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Jihadism in 2012: A Persistent, Low-Level Threat
STRATFOR.com - Analysis ^ | January 16, 2012, 1334 GMT | n/a

Posted on 01/23/2012 2:13:04 PM PST by Cindy

SNIPPET: "While these various elements of the jihadist network are distinct, the Internet brings them together, especially at the grassroots level. Videos, websites and online magazines indoctrinate aspiring militants in the jihadist ideology and provide a forum for like-minded individuals and groups."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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1 posted on 01/23/2012 2:13:11 PM PST by Cindy
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CURRENTLY...

http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/007452.html

23 January 2012
“New/Active threads, 16 - 23 January, 2012”


2 posted on 01/23/2012 2:17:43 PM PST by Cindy
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A Look at Iran
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html

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http://forum.internet-haganah.com/showthread.php?540

“Exploring an IRGC-linked social network”
(January 23, 2012)

SNIPPET: “You joined the Internet Haganah forum,[1] and you sit there asking yourself: “Now what?”

I, on the other hand, have way more leads to chase down than I have time in the day.

So, how about we team up?

If you think you might be interested in examining social networking accounts with varying degrees of linkage to the IRGC, keep reading.”


3 posted on 01/23/2012 2:20:06 PM PST by Cindy
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PREVIOUSLY...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2827502/posts

The Jihad Will Be YouTubed
FOREIGN POLICY - The AFPAK Channel ^ | December 15, 2011 | by Raffaello Pantucci
Posted on January 1, 2012 3:26:29 PM PST by Cindy

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Subcommittee Hearing: Jihadist Use of Social Media...
Homeland.House.gov - COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY - Chairman Peter T. King ^ | December 2011 | n/a
Posted on December 5, 2011 5:27:07 PM PST by Cindy

Quote:

homeland.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-jihadist-use-social-media-how-prevent-terrorism-and-preserve-innovation

Subcommittee Hearing: Jihadist Use of Social Media - How to Prevent Terrorism and Preserve Innovation

Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence | 311 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 | Dec 6, 2011 2:00pm

On Tuesday, December 6, 2011 the Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence will hold a hearing entitled “Jihadist Use of Social Media - How to Prevent Terrorism and Preserve Innovation.” The Committee will meet at 2:00 p.m. in 311 Cannon House Office Building.

Witnesses Mr. Evan F. Kohlmann Flashpoint Global Partners

Mr. William McCants Analyst Analyst for the Center for Naval Analyses

Mr. Andrew Aaron Weisburd Director Society for Internet Research

Mr. Brian Michael Jenkins Senior Advisor to the RAND President RAND Corporation

1 posted on December 5, 2011 5:27:22 PM PST by Cindy
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“Social Networks & The Online Jihad”
World Threats.com ^ | October 26, 2011 | Posted by Candice Lanier
Posted on October 31, 2011 1:38:14 AM PDT by Cindy

SNIPPET: “In July, the British government warned that Al Qaeda’s exploitation of social networking websites is on the rise.”

SNIPPET: “The massive and multifarious network of websites and social media has presented a challenge to authorities in trying to combat it. Additionally, civil liberty concerns have conflicted with government efforts to spy on communications.

Reducing terrorist activity on social media sites has been particularly difficult because users have adopted new forms of communication to conform with the new formats. Many Arabic speakers on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and other sites use Arabizi, a form of colloquial Arabic written in the Latin alphabet and numbers. This allows the use of a standard English-language keyboard for typing messages. There exists, however, no standard version of Arabizi. It varies from country to country, even among groups within countries and is affected by differences in dialect.”

(Excerpt) Read more at worldthreats.com ...

1 posted on October 31, 2011 1:38:15 AM PDT by Cindy
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Whither the jihadi forums?
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com ^ | August 1, 2011 | n/a
Posted on August 1, 2011 1:10:28 PM PDT by Cindy

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2729977/posts

Top Arabic Jihadi forums, 05 June 2011
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com ^ | June 4, 2011 | n/a
Posted on June 4, 2011 4:30:34 PM PDT by Cindy

SNIPPET: “Note: PWP stands for PassWord-Protected, meaning that a login is required to view - let alone participate in - discussions. Since some in the audience don’t understand the significance of this, allow me to spell it out: if only members can read the forum, then anyone observed reading the forum is a member. They have zero deniability (they couldn’t have accidentally “wandered into” the site), and they had to make the effort to join (an expression of intent).

While the goal here is to present a range of sites, the fact is that the jihadis themselves have largely coalesced at Shmukh and Ansar Arabic.”

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1 posted on June 4, 2011 4:30:37 PM PDT by Cindy
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Previously...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2699199/posts

“Top jihadi forum list updated”
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com ^ | April 3, 2011 | n/a
Posted on April 3, 2011 6:02:27 PM PDT by Cindy

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“Top Jihadi Forums of 03 April, 2011”
http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/007253.html
Posted April 3, 2011

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“Top jihadi forum list updated”
SNIPPET: “More precisely, the list has once again shrunk to less than 10.”
http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/007260.html
Posted April 3, 2011

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Top Ten Jihadi Forums, as of 14 February, 2011
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com ^ | February 14, 2011 | n/a
Posted on February 14, 2011 2:16:36 PM PST by Cindy

“TOP TEN JIHADI FORUMS, AS OF 14 FEBRUARY, 2011”

SNIPPET: “Assembled with the help of my dear brothers in Fateh al-Islam (and their minders in the Syrian intelligence service). The [PWP] notation indicates the site is password protected. There’s nothing worse than the mournful wailing of analysts, graduate students, and reporters who find themselves locked out of their favorite forum. Join early, join often, save important discussions as you find them, try not to say anything too embarrassing, and if you’re a civilian, make some effort to let your friendly neighborhood secret police know that you’re a good guy, not a bad guy, so they don’t have to waste time and money investigating you. Forums are not just websites, they are battlefields, and spectators are not particularly welcome by any of the combatants.”

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1 posted on February 14, 2011 2:16:39 PM PST by Cindy
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Top “Ten” List Updated
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com ^ | October 17, 2010 | n/a
Posted on October 18, 2010 12:40:40 AM PDT by Cindy

SNIPPET - Quote: 17 October 2010

TOP “TEN” LIST UPDATED There are only 7 sites listed, of which one, at-Tahadi has been “closed for repairs” for a couple of weeks.

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17 October 2010
“TOP “TEN” JIHADI FORUMS 17 OCTOBER 2010”

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Top Ten Jihadi Forums, 04 September 2010
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com ^ | September 4, 2010 | n/a
Posted on September 5, 2010 12:07:49 AM PDT by Cindy

1 posted on September 5, 2010 12:07:52 AM PDT by Cindy
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Top Ten Jihadi Forums, 19 July 2010
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com ^ | July 19, 2010 | n/a
Posted on July 18, 2010 2:59:25 PM PDT by Cindy

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“Top Ten List 2010-07-06”
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com ^ | July 6, 2010 | n/a
Posted on July 6, 2010 3:06:55 PM PDT by Cindy

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http://www.sofir.org/sarchives/006316.php

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http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/006893.html

05 July 2010
“TOP TEN LOCATIONS OF AL-FALOJA FORUM READERS”

SNIPPET: “Given that the adminstrators of the al-Faloja forum are already convinced that they have been somehow infiltrated or compromised, there seems little harm done in providing a glimpse of the current geographic distribution of the non-proxy using readers of the site.”

2 posted on July 6, 2010 3:08:54 PM PDT by Cindy

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“Top Ten Jihadi Forums 11 April 2010”
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com ^ | 11 April 2010 | n/a
Posted on April 11, 2010 2:51:21 PM PDT by Cindy

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“’TOP TEN’ LIST OF JIHADI FORUMS FOR 03 AUGUST 2009”
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com ^ | August 3, 2009 | n/a
Posted on August 3, 2009 3:24:12 PM PDT by Cindy

2 posted on October 18, 2010 12:44:10 AM PDT by Cindy
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17 October 2010
“WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A “REAL TERRORIST” AND AN “ASPIRING TERRORIST”?”

SNIPPET: “A: Access to explosives.

The good news is that explosives can be hard to come by, but that doesn’t keep the brothers from dreaming of the day when they can lay hands on some.”

3 posted on October 18, 2010 12:56:13 AM PDT by Cindy


4 posted on 01/23/2012 2:25:04 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy
Top official says Hamas will never renounce jihad

Homegrown jihad sweeps America

Violent jihadist video riles Norway

CAIR calls islamic radical a victim of hate crime

France accuses domestic islamists of training for violence

Uzbek refugee arrested in US on terrorism charges

5 posted on 01/23/2012 2:25:51 PM PST by MamaDearest
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To: MamaDearest

Thank you MamaDearest for your post.


6 posted on 01/23/2012 2:27:52 PM PST by Cindy
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“Marcus Dwayne Robertson a/k/a Abu Taubah: Facts and Fictions”
January 23, 2012, 10:56
http://forum.internet-haganah.com/showthread.php?526-Marcus-Dwayne-Robertson-a-k-a-Abu-Taubah-Facts-and-Fictions

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“Abu Taubah to Plead Guilty”
December 31, 2011
http://forum.internet-haganah.com/showthread.php?482-Abu-Taubah-to-plead-guilty&highlight=Taubah

SNIPPET: “As Abu Taubah, Robertson was the imam of a masjid in Florida, and has a truly global following. With 4,995+ views, the first thread about his arrest is by far the single most popular item on this forum.”

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“Abu Taubah aka Marcus Dwayne Robertson”
September 1, 2011
http://forum.internet-haganah.com/showthread.php?103-Abu-Taubah-AKA-Marcus-Dwayne-Robertson

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“NEFA BACKGROUNDER: “Marcus Robertson (’Abu Taubah’)”
http://nefafoundation.org/file/Abu%20Taubah%203%20mth.pdf


7 posted on 01/23/2012 2:38:35 PM PST by Cindy
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You’re welcome Cindy.


8 posted on 01/23/2012 5:47:51 PM PST by MamaDearest
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H/T: twitter.com/#!/azraeltheangel2/status/161127817478811648

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mycnjiawaukweli.blogspot.com/2012/01/10-methods-to-detect-and-foil-plots-of.html

“MYC: Jihaad is Our Religion”

Sunday, 22 January 2012
“’10 Methods to Detect and Foil the Plots of Spies’”


9 posted on 01/25/2012 6:05:53 PM PST by Cindy
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H/T: switch_d

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Posted on Twitter January 27, 2012

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twitter.com/#!/switch_d/status/163094492700884993

@switch_d
switched

Reposted: Ansar Al-Mujahideen English Forum post on staying safe while carrying out #Jihadi work online. pastebin.com/GHCPxE6D #fail #qaeda

7 hours ago via web


10 posted on 01/28/2012 2:20:35 AM PST by Cindy
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Off Topic - Break Time:

“Flashdance - The Final Dance”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqgqicHaD-w

“Ghost - The Final Scene”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6sMzQuup4Y

“Terrorist Bloopers”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbXCoggHoaQ


11 posted on 01/28/2012 2:46:46 AM PST by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2756009/posts

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http://m.mirror.co.uk/article?a=m4:23724666

“High security prison Belmarsh lets terrorist send letter telling extremists how to avoid arrest”

By Nick Owens, Sunday Mirror | 29/01/2012

SNIPPET: “A high-security jail let a terrorist inmate send fanatics a hate-filled letter – with a step-by-step guide on evading capture.

Category A Belmarsh prison vets all mail leaving a prisoner’s cell. But bosses decided there was nothing wrong with Bilal Zaheer Ahmed’s six-page handwritten diatribe.

In it he gives instructions on the best way to avoid detection by MI5 and undercover police officers tracking terror cells.

And he coaches potential Jihadists on what to say if they get arrested.

The message was sent to fanatics in Germany who put it on a website which intelligence officials say is used by terrorists in Britain.”

SNIPPET: “In 2011, a judge branded Ahmed a “viper in our midst” as he was jailed for 12 years under the Terrorism Act for soliciting the murder of MPs.”


12 posted on 01/29/2012 9:15:11 AM PST by Cindy
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H/T: twitter.com/#!/switch_d/status/163769273955794945

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pastebin.com/TQiFJLkp

hanein.info/vb/showthread.php?t=271832

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english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/01/29/191307.html

“Scholars speak out in favor of “electronic Jihad” against the enemy”
Sunday, 29 January 2012

By MOHAMMAD ATAYF
RIYADH

PHOTO CAPTION: “Some Islamic scholars say that hacking to harm an enemy is a legitimate form of jihad.(File photo)”

SNIPPET: “In light of the increasing support of “the electronic Jihad” and the divergence of views regarding this subject, Islamic scholars have underlined their support for this new phenomenon, arguing that “any attempt to spite the enemy and endorse religion is legitimate”. They consider that Muslim youth involved in this phenomenon are in fact leading a jihad”.”


13 posted on 01/29/2012 4:14:49 PM PST by Cindy
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ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hanein/index


14 posted on 01/29/2012 4:18:01 PM PST by Cindy
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Note: Jihadis aren’t the only ones using social media — gangs also use social media.

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Gangs using social media to spread violence
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES ^ | January 26, 2012; Updated January 27, 2012 | BY FRANK MAIN Staff Reporter
Posted on January 29, 2012 5:42:47 PM PST by Cindy

SNIPPET: “Chicago gangs are still spray-painting their graffiti on alley walls, train cars and viaducts — but they’re also using their smart phones and computers for “cyber-tagging,” according to the Chicago Crime Commission, which released an updated book on the city’s street gangs Thursday.

They’re provoking their rivals with Internet graffiti and using social media to keep in touch with their associates, according to the commission.

“They’re tagging websites with information that is provocative and incites violence,” said Jody Weis, former Chicago Police superintendent and president of the commission.”

SNIPPET: “Web chatter is a valuable tool for law enforcement officials to monitor for information on gangs, Weis noted.”

SNIPPET: “Authorities can obtain search warrants to go deeper into a suspect’s social media site and build a criminal case, Weis said.”

(Excerpt) Read more at suntimes.com ...


15 posted on 01/29/2012 7:00:10 PM PST by Cindy
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http://forum.internet-haganah.com/showthread.php?548

“Islamic Jihad Union social network and site”

(January 30, 2012)

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http://forum.internet-haganah.com/showthread.php?545-USA-v-Jamshid-Muhtorov

“USA v Jamshid Muhtorov”
(January 26, 2012)


16 posted on 01/30/2012 4:17:08 PM PST by Cindy
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twitter.com/#!/khamenei_ir

twitter.com/#!/khamenei_ir/status/163998050262593540

twitter.com/#!/khamenei_ir/status/164114896101978112

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Posted January 30, 2012

Quote:

twitter.com/#!/webradius/status/163996173261209601

@webradius
aweisburd
#IRGC recruiters are busy. MT @khamenei_ir: Leader meets hundreds of youths from 73 countries...

8 hours ago via TweetDeck


17 posted on 01/30/2012 4:20:39 PM PST by Cindy
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Adding a link to post no. 17:

khamenei.ir


18 posted on 01/30/2012 4:27:10 PM PST by Cindy
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http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/007453.html
31 January 2012
“New/Active Threads 23 - 30 January 2012”


19 posted on 01/31/2012 1:39:32 AM PST by Cindy
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A Look at Iran
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html

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http://forum.internet-haganah.com/showthread.php?560
“A note to recent volunteers”
(January 30, 2012)

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http://forum.internet-haganah.com/showthread.php?540

“Exploring an IRGC-linked social network”
(January 23, 2012)

SNIPPET: “You joined the Internet Haganah forum,[1] and you sit there asking yourself: “Now what?”

I, on the other hand, have way more leads to chase down than I have time in the day.

So, how about we team up?

If you think you might be interested in examining social networking accounts with varying degrees of linkage to the IRGC, keep reading.”


20 posted on 01/31/2012 1:42:59 AM PST by Cindy
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