiary of Google Inc.

"Many of the videos produced by one of the production arms of al Qaeda show attacks on U.S. forces in which American soldiers are injured and, in some cases, killed," wrote Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut.

"The community guidelines state that 'graphic or gratuitous violence is not allowed. If your video shows someone getting hurt, attacked, or humiliated, don't post it.' ... Nevertheless, those videos remain available for viewing on YouTube," he wrote.

YouTube said Monday on its blog that it had removed a "number of videos" from its site after examining several videos that Lieberman's staff said "violated YouTube's Community Guidelines."

The videos that were removed "depicted gratuitous violence, advocated violence, or used hate speech," YouTube said.

However, "Most of the videos, which did not contain violent or hate speech content, were not removed because they do not violate our Community Guidelines."

The statement did not say how many videos were removed, and it was not immediately clear when they were taken down.

Lieberman asked in his letter that YouTube "immediately remove content produced by Islamist terrorist organizations ... a straightforward task since so many of the Islamist terrorist organizations brand their material with logos or icons identifying their provenance."

However, the video-sharing Web site said it could not comply with the request because some of the videos that mention or feature those groups include "legal nonviolent or non-hate speech videos."

"While we respect and understand his views, YouTube encourages free speech and defends everyone's right to express unpopular points of view," the site said of Lieberman.

"We believe that YouTube is a richer and more relevant platform for users precisely because it hosts a diverse range of views."

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/20/youtube.lieberman

[Casey]

Osama virus.....again.


Osama virus ruins disk


Hyderabad, May 22: If you get an email saying “Osama Bin Laden hanged”, just delete it.

An email alert doing the rounds says that the “Osama hanging” email carries a Trojan, a computer malware, embedded in it. Clicking on the photographs unleashes the Trojan that will ruin the computer’s hard disk. Cyber forensic experts said that the Trojan in the Osama e-mails will not cause much harm.

“Fake information about well known persons is often used to spread worms or Trojans through email,” said Mr U. Ram Mohan, cyber forensic expert at the AP Forensic Science Laboratory. “Anyone opening the attachments or visiting the web site will get a version of the Psyme Trojan installed on their computer,” Mr Mohan told this correspondent.

The email alert warns: “The moment you open these (Osama) emails your computer will crash and you will not be able to fix it.” About this, Mr Mohan said, “It is not dangerous and can be ignored.” The virus alert was termed a hoax two years ago. It is doing the rounds again, he said. Another forensic expert of a central forensic lab said, “We have complaints from at least five persons that they have received Osama pictures carrying Trojan worm.”

--Agencies


http://www.siasat.com/english/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=269203&Itemid=79&cattitle=Hyderabad

[Casey]

The Military's Internet 'Civil War'
Part One: How the Army Found Middle Ground to Embrace the Internet

Army cadets at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York. (U.S. Army)

By David Axe 05/30/2008

This winter, the Air Force, as the Pentagon’s point agency for Internet operations –“cyberwarfare,” in military jargon – banned access from official networks to many blogs, declaring that they weren’t “established, reputable media.” The Air Force didn’t seem concerned that America’s greatest enemies, international jihadists, had long ago latched onto websites as cheap, effective tools for sharing ideas.

Indeed, the Air Force’s ban was part of a widening military crackdown on so-called “Web 2.0” Internet sites, including blogs, YouTube, MySpace and Facebook, all often grouped together as “social media,” because of their potential for easy, global communication. Mostly, Website-banning Pentagon officials were worried that U.S. troops, in using these popular Web 2.0 sites, might inadvertently release secret information on the Internet.

To many in the military, the need for secrecy outweighed the Internet’s value for rapidly and widely sharing ideas. While jihadists built entire intelligence and recruiting machines online, huge swaths of the U.S. military were walling themselves off from the Internet.

But not entirely.

The Army cleverly dodged the bans, setting up its own versions of popular Web 2.0 sites, but hiding them behind password-protected portals. In that way, the Army appears to have found a middle ground between Internet proponents and skeptics. On this toehold, the land combat branch is steadily building new Internet tools that might help the United States catch up to Internet-savvy jihadists. In late April, the land-warfare branch even launched an official blogging service for officers. The blogs combine the best of the civilian Web 2.0 with old-fashioned military-grade security.

In the Pentagon’s tangle of agencies and advocacies, there’s rarely total consensus on any issue. So for every move to tamp down on free-wheeling Internet communication, there have also been grass-roots efforts to harness the Net for military purposes. This back and forth represents a sort of “civil war” within the Pentagon over the use of the Internet for sharing information and ideas -– both within the armed services and with civilians. The Army has emerged least damaged by this civil war; the Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard all take big steps backwards for every small step forward online.

It didn’t take long for Congress to take note of the tug-of-war over Internet use. The Pentagon’s social media ban prompted Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) to write Defense Secretary Robert Gates in May 2007 to express “concern that … the regulations may also inadvertently weaken what has proven to be a significant asset in our media age.” DeMint, a conservative, appeared to be acting on complaints from his large military constituency, the youngest of whom have grown up with the Internet always at their fingertips.


At the time, one low-profile team of Army officers, effectively siding with DeMint, was quietly working on an official military version of the popular social-networking site MySpace, with the aim of giving young officers a forum for keeping track of each other during widespread deployments.

This “military MySpace,” like the civilian version, would include “status update[s], private message[s], and [the] ability to add ‘members I value’ to your own profile,” according to Maj. Ray Kimball, one of a handful of officers at the Center for Company-Level Leaders, a sort of Internet advocacy group at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.

The military MySpace – call it “MilSpace” – would eventually include the previously mentioned blogging function, allowing officers to develop and share ideas and tactics without necessarily having to work through the military’s lumbering, labyrinthine and strictly hierarchical chain of command. MilSpace and its blogs are part of a network of online discussion forums, created by the Center for Company-Level Leaders, that Lt. Col. Tony Burgess, Kimball’s boss, called a “virtual front porch” for hosting soldiers’ conversations.

The forums have their roots in the late 1990s, when they were a private project overseen by several young officers. In 2002 the Army officially sanctioned the forums. After months of work, the MilSpace addition went live in January this year, and the blogging function launched in late April. With each successive new feature, this “virtual front porch” has gained new users, new admirers in the senior ranks and a more prominent position in the Army’s emerging Internet strategy. “I would definitely characterize it [the Mil-Space blogs] as a success,” Kimball told The Washington Independent. “Anecdotally, conversations are more vibrant than they've ever been.”

Kimball attributes much of his organization’s successes to consistent support from the Army’s graduate-level academic establishment centered on Ft. Leavenworth, Kans. The top general at Leavenworth, William Caldwell, even announced in May that blogging would be part of the formal graduate curriculum going forward.

MilSpace represents the kinds of long-term solutions likely to result from the Pentagon’s internal Internet struggle. The military will develop its own Net tools, similar to the civilian versions, optimized for spreading ideas and information more quickly. But the armed services may restrict access to some tools in an effort to keep the ideas and information out of the wrong hands.

A coherent military Internet strategy can’t come soon enough: America’s enemies continue to take huge leaps forward online. In May, The New York Times profiled a Belgian woman, Malika El Aroud, who runs Al Qaeda online recruiting campaigns from her home office, using popular Internet forums. Some critics have questioned whether such online campaigns work. They do, according to a January report from the Combating Terrorism Center, a New York-based policy organization. “People [were] deciding to pick up arms after spending time on the forums,” editor Erich Marquardt told The New York Sun.

“It is now possible for them [Islamic extremists] to communicate instantly with supporters (or potential supporters) in nearly all parts of the world,” the nonprofit EastWest Institute reported in February.

EastWest, which has offices in New York, Brussels and Moscow, also pointed out that “as powerful as the Internet may be for violent extremists, cyberspace is a neutral vehicle for the rapid transfer of ideas, beliefs and agendas. Thus it can, and must, be used by those seeking to counter violent extremism.”

That’s a lesson that many within the military have been slow to learn. Only the Army, with its compromise approach balancing the free exchange of ideas with the need for security, seems to truly appreciate the Internet’s value – something jihadists understood years ago.

Part one of three

David Axe is a freelance journalist based in Washington. He is the author of "Army 101: Inside ROTC in a Time of War." He blogs at


http://www.washingtonindependent.com/view/the-militarys2

[Casey]

I have been watching warning messages being posted to several forums and immediately deleted for about the past 14 hours.


Here are a couple of samples of what has been posted then removed.
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Members

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Apparent that there is a customer with us and cooperate with intelligence work and the betrayal of the Forum members. It was discovered Mujahid technical and not expected to return to the Forum. It allowed them to enter the forums and I think it just time of exposure to unknown

للاعضاء

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الظاهر أنه هناك عميل بيننا يتعاون مع المخابرات و عمل على خيانة المنتدى و أعضائه. فلقد تم إكتشاف مجاهد تقني و ﻻ تتوقعوا عودته الى المنتدى. فهو سمح لهم بالدخول الى منتدياتنا و أعتقد بأنه مجرد وقت للتعرض للمجهول


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This was an English message:


A Warning to Members
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My brothers, one among us has betrayed the forums and their members and is cooperating with kufar. Mujahid Taqni has been compromised; do not expect his return. He let them in the forums and now it's only a matter of time
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[NYer]

Thank you, Casey! Brilliant!

[Casey]

Google Video Invasion


Now>>> draft invading Google Video releases video jihad

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Name of God the Merciful
May peace and God's mercy and blessings

God loved ones alive

Praise be to God, unity and peace and blessings of the prophet is not beyond either:::
This initiative and hope of all the brothers who have contact with us to bring a quick visual versions until the invasion of Google Video site.
As you know, the site where participants of Mkzlin maimed by the Mujahidin and the Islamic State of Iraq and the gesture had been filed with the largest possible number of video releases
Trust in God and be proud of my brother, Karim who by Islam

These versions have been lifted from one of the brothers ask God to lift capacity and livelihoods in the process of certification

Name of God, we begin:::

Issuance of the Criterion visual invasion Dr. Fathi Al-Ansari directly on Google

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8893904272337427315&hl=en

Issuance of the Criterion planting an explosive device under an American armored / Diyala directly on Google
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6413361233860832814&hl=en
Criterion issued the Declaration of repentance colonel and colonel of the police deteriorating / Diyala directly on Google
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...53655398&hl=en
Issuance of the Criterion release of mortar shells at army strongholds Antichrist / Diyala directly on Google
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...99229077&hl=en
Issuance of the Criterion implement the rule of God in nine soldiers blasphemy and apostasy / Samarra directly on Google
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...63160204&hl=en
Issuance of the Criterion dropping aircraft Apache / mandate directly south of Baghdad on Google
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...59650431&hl=en
Issuance of the Criterion blowing up an explosive on Hmr America / Diyala directly on Google
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...59306372&hl=en
Issuance of the Criterion bomb explosion on the three American soldiers / mandate directly south of Baghdad on Google
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...11813457&hl=en
Issuance of the Criterion destruction Hmr crusade / mandate directly south of Baghdad on Google
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...41663332&hl=en
Issuance of the Criterion destruction Hmr American / Diyala directly on Google
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...84074575&hl=en
Issuance of the Criterion release of nine mortar shells at the headquarters of the Crusaders / Baghdad directly on Google
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...18432828&hl=en
Issuance of the Criterion mine sweeper completely destroyed / Mosul directly on Google
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...51906053&hl=en






الآن >>> مشروع غزوة جوجل فيديو بالاصدارات المرئية الجهادية

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

حيا الله الاحبة

الحمد لله وحده والصلاة والسلام على من لا نبي بعده أما بعد :::
فهذه مبادرة ونرجوا من جميع الاخوة الذين لديهم اتصال سريع ان يرفعوا لنا الاصدارات المرئية حتى نغزوا موقع جوجل فيديو .
فكما تعلمون الموقع فيه مشاركات للمخذلين يشوهون فيه المجاهدين ودولة العراق الاسلامية فلنبادر ونسبقهم ونرفع اكبر عدد ممكن من الاصدارات المرئية
فلنتوكل الله وكن اخي الكريم ممن يفتخر به الاسلام

وهذه الاصدارات تم رفعها من احد الاخوة نسأل الله ان يرفع قدره ويرزقه شهادة في سبيله

بسم الله نبدأ :::

إصدار الفرقان المرئي ـ غزوة دكتور فتحي الأنصاري ـ مباشر على جوجل

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8893904272337427315&hl=en

إصدار الفرقان ـ زرع عبوة ناسفة تحت مدرعة أمريكية/ ديالى ـ مباشر على جوجل
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6413361233860832814&hl=en
إصدار الفرقان ـ إعلان توبة عقيد ومقدم في الشرطة المرتدية/ ديالى ـ مباشر على جوجل
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...53655398&hl=en
إصدار الفرقان ـ اطلاق قذائف هاون على معاقل جيش الدجال / ديالى ـ مباشر على جوجل
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...99229077&hl=en
إصدار الفرقان ـ تنفيذ حكم الله في تسعة من جنود الكفر والردة/ سامراء ـ مباشر على جوجل
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...63160204&hl=en
إصدار الفرقان ـ إسقاط طائرة أباتشي / ولاية جنوب بغداد ـ مباشر على جوجل
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...59650431&hl=en
إصدار الفرقان ـ تفجير عبوة ناسفة على همر أمريكيك/ ديالى ـ مباشر على جوجل
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...59306372&hl=en
إصدار الفرقان ـ تفجير عبوة على ثلاث جنود أمريكان/ ولاية جنوب بغداد ـ مباشر على جوجل
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...11813457&hl=en
إصدار الفرقان ـ تدمير همر صليبية/ ولاية جنوب بغداد ـ مباشر على جوجل
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...41663332&hl=en
إصدار الفرقان ـ تدمير همر أمريكية/ ديالى ـ مباشر على جوجل
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...84074575&hl=en
إصدار الفرقان ـ أطلاق تسعة قذائف هاون على مقر للصليبيين / بغداد ـ مباشر على جوجل
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...18432828&hl=en
إصدار الفرقان ـ تدمير كاسحة ألغام بالكامل/ الموصل ـ مباشر على جوجل
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...51906053&hl=en

يتبــــــــع

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[NYer]

Google does its terrorist-enabling best. Thanks, Casey.

[NYer]

The future of Jihadi use of the internet belongs to YouTube. (http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/006329.html)

[al-Canine]

Didn't try ALL the links, but most of them had this message...

[al-Canine]

And speaking of the Digital Underground.... I find it very curious that occasionally my Google News home page displays "no stories found" in two of my custom sections: "bin Laden," and "nuclear terror." Of course there are always stories to be had with these key words. Wonder if somebuddy's snooping on my Google reading...?

[Casey]

Didn't try ALL the links, but most of them had this message...

Yes, al-C most of those links are broken because I copied and pasted them, so they don't have the full path.

[Casey]

And speaking of the Digital Underground.... I find it very curious that occasionally my Google News home page displays "no stories found" in two of my custom sections: "bin Laden," and "nuclear terror." Of course there are always stories to be had with these key words. Wonder if somebuddy's snooping on my Google reading...?

I use Google alerts via e-mail. Oddly enough, there are not nearly as many coming across as there used to be.

[Casey]

E-scream



I have been in Germany for the last few days, participating in the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum on "Media in Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention." I learned the term e-scream from Dr. Ammar Bakkar, chief editor of Alarabiya.net and head of new media at MBC Group. Dr. Bakkar spoke at a workshop titled "Terrorists Online," and said "e-scream" came from his observation that the sounds of extremists were louder on the Internet than the sounds made by moderates (I don't like the terms "extremist" and "moderate" but won't enter into semantics here.) The message is clear: al-Qaeda people are e-screaming and there is no counter-voice to balance, convince or silence them.

The "Terrorists Online" workshop was a real success, and representing Today's Zaman in the forum, I have to say that this was one of the rare occasions I felt myself learning about an issue I thought I was an expert on. Usually, semantic constructs do not attract my attention because more often than not, their contents are empty. But this time, terms like "Electronic Jihad" "UBL (standing for Usama bin Laden)" "Virtual Terrorist Training Camps" and "al-Fiysbukiyyun [the Facebook-ists]" helped me a lot as means of categorization of knowledge.

Bakkar had a perfect example on how the Web sites created by al-Qaeda sympathizers worked: A 2008 movie named "Untraceable." This is a movie directed by Gregory Hoblit and is about a cat-and-mouse chase between FBI agent Jennifer Marsh and a seemingly untraceable serial killer who posts live videos of his victims on the Internet. The tagline of the movie reads, "A cyber killer has finally found the perfect accomplice: You." The killer posts live videos on the Internet and creates a mechanism so that the more the Web site is visited, the sooner the victims are killed. Dr. Bakkar's message is that extremist sites, news of terrorist attacks, video recordings of Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri are all on-demand and the people who watch, read, publish or broadcast them are unconsciously becoming terrorist collaborators.

The intrinsic symbiosis between terrorists and journalists has been discussed for over a decade now. The journalists look for more blood, the terrorists supply it; the terrorists look for more coverage and the journalists supply it. This is a dilemma and it seems unsolvable.

The same dilemma haunted the Turkish press, on a seemingly less important but more local and immediate issue. In the press we breathe life and kill "epistemological personalities"; the images, so to say. Journalistic neutrality is a utopia (or should I say "lie") and according to their convictions, media groups decide whom to promote and whom to denigrate. The problem in the Turkish media is that we have an e-screaming reality here in Turkey as well: The ulusalcis, anti-democrats and supporters of the closure case against the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) shout more. Columnist Ahmet Selim from Zaman had created a beautiful term for this concept: Clamorous Minority.

Observers of Turkey should take this reality into account: Former Ambassador of Sweden in Ankara Ann Dismorr fell into the same mistake when she claimed that many members of the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TÜSİAD) supported the closure case. I am not trying to correct Ms. Dismorr's mistake here. I am trying to suggest that the clamorous minority's screaming is not only disturbing us, but also distorting Turkey's image abroad.

Today's Zaman is a good cure -- surely not the only one -- to the mental poisoning created by this loudly screaming minority.

http://www.todayszaman.com:80/tz-web/yazarDetay.do?haberno=143883

[al-Canine]

Yes, al-C most of those links are broken because I copied and pasted them, so they don't have the full path.

That's too bad.... I was hoping they'd been taken down... :sad_01: wishful thinking.

[Casey]

WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING Urgent Urgent

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Name of God the Merciful

Please administration to lift the fixation

Requests all contribute to the bulletin

I do not want to frighten the words of this one, but the reasons for taking no more, no less God has said Azojl

O ye who believe! Take caution
We Mutawakkil, God the Lord of Heaven and Earth is a best-Hafiz said a messenger of Allah peace be upon him
(God save keeping God save you find you)
He said God Azojl

(God is the best keeper mercy merciful)


(Say would not affect only what has been written for us is Maulana Allah and let believers put their trust in God)
The curse of God on the Nusseirat refugee camp

Warning to all brothers in Syria
Who go to Internet cafes tell them to refrain from going these days to these cafes Being God and yes to the agent that he had issued a circular to all owners of Internet cafes not to allow anyone using the Internet only if the cafe owner gave personal identification to register his name and identification number and that the new circular serves Syrian intelligence so that each region divided for periodic patrols or several of these patrols and intelligence mission control Internet cafes and control the names of persons who enter it must at all brothers to retire these cafes pending cancels this circular has been issued this circular narrowed after Syrian intelligence tired of spying on the Internet and therefore The difficulty of spying on Internet Syrian intelligence trying to do something Tatheir show and helps them to track the impact of the brothers who are Arahbeyen in the words of Syrian intelligence who use the Internet to Get them, but this is just an attempt and I am sure that the intelligence of this circular will be cancelled or will become is just an ordinary name registration Without the personal identity we have to wait a bit and go to these cafes even obscure God and the hearts of the Syrian intelligence cancel this decision

To turn no strength except in God Almighty

تحذير تحذير تحذير تحذير تحذير عاجل عاجل

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم


أرجوا من الإدارة أن يرفع للتثبيت

أرجوا من الجميع أن يساهم في نشره


أنا لا أريد بكلامي هذا أن أخيف أحد ولكن من باب الأخذ بالأسباب لا أكثر ولا أقل فقد قال الله عزوجل


يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آَمَنُوا خُذُوا حِذْرَكُمْ
ونحن بإذن الله متوكلون على رب السموات والأرض فهو الحافظ وهو خير معين قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
( إحفظ الله يحفظك إحفظ الله تجده تجاهك)
وقال الله عزوجل

(فَاللَّهُ خَيْرٌ حَافِظًا وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ)

(قُلْ لَنْ يُصِيبَنَا إِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَنَا هُوَ مَوْلَانَا وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ)
لعنة الله على النظام النصيري

تحذير لجميع الإخوة الموجودين في سورية
الذين يذهبون لمقاهي الإنترنت أقول لهم أن يمتنعوا عن الذهاب هذه الأيام إلى هذه المقاهي حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل لأنه قد صدر تعميم على أصحاب جميع مقاهي الإنترنت بعدم السماح لأي شخص بإستخدام الإنترنت إلا إذا أعطى صاحب المقهى الهوية الشخصية لكي يسجل اسمه ورقم هويته وذلك التعميم الجديد يخدم المخابرات السورية بحيث أنه كل منطقة مقسمة لدورية أو عدة دوريات من المخابرات وهذه الدوريات مهمتها مراقبة مقاهي الإنترنت ومراقبة اسماء الأشخاص الذين يدخلون إليها فيجب على جميع الإخوة إعتزال هذه المقاهي ريثما يلغى هذا التعميم وقد صدر هذا التعميم بعد أن ضاقت المخابرات السورية ذرعاً بالتجسس على الإنترنت وذلك لصعوبة التجسس على الإنترنت فالمخابرات السورية تحاول أن تفعل شئ يبدي تأثيير ويساعدهم على تتبع أثر الإخوة الذين هم إراهبيين على حد تعبير المخابرات السورية الذين يستخدمون الإنترنت لكي يمسكوا بهم ولكن هذه مجرد محاولة وأنا واثق أن المخابرات ستلغي هذا التعميم أو سوف يصبح أمر عادي مجرد تسجيل اسم بدون الهوية الشخصية فعلينا أن ننتظر قليلاً ولا نذهب لهذه المقاهي حتى يطمس الله قلوب المخابرات السورية ويلغوا هذا القرار

ولاحول ولا قوة إلا بالله العلي العظيم

[Casey]

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