Questions for Zawahiri

I would like to know the exact way you and Sheik Usama bin Laden are able to communicate through (for lack of a better word) telepathic methods. Does it have anything to do with your deep spirituality or are you aware that it does happen.
Thank You


Posted by: Sheila | Dec 28, 2007 11:25:40 AM

Let's Not Forget The Threat

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bijoy Ghosh The menace is real. R.K.Raghavan There was mild excitement among cyberspace watchers on November 11 over a predicted ‘cyber jihad”. Nothing of the kind happened. All was quiet, possibly much to the disappointment of those who receive a kick out of chaos and disarray wherever it may occur, in the real or virtual world. According to some experts there is no room, however, for complacence, given what happened in Estonia earlier this year when life all but came to a standstill following cyber attacks from alleged Soviet-controlled computers. Generally speaking, what was feared on November 11 was a Denial-of-Service (DOS) attack from Jihadists whose computer prowess, incidentally, can hardly be exaggerated. Even anti-virus software giant Symantec has chosen not to ignore the prediction of a disaster. But it believes the tool in the terrorist armoury, christened E-Jihad 3.0, is too crude and unsophisticated for causing any major damage. Here a mischief-monger will first have to manually install the tool on to a computer and later use it to log on to a jihadist Web site that would subsequently release attack commands. Symantec has gone as far as constructing a Hacktool.Dijah to detect E-Jihad 3.0 ! All this is amusing if not exactly absurd!

CYBER JIHAD FURTHER RESEARCHED

As we all know there was no cyber jihad on Sunday, November 11, 2007. My sources never said there would be, but according to DEBKAfile it was something everyone was fearing and of course waiting to happen. I think we have to take a further look at some sites that claim to have contact with al Qaeda message boards and are able to have first hand knowledge. Keep in mind that a lot of what we think is being said or leaked is only for the sake of fear. In that sense al Qaeda succeeded. SC Magazine, Frank Washkuch Jr. writes: McAfee told organizations not to lose sleep over reports that al Qaeda would target Western websites in a mass-cyberattack this Sunday. DEBKA-file, a Jerusalem-based website known for coverage of Middle Eastern military and intelligence issues, reported last month that al Qaeda's cyberattackers would target Western, Jewish and Israeli websites, as well as those of Muslims who do not fall in line with the terrorist group's fundamentalist viewpoint, beginning on Sunday. McAfee Avert Labs researcher Francois Paget cited cyber-terror warnings in August 2004 and November 2006 that never materialized, but said he blogged about the specter of cyber-jihad because news stories and rumors were circulating on the internet. Paget, who found a cyber-jihad program on the web and confirmed that it can launch basic DDoS attacks, said the application indicates that terrorist groups are interested in cyberattacks, but lack the technical know-how to launch a significant one effectively. “I wrote this blog entry to demonstrate that at least one terrorist ring is interested in malware. But it seems to me, they have not reached the technical level of some criminal groups, for now. In this case, no fast-flux network was involved, no complex command and control protocol was committed, no worldwide botnet was created,” he said. “They are years behind. Shutting down the distribution stopped the attack before it started.” DEKBA-file has reportedly published wildly inaccurate stories, such as a 2003 account that predicted the day Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein would use weapons of mass destruction against American forces. Craig Schmugar, threat research manager at McAfee Avert Labs, told SCMagazineUS.com today that the attack application is not unusual. “The tool that some other people have associated with the DDoS attack is nothing special. Based on that information, this seems to be one of those run-of-the-mill [devices],” he said. “We have seen articles in the past warning of attacks like this, and nothing has happened.” Officials have warned that al Qaeda could use the internet as an attack vector, but warnings of cyber-terrorism, such as a December 2006 advisory that the group would attack U.S. financial interests in retaliation for the treatment of prisoners at the naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, never materialized. Johannes Ullrich, chief research officer at the SANS Institute, said Monday on the organization's Internet Storm Center diary that he did not think a mass cyberattack would occur. “So, in short, stay calm, focus on best practices and you don't have to do anything special on [Sunday]. If your systems are secure, they will be fine,” he said. “If they are not secure, then they will get hacked no matter if it's cyber-jihad or the script kiddie from next door.” Tags:IT Security Training Email Security Government Analyst Reports & Industry Surveys Emerging Threats Lawbreakers & Cybercrime Groundbreakers Company:McAfee

CYBER JIHAD

Qaeda Declares Cyber Jihad on the West DEBKAfile "In a special Internet announcement in Arabic, picked up by DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources, Osama bin Laden’s followers announced Monday the launching of Electronic Jihad. On Sunday, November 11, al Qaeda’s electronic experts will start attacking Western, Jewish, Israeli, Muslim apostate and Shiite Web sites. On Day One, they will test their skills against 15 targeted sites and expand the operation from day to day thereafter until hundreds of thousands of Islamist hackers are in action against untold numbers of anti-Muslim sites." It seems as though we just can't get ahead. Do we really believe that al Qaeda did not know about the leak with SITE long before the video leak to the White House. I think our naiveness is what causes us to remain on step behind. My sources told me the same day the video was released that there would be a black out. "DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources report that, shortly after the first announcement, some of al Qaeda’s own Web sites went blank, apparently crashed by the American intelligence computer experts tracking them. The next day, Oct. 30, they were up again, claiming their Islamic fire walls were proof against infidel assault...In effect al Qaeda is retaliating against Western intelligence agencies’ tactics, which detect new terrorist sites and zap them as soon as they appear. Until now, the jihadists kept dodging the assault by throwing up dozens of new sites simultaneously. This kept the trackers busy and ensured that some of the sites survived, while empty pages were promptly replaced...Now Bin Laden’s cyber legions are fighting back. The electronic war they have declared could cause considerable trouble on the world’s Internet."

अल Leak

Previous Page E-Mail This Page Print Current News Leak Severed a Link to Al-Qaeda's Secrets By Joby Warrick Published in: Washington Post October 9, 2007 A small private intelligence company that monitors Islamic terrorist groups obtained a new Osama bin Laden video ahead of its official release last month, and around 10 a.m. on Sept. 7, it notified the Bush administration of its secret acquisition. It gave two senior officials access on the condition that the officials not reveal they had it until the al-Qaeda release. Within 20 minutes, a range of intelligence agencies had begun downloading it from the company's Web site. By midafternoon that day, the video and a transcript of its audio track had been leaked from within the Bush administration to cable television news and broadcast worldwide. Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/09/AR2007100900791.html?hpid=topnews

CRISIS

Here we are again. I don't write often but when I do it is to point out what's being missed. Did we not hear that Hamas has tried to restore order in Palestine and that Zawahiri is in support of that. Does this not further prove my theory that peace is what Osama Bin Laden is after. Are we still missing the fact that Al Qaeda could be reacting to what's being done and said about them. Is peace or a truce the only thing we have not tried. Yes, it is a big chance to take but if nothing else is working let's at least try it. Remember, we have not heard from Osama since he offered a truce to President George Bush. What would this entail. My sources say Osama wants his own state, his own land. If we do this we can hold them accountable for any agreement reached in order to make this happen. One thing we know for sure he is a man of his word. Does this necessarily mean admitting defeat, no it means we want peace as well, if we say at any cost, this will prove it, not the death toll continuing to mount. We know we are definitely headed in the wrong direction in Iraq and other parts of the Middle East and how easy it will be to turn it all around.

Getting It Right

Here we are again. Last week we thought Al Qaeda was planning an attack in Germany when all along they were planning to capture American troops in Iraq. Yes there was a lot of chatter but we have not figured out how to decipher that chatter. By now we have to know that Iraqi soldiers are working closely with Al Qaeda and when the US surges so does Al Qaeda. We here talk of the US holding meetings with Iraq's neighbors but as much as we don't want to hear it there will come a time when Al Qaeda will have to be a part of those discussions. I know I will be blasted for saying that, but I'm looking further down the road and looking at what drew us into this situation knowing that's what will get us out. It's difficullt to see now because of all that's going on but to end the war in Iraq does not end the war with Al Qaeda, and by Al Qaeda I mean Osama bin Laden. We know this has spread way beyond our control and it has to come to a stop there has to be someone to stand up and say, no more bloodshed, and that person will have to be Osama bin Laden. If we don't do it before he is captured or killed the situation will be worst than we know it today. We cannot to allow stubborness to continue to tear the world apart. The world situation is a new one and all avenues have to be tried to bring an end to the fighting.

counterterrorism: Osama bin Laden

counterterrorism: Osama bin Laden It is still my belief that Osama would like to be able to talk...negotiate with the US to put an end to all of the terrorism. I strongly believe that. We as US citizens are so brainwashed into believing that he only wants to kill us, that's all we ever here. Not taking up for him, but I do believe he see's himself as a leader as well, even though we consider him and his group terrorists, and only having one way of thinking regardless of what happens, he could put an end to all of this. Granted at this point we would still have to deal with homegrown, as well as imitators, but something could be worked out. I firmly believe it is worth a shot. Nothing else is working, if anything matters are getting worse. It would be the hardest thing in the world our president has ever had to do, and we don't know if he has the muscle or the humbleness to see the possibilities. Of course these words are difficult for lots of people at this stage but it doesn't hurt to try an entertain other possibilities. The only way to win this militarily is by destroying the world and what for...pride. Let's be big boys and talk to President Ahmadinejahd and see where we can go from here. I say these words with great sincerety and love for the people around the world that I don't know and for the well being of those that I do.