alQaeda.com

alQaeda.com

: Captured jihadist geek reveals al Qaeda’s web strategy (hey, doesn’t everybody have a web strategy?):

U.S. sources said Khan told interrogators al Qaeda uses Web sites and e-mail addresses in Turkey, Nigeria and tribal areas of Pakistan to pass messages among themselves.

Couriers were often used to deliver computer discs, and Khan would then post the messages on Web sites, but only briefly, the sources said.

According to the sources, after messages were sent and read, the files were deleted.

E-mail addresses were used only two or three times; if the information was really sensitive, an address might be used only once.

9 responses to “alQaeda.com”

  1. Robert McClelland Avatar

    How come you’re not counselling them to start blogging?

  2. notthisgirl Avatar
    notthisgirl

    These new captures seem to be providing a trove of information so far (although it’s early yet I suppose).
    Gee … I wonder what the Pakistanis are doing with these fine boys to get them to talk ???? Hmmmmm .

  3. Reid Avatar

    Reminds me of this fascinating story. I’ve heard these numbers being read out before. I wonder if AQ has any ham enthusiasts?

  4. trump Avatar

    Pakistan is helping us? But I thought we had no allies because of unilateral Bush???

  5. Lola Avatar

    Could be because Pakistan is seeing that it doesn’t pay to cross a cowboy who means what he says, a la Clint Eastwood?

  6. john Avatar

    Computer discs, huh?
    Do all ya’ll recall the conviction of Randall Todd ‘Ishmael’ Royer, a former columnist at Antiwar.com? He and some Muslim compatriots were convicted of possessing beaucoup illegal weaponry – and beaucoup computer discs as well. Not intended against the US, Royer claimed.

  7. john Avatar

    Al Queda guy with computer discs, huh?
    Do all ya’ll recall the conviction of Randall Todd ‘Ishmael’ Royer, a former columnist at Antiwar.com? He and some Muslim compatriots were convicted of possessing beaucoup illegal weaponry – and beaucoup computer discs as well. Not intended against the US, Royer claimed.

  8. john Avatar

    Sorry about the double posting. The second one is the more pertinent.

  9. lorelei thelocalady Avatar

    “…the Internet has become a virtual training camp,” was one of the topics discussed on Wednesday, August 4 on KCRW’s “To The Point,” with Warren Olney. Wanna talk about cause to be on alert; it don’t get much better than this.