Re: Possible Al Queda Hacker Caught

[Technocrat <dj.technocrat.listmail () gmail com>]

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Dude VanWinkle wrote:
> 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

It is real, there was a very good write on him over at the SITE Institute.

http://www.siteinstitute.org/

If you really have a interest in keeping up with daily findings, try
this blog.

http://trackingalqueda.blogspot.com/

Neogirl isn't a joke ;)

- -Todd

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