HonestReporting has challenged the legitimacy of online radical Islamic ‘news’ sites like JihadUnspun and Al Jazeera.
Aaron Weisburd at Internet Haganah takes another approach with such sites – he gets them shut down (over 420 so far) by notifying their ISP hosts of the nature of their content. A good article on Internet Haganah from IPS yesterday:
Haganah’s dogged persistence has made it the bane of Islamist websites, discussion forums and chat rooms. In forums on Islamist sites, posters urge Muslim hackers to attack the Haganah web site.
”Anything that can be done to attack a site has been done to attack us,” said Weisburd. ”Not that it’s done much good. At this point, efforts to organise e-jihad against us simply become another avenue for gathering information on the jihadists themselves.”
Weisburd is currently pursuing www.al-fateh.net, a website that seeks to educate Arab children on the history and merits of self-sacrifice. Run by Hamas, the site uses cartoons and bedtime stories to stress the glory of death while fighting in the Intifada.
”The children of stones are the heroes of today and tomorrow,” reads one caption.
Read the whole article.
Meanwhile, AFP reports that Gen. John Abizaid, the head of US Central Command, is criticizing Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya coverage that portrays American security operations as “purposely targeting civilians.” Where have we heard this before?
