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reply posted on 18-10-2008 @ 01:44 PM by mythatsabigprobe
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Seems pretty obvious to me. Would the Bush Admin want a new OBL video coming out and embarrassing them (Republican Party) just before the election?
No.
Have they always been able to shut down any website they want? Yes.
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reply posted on 18-10-2008 @ 08:27 PM by makeitso
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On the contrary, studies show that terroist activity up to 3 months prior to a
vote increases the likelyhood of a right side win.
Surprisingly, who was in charge when terrorist attacks occurred had little effect on the outcomes—either way, the right gained. The study found
that left-wing incumbents tended to lose support after attacks while hawkish right-wing incumbents saw their margins of victory increase.
So the question remains, who shut the websites down?
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reply posted on 18-10-2008 @ 08:44 PM by GAOTU789
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I wonder if the cutting of the cable in the Mediterranean Sea last year may have a part to play into this. I don't have any evidence to back this up
but after reading this thread, that's the first thing that popped into my head.
As always makeitso, you provide some interesting information to digest. 
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reply posted on 19-10-2008 @ 11:13 AM by makeitso
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You are too kind. 
Here is a new MSM article.
Al-Qaida denies Web attack, but its sites struggle
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — The main Web sites that normally carry messages from the al-Qaida terror group remain inoperable more than a month after
they went down just ahead of the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
The Associated Press first reported in September that the Web forums that typically carry messages and videos from Al-Qaida and its allied groupings
had ceased functioning around Sept. 10, just as the group said it was set to release a new video message.
In the past week, a new Web site called "the Electronic jihad" also has resurfaced to counter renewed attacks on Islam online, according to its
founders.
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reply posted on 19-10-2008 @ 11:22 AM by makeitso
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Add this to the mix
Egypt: Sunni scholars sanction 'electronic Jihad'
Cairo, 16 Oct. (AKI) -
Attacking American and Israeli websites by hacking and sabotage is allowed under Islamic law and is a form of 'Jihad' or holy war, top Muslim
scholars have decreed.
The religious edict (fatwa) issued by a committee from the highest authority in Sunni Islam, Egypt's Al-Azhar University in Cairo, was published on
the website of the Islamist Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood movement on Thursday.
"This is considered a type of lawful Jihad that helps Islam by paralysing the information systems used by our enemies for their evil aims," said the
fatwa.
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reply posted on 23-10-2008 @ 04:36 PM by makeitso
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reply posted on 11-9-2009 @ 07:56 PM by makeitso
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So its one year later.
Its happening again. Someone is attacking AQ sites and killing them.
And it means another delayed 911 anniversary release from OBL. 
Al-Qaida Web sites down ahead of 9/11 anniversary
A U.S.-based group monitoring militant Web sites said Friday that jihadist forums have been experiencing technical problems A U.S.-based group
monitoring militant Web sites said Friday that jihadist forums have been experiencing technical problems
9/11 Brings Mayhem to Jihadi Internet
On the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the major jihadist web forums appear to be the target of a coordinated attack. The two most
important websites have been taken down: Al-Falluja is not working at all, and on Shumukh Al-Islam all links just lead to a statement from the forum
saying that "the enemies of Allah" are trying to "silence the voice of truth." Al-Shura is also offline.
The Ansar Al-Mujahideen forum was down temporarily, but has managed to return and lash out at the "worshippers of Satan" supposedly behind the
coordinated attack. The other forums appear to be operating as usual.
If an Al-Qaeda 9/11 release exists, its distribution has been blocked (for now at least).
Those aren't the only sited down, there are many more.
[edit on 9/11/09 by makeitso]
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reply posted on 12-9-2009 @ 12:43 PM by rich23
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But where are they going to get new videos of Bin Laden? A seance? Ouija board?
I'm convinced he's dead simply because the UK government don't want the fact discussed. Before her death, Benazir Bhutto was being
interviewed on al-Jazeera by David Frost, and she mentioned a name, then interjected, "the man who murdered Osama Bin Laden."
When the interview was replayed on the BBC, they edited out that phrase. You can find it on YouTube if you want.
How many of these terrorist cells are being run by the security services anyway?
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reply posted on 12-9-2009 @ 02:05 PM by makeitso
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Hi Rich,
Have not seen you for awhile.
Dead or not, year after year OBL 911 anniversary statements have been released on a multitude of terror websites.
Last year they were prevented from releasing an OBL anniversary statement for over a week by the killing of the websites.
This year there is no 911 anniversary statement.
Is it due to the sites being taken out, or something else?
Who is taking out the sites?
Why just the last 2 years?
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