[Infowarrior] - Flee from the 11/11 Digital Jihad

[Richard Forno]

(take as you will, consider the source and the substance.........rf)

http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=4723

In a special Internet announcement in Arabic, picked up DEBKAfile¹s
counter-terror sources, Osama bin Laden¹s followers announced Monday, Oct.
29, the launching of Electronic Jihad. On Sunday, Nov. 11, al Qaeda¹s
electronic experts will start attacking Western, Jewish, Israeli, Muslim
apostate and Shiite Web sites. On Day One, they will test their skills
against 15 targeted sites expand the operation from day to day thereafter
until hundreds of thousands of Islamist hackers are in action against untold
numbers of anti-Muslim sites.

DEBKAfile¹s counter-terror sources report that, shortly after the first
announcement, some of al Qaeda¹s own Web sites went blank, apparently
crashed by the American intelligence computer experts tracking them.

The next day, Oct. 30, they were up again, claiming their Islamic fire walls
were proof against infidel assault.

They also boasted an impenetrable e-mail network for volunteers wishing to
join up with the cyber jihad to contact and receive instructions undetected
by the security agencies in their respective countries.

Our sources say the instructions come in simple language and are organized
in sections according to target. They offer would-be martyrs, who for one
reason or another are unable to fight in the field, to fulfill their jihad
obligations on the Net. These virtual martyrs are assured of the same thrill
and sense of elation as a jihadi on the ³battlefield.²

In effect, say DEBKAfile¹s counter-terror experts, al Qaeda is retaliating
against Western intelligence agencies¹ tactics, which detect new terrorist
sites and zap them as soon as they appear. Until now, the jihadists kept
dodging the assault by throwing up dozens of new sites simultaneously. This
kept the trackers busy and ensured that some of the sites survived, while
empty pages were promptly replaced. But as al Qaeda¹s cyber wizards got
better at keeping its presence on the Net for longer periods, so too did
Western counter-attackers at knocking them down. Now Bin Laden¹s cyber
legions are fighting back. The electronic war they have declared could cause
considerable trouble on the world¹s Internet.