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<p>October 3, 2003 -- STILL smarting from the blows it has received in the past two years, the Islamist terror movement is debating a new strategy. Conducted in Islamist circles in Pakistan, the Middle East and Europe, and echoed in numerous Web sites and newssheets, the debate centers on a key question: Which should be our priority target - the United States and its Western allies, or the fragile Muslim states where we could come to power in a reasonable time frame? Some argue that the 9/11 attack against the United States was "premature." They insist that the Islamist movement should have first seized power in several Muslim countries and dotted itself with nuclear weapons before taking on America, which is regarded as "the last champion of unbelief in the world."</p>

<p>LONDON (AP) -- A voice purported to be that of Osama bin Laden reads a poetic last will and testament on an audiotape, saying he wants to die a martyr in a new attack against the United States, an Islamic news agency that obtained the recording said Thursday.</p>

THE internet is becoming a virtual forum for radical Islamic exchanges, with many sites specifically targeting Australia to recruit followers and plan terrorist attacks. An Islamic website regarded as a credible source for al-Qaeda information has canvassed the possibility of Australia - which it says "persecutes" Muslims - becoming an Islamic state. Islammemo.com is among the websites causing increasing concern to Australian and Indonesian authorities, who fear terrorists are using web traffic to sell their cause and disseminate information, including coded messages. Indonesia is investigating the sources of a number of sites, but is finding it difficult to close them...

Terrorism links under investigationFBI spokesman says 24 Texas suspects came from watch list By Jonathan York (Daily Texan Staff) December 10, 2002 Massive and oblique, the investigation into Texas terrorism connections has continued, but its traces remain in an FBI "watch list" dating from immediately after Sept. 11, 2001. The connections spread into Houston, where links to a foreign airline and two addresses are unexplained. They haunt Dallas, where a tangle of odd business involving an Internet service provider caused the United States to shut down its largest Islamic charity. Of about 370 suspects on the list, 24 are...

Why BurstNet is a Great American ISP by Johnathan R. Galt Months ago, we had protracted battles -- email exchanges and media blitzes -- with Burst.net over the many terrorist sites that were once hosted there: Hamas, Azzam (Waaqiah), Laskar Jehad, the TalibanOnline, ... just to name a few. Times change. Now, Burst.net has "no desire to host such sites which promote terrorism, support, and praise [the deaths of] our fallen brothers and sisters".Now, (Oct. 2002) ClearGuidance attempts to host at Burst.net. ClearGuidance is TOS'd (removed for Terms of Service violation: hate speach, or other nastyness) and he complains to 'WebHostingTalk.Com':...

World Media Acknowledges Bin Laden Letter LONDON (AZZAM) Nov. 26, 2002:  The World media has acknowledged the presence of an authentic letter from Usama Bin Laden to the American People. The English translation of this letter was released by Azzam on 22 October 2002 and this was followed by an attempt by other parties to discredit both the existence and authenticity of this letter. On 17 November 2002, renowned Al-Jazeera TV Chief Investigative Journalist, Yosri Fouda, announced that he had received a six-page letter, in Arabic, from sources that he was 100% convinced were from Al-Qaida. Rough translations of...

Sinister warning for NZ 01 November 2002 By JONATHAN MILNE and TRACY WATKINS An Islamic news agency has warned New Zealand that its involvement in the war in Afghanistan might open it up to terrorist attack. Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff is defiant, saying New Zealand cannot let its foreign policy be cowed by "an apology sheet for the Taleban and al Qaeda". The Internet news service Azzam claims to offer "truthful information and news to keep the Muslims informed without the propaganda and misinformation being disseminated by the enemies of Islam". A report this week, identified as coming...

The Jehadis are having a CATFIGHT!    JehadUnspun and Azzam: tooth and nail, mano a mano -- each is accusing the other of being a CIA front, of just making up false news reports, of being liars. A MESSAGE FROM JUS ON THE OCCASION OF OUR FIRST RAMADHANNov 06, 2002Source: Jihad Unspun ..... Recently we have come under attack by Maktabah Al Ansaar Agency and their new Waaqaih site, who have spread malicious lies about us. As the new kid on the block, we made every effort to work with Maktabah offering many possibilities however it appears they are...

It was seem that Azzam.com, the mother of all al-Qaeda websites, has been resurrected for all of your anti-American propaganda needs. While the latest incarnation of al-Neda and Jehad.net still appears to be down, it would seem that Azzam has been resurrected, abeit in far diminished form. I found the link to Azzam from Taliban Online, which in turn is hosted by Muslim Thai. And I while I can't read Thai, the graphics alone would seem to suggest that the site has an anti-American bent to it. Just thought the other Freepers might want to know that Azzam is back...

Back to News/Home Page   News Archives Bush Country was informed late last night that bin Laden's newest letter to the American public has been posted on the Azzam.com website.  Below is the letter in it's entirety. “Permission to fight (against disbelievers) is given to those (believers) who are fought against, because they have been wronged, and surely, Allah is Able to give them (believers) victory” [Quran 22:39] “Those who believe fight in the Cause of Allah, and those who disbelieve fight in the cause of Taguut (anything worshipped other than Allah e.g. Satan). So fight you against the...

Sixteen US commandos were killed when Afghan mujahideen launched a ferocious missile attack targetting Khost's Sahara Garden Airbase on the night of Friday 18 October. In total 5 missiles were fired, all of which successfully hit the airport's inner portion and left a devastating aftermath. Many more were seriously injured. Coalition warplanes immediately made concentrated flights over the airport to locate the attackers, all of which were in vain. The attack was planned and carried out with precision resulting in chaos and mayhem among the US troops as the missiles hit their targets. An eye witnesses reported of a loud...

Azzam.com is attempting to collect cash donations for the Taliban in Afghanistan. They are advising those groups that are willing to do fundraising events that they should make the appeal in the name of the people of Afghanistan because they realize we would stop them if they stated they were fundraising for the Taliban. They then go on to explain how this money will be transported in the form of cash to the Official Taliban Consul-General, Mullah Rahmatullah, at the Taliban Consulate in Pakistan. I have done some research to find out who is behind this web site and what ...

The Taliban seems to be upset with me personally. Statement from Azzam.Com Regarding Closure of its Web-Site Posted on Tuesday, September 24 @ 23:50:42 EDT By the Grace of Allah, upon its launch in 1996, Azzam.com was one of the first Islamic web-sites on the Internet and the first web-site dedicated to Jihad and Mujahideen news and information. Allah has enabled us, with meagre resources and little technological experience, to provide information on the Mujahideen and to provide daily news and interviews from the Jihad in Chechnya (from September 1999 to August 2001) and the Jihad in Afghanistan from November...

Terrorists' Web Sites Hosted by City Firm BY DAVID FALCHEK THE SUNDAY TIMES 09/15/2002 A Scranton Internet company has found itself under the microscope of at least two political groups for hosting radical Islamic Web sites. BurstNET Technologies Inc., which services thousands of Internet sites, hosts at least two inflammatory terrorist-related Web sites, one pro-Palestinian and another pro-Taliban, BurstNET officials and political groups said. The Anti-Defamation League, which fights anti-Semitism, said it has connected the Palestinian site to the militant group Hamas. But the role of BurstNET may be quite different than meets the Internet eye. The company said...

<p>A writer for a former Pittsburgh Islamist magazine is connected to a Portland, Ore., mosque that is under FBI scrutiny with the arrest of its imam, or religious leader.</p> <p>Tawfiq Tabib, 49, who wrote for an Islamist magazine published in Pittsburgh from 1991 to 2000, lives in the same apartment complex as Sheik Mohamed Abdirahman Kariye, who was arrested Sunday at Portland International Airport with one-way tickets to the United Arab Emirates.</p>

by Sheikh Hammoud Al-Uqlaa Ash-Shuaybi (Arabian Peninsula) In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy Q: To proceed, Sheikh Hammoud ibn 'Abdullaah Ash-Shuaybi, there have been a lot of talks on what happened in America some supporting and blessing others opposing and condemning it. What is the correct stand in these two opinions according to your view? We similarly hope you will go into details in the issue because of the ambiguities in it. A: Praise is due to Allah Lord of the Worlds, may the Salaat and Salaam be with the unlettered Prophet, his family,...

RECORDS of Osama Bin Laden’s calls from his satellite phone reveal Britain was at the heart of the terrorist’s planning for his worldwide campaign of murder and destruction. Bin Laden and his most senior lieutenants made more than 260 calls from their base in Afghanistan to 27 numbers in Britain. They included suspected terrorist agents, sympathisers and companies. Some were prearranged calls to contacts using public pay phones. The records, obtained by The Sunday Times, show that the terrorist leader made more calls to Britain than any other country in the two years that he used the phone. He stopped...

Enemy propaganda. The Talaban is back online with a news feed from Azzam. Mujahideen Success As US Commandos Are Killed12 August 2002: 309 days have passed since America launched its latest Crusade against Islam and its people. A number of Muslim prisoners were captured in this Crusade and taken to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba where they are being held in cages subject to Malaria, heatstroke and other tropical diseases. One of these prisoners is Khalid bin Muhammad bin Ali Al-Zahrani (Abu Al-Jarrah) from Al-Kharj, Arabian Peninsula. His mother cries and prays to Allah for her son every night. Azzam: The...

Hosting terror American ISPs lease space to Web sites of several listed terrorist organizations; At least one group is soliciting funds; Online civil rights foundation says companies are in tough situation By Matthew Baise SunSpot StaffOriginally published August 12, 2002 From a refurbished broom factory in the west end of Canton, an Internet Service Provider serves up one of the most prominent Web sites of Hezbollah, a group designated by the State Department as a terrorist organization . The site boasts of how the group "...used one of its own special types of resistance against the Zionist enemy that is...

<p>The "War on Terror" may be raging, but one facet of terrorism is thriving -- and even expanding -- in the United States: the Web site.</p> <p>Web servers owned by American companies host the sites of numerous terrorist organizations. For the most part, these companies are unwitting in their complicity. But terrorist groups continually exploit these servers to spread propaganda and plan attacks, either on message boards or through steganography, the process of embedding hidden objects in seemingly benign media files.</p>