This is the beginning of a much bigger culling the internet will see. The internet will become, soon enough, just as "free" as the mainstream media.
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Topic started on 27-3-2005 @ 02:32 PM by phreak_of_nature
The government of the Netherlands is looking to prosecute the owners of 357Hosting for spreading hatred. 357Hosting has been the provider of space for
Islamists websites that have often carried a radical message. Some of the more infamous sites hosted by 357 Hosting include Albasrah.net,
Hamasonline.com and Shareeah.org. 357Hosting has also hosted the official website of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Al Zarqawi's splinter group. Many of
the beheading videos of foreigners in Iraq have been hosted in 357Hosting's servers.
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Intelligence and law-enforcement agencies are learning that tracking down the operators of Islamic terrorist Web sites is like trying to locate a floating craps game: here today, gone tomorrow. During the past year, investigators in America and Europe watched as a business called 357Hosting, based near Utrecht, the Netherlands, became the officially registered Internet host for several notorious militant Islamic Web pages and bulletin boards, including sites that disseminated videos of beheadings of foreign hostages in Iraq and messages from Qaeda leader Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi. The public prosecutor's office in Utrecht tells NEWSWEEK that it has opened a criminal investigation into possible Internet hate crimes.
But the former operator of the hosting company claims that ownership of the firm has already moved out of the Netherlands. In e-mails, 357Hosting's former chief, who asked to be called "Awad," acknowledged that his business last year hosted Web sites "that may be deemed as radical," including sites that glorify the actions of Iraqi militants and others promoting the Palestinian resistance.
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A spokesman for 357 has said the company no longer operates out of the Netherlands, and has been sold to another company based in Jordan. The spokesman would not reveal the name of the company.
All of this highlights the difficulty in tracking down the individuals who operate these sites. Hosting companies across the global, including within the United States, have been used to spread the radical Islamist message. Even if investigators are able to track down the owners of the domains, they are unlikely to find the actual operators.
In some instances, 357Hosting offered low cost, or free services to the operators of these Islamist sites. While they haven't been accused of condoning the message these sites spread, they are believed to have subsidized the message.
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Intelligence and law-enforcement agencies are learning that tracking down the operators of Islamic terrorist Web sites is like trying to locate a floating craps game: here today, gone tomorrow. During the past year, investigators in America and Europe watched as a business called 357Hosting, based near Utrecht, the Netherlands, became the officially registered Internet host for several notorious militant Islamic Web pages and bulletin boards, including sites that disseminated videos of beheadings of foreign hostages in Iraq and messages from Qaeda leader Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi. The public prosecutor's office in Utrecht tells NEWSWEEK that it has opened a criminal investigation into possible Internet hate crimes.
But the former operator of the hosting company claims that ownership of the firm has already moved out of the Netherlands. In e-mails, 357Hosting's former chief, who asked to be called "Awad," acknowledged that his business last year hosted Web sites "that may be deemed as radical," including sites that glorify the actions of Iraqi militants and others promoting the Palestinian resistance.
Please visit the link provided for the complete story.
A spokesman for 357 has said the company no longer operates out of the Netherlands, and has been sold to another company based in Jordan. The spokesman would not reveal the name of the company.
All of this highlights the difficulty in tracking down the individuals who operate these sites. Hosting companies across the global, including within the United States, have been used to spread the radical Islamist message. Even if investigators are able to track down the owners of the domains, they are unlikely to find the actual operators.
In some instances, 357Hosting offered low cost, or free services to the operators of these Islamist sites. While they haven't been accused of condoning the message these sites spread, they are believed to have subsidized the message.
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