Possible Al Queda Hacker Caught

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

Speaking of conspiracies, this one might actually be real :-)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/25/AR2006032500020.html

For almost two years, intelligence services around the world tried to
uncover the identity of an Internet hacker who had become a key
conduit for al-Qaeda. The savvy, English-speaking, presumably young
webmaster taunted his pursuers, calling himself Irhabi -- Terrorist --
007. He hacked into American university computers, propagandized for
the Iraq insurgents led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and taught other
online jihadists how to wield their computers for the cause.

Suddenly last fall, Irhabi 007 disappeared from the message boards.
The postings ended after Scotland Yard arrested a 22-year-old West
Londoner, Younis Tsouli, suspected of participating in an alleged bomb
plot. In November, British authorities brought a range of charges
against him related to that plot. Only later, according to our sources
familiar with the British probe, was Tsouli's other suspected identity
revealed. British investigators eventually confirmed to us that they
believe he is Irhabi 007

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-JP

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