Realizing
that fixed Internet sites had become too vulnerable, al Qaeda and its
affiliates turned to rapidly proliferating jihadist bulletin boards and
Internet sites that offered free upload services where files could be
stored. The outside attacks on sites like Alneda.com "forced the
evolution of how jihadists are using the Internet to a more anonymous,
more protected, more nomadic presence," said Ben N. Venzke, a U.S.
government consultant whose firm IntelCenter monitors the sites. "The
groups gave up on set sites and posted messages on discussion boards --
the perfect synergy. One of the best-known forums that emerged after
Sept. 11 was Qalah, or Fortress. Registered to an address in Abu Dhabi,
the United Arab Emirates, the site has been hosted in the U.S. by a
Houston Internet provider, Everyone's
Internet [ev1], that has also hosted a number of sites preaching
radical Islam. Researchers who follow the site believe it may be
connected to Saad Faqih, a leading Saudi dissident living in exile in
Britain. They note that the same contact information is given for his
acknowledged Web site and Qalah. Faqih has denied any link. |
Crap!!! I've ben telling people use ev1 for years. No more. I think I still have some friends who use this ISP. I used to use them. Crap! my parents used this ISP for a couple of years. I feel like I should spit or something.
There have been a couple of times that I wanted to put a forum on my site. This kind of crap is the reason I do not. I know I would not monitor the discussions close enough to detect someone talking in code.
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