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| 2004-01-11 |
nabil says:i would advice you to be very careful, if you think september the 11th was bad waite until february 2004. Being a manager at the Aljazeera new english website, I get all the info I need, thats how we know everything before all the other media companies find out. But take my advice and start relocating to a safer country because its not sadam and bin laden you should worry about. |
| Posted by:Zhang Fei |
| #20 Your boffins down in Cheltenham can probably do similar things, although they are likely loathe to talk much about it. I liked that area - beautiful walking country down there in the spring in the Cotswalds. I remember "Panswick" (or something like that) was nice place to raise a pint or two during lunch stopovers. I think the plub was the Falcon or Eagle or something like that. Nice memories. Nevermind why I was down that way for an extended time what seems a lifetime ago. :-) |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-1-11 5:47:08 PM |
| #19 Hmmm. Has anyone noticed that little gem was 1) posted December 30 (nearly two weeks ago---kinda stale news) 2) responding to a post from April. I looked on Sarge's site and didn't see any mention of the comment. Did anyone tell him? |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2004-1-11 5:40:11 PM |
| #18 hope he's been reported,i don't feel i'm in the position to over here in England but the sarge should after all it was his site,lets hope he does eh.thanks for that info to spook very interesting stuff that if a little to techie for me :) |
| Posted by: Jon Shep U.K 2004-1-11 5:17:57 PM |
| #17 Heres'a few technical things... 1) the blog site records the posting IP. 2) that IP can be traced to its provider. 3a) The owner of the IP address is known to IANA, and can be traced to a physical address. 3b) in the case of dialup or other service there is somethign called RADIUS that allows the provider to say exactly who (including service address) was connected to that IP at the time of the post. 4) If the ISP is keeping logs at its routers, it can dtects and trace anyone using their IP address space for a "relay". In short, other than by using strong cryptographically guarded cypherpunk style remailers, where and who you are is pretty easy to obtain on the internet. Its that simple. If you want privacy and anonymity, use strong crypto (GPG or PGP with 2048 bit RSA keys, and then IDEA 128bit), and use anon remailers, chained trhough at least 4 of them, and use variable timer delays at each remailer to try to defeat traffic analysis. And by the way, the FBI does take threats like this seriously - contact the local field office or the field office physically located nearest your hosting provider. I've seen trolls very surprised when an agent knocks on theri door, and they have to explain to Mom and Dad why they were making death threats online - and why they just lost all the computers in the house (including Dad's work-owned laptop) to the FBI while they are being analysed for forensic evidence. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-1-11 5:14:44 PM |
| #16 Frankly, I am getting a little bored of these hollow threats. I thinking this is more the rantings of an Islamofacist troll. Though, if it is legit I have message for Al-Jizz to pass on. You better get us ALL..... |
| Posted by: Tom 2004-1-11 5:01:21 PM |
#15 "When will these asshats ever learn? YOU DON'T KICK A TIGER IN THE TEETH!" I'm beginning to wonder if the reason they aren't learning very fast is because we didn't choose a more appropriate teaching method. While Bush's exercise in bringing democracy, freedom and prosperity to the Islamic world has a noble purpose (i.e., give these people the tools with which to build something other than shitty, worthless hellholes to live in, then maybe they'll stop ragging on us), I have a nagging suspicion that it would have been far more effective if we had proceeded it with a demonstration of extravagent brutality: on the afternoon of September 11, 2001, pick a dozen or two military installations in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon, Libya and Saudi Arabia- installations a goodly distance from civilian population centers- and obliterate them with the largest nukes in our arsenal. Brutal? You betcha. But it sure would have focussed their minds. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2004-1-11 4:52:22 PM |
| #14 I really really dont't want to see a campaign of genocide against Arabs. However, if certain people are stupid... |
| Posted by: Hiryu 2004-1-11 4:25:19 PM |
| #13 Don't take this threat too lightly. Any little piece of info could lead to the prevention of a attack. |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-1-11 4:24:44 PM |
| #12 Al'Jazeera "staffers" have shown up immediately after -- and sometimes before -- bombings in Iraq. One of their office managers bragged -- yes, that's the word I mean -- that terrorists used his office to plan attacks. Zhang's precisely correct about al'Jazeera's connections and strange associations. One of their people was a go-between for Saddam and bin Laden! That particular comment may not have come from al'Jizz, but the sentiment is solid. Personally, my surprise meter wouldn't twitch at all if that guy really was from al'Jizz. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-1-11 4:13:50 PM |
| #11 don't all bin ladin's tapes (you'd think he's have his own label by now) come through Al-Jizz,bet they know how to get hold of him,I say beat and torture the information out of them,then bomb them. |
| Posted by: Jon Shep U.K 2004-1-11 4:07:10 PM |
| #10 You guys seem to have bought hook, line and sinker that this guy actually works for al jazeera, let alone why al jazeera would know about a major planned attack... I remember some journalists in NYC recounting that various Muslims had heard about the WTC bombings ahead of time. Al Jazeera does seem to know of a lot of things ahead of time - for a while, they seemed to be providing cover for Iraqi guerrillas, which is why they were expelled. Saddam had a bunch of al Jazeera people on his payroll. Also, al Jazeera tends to get these al Qaeda exclusives a lot of the time. Why? |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-1-11 3:42:10 PM |
| #9 Personally, I'm prepared to believe the worst of al-jizzwada 'journalists'. |
| Posted by: 4thInfVet 2004-1-11 3:34:24 PM |
| #8 Not even worth bothering with... just another little Troll... |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-11 3:26:32 PM |
| #7 You guys seem to have bought hook, line and sinker that this guy actually works for al jazeera, let alone why al jazeera would know about a major planned attack... |
| Posted by: Damn_Proud_American 2004-1-11 2:20:13 PM |
| #6 good point there bet his internet adress is traceable. hope sarge calls the FBI on this maggot |
| Posted by: Jon Shep U.K 2004-1-11 1:53:53 PM |
| #5 When will these asshats ever learn? YOU DON'T KICK A TIGER IN THE TEETH! That is, unless you really, really want to be a one-legged man. Of course, sometimes the tiger uses a claw on other areas, as well. That could lead to, err, a reduction to second-class Arab citizenship. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-1-11 1:52:39 PM |
| #4 I certainly hope this love note was forwarded to the local FBI field office. They would be very interested in terrorist threats like this. |
| Posted by: 4thInfVet 2004-1-11 1:52:28 PM |
| #3 Anyone up for a blackbag job at Al Jizz? Maybe plant a homing device for the F117s? I don't think these nutjobs have a clue how big this country is. Even if these guys do some kind of biological attack, the funny thing is that it will probably spread to Muslim countries via both routine air travel and Muslims fleeing the US. And medical facilities are much more primitive in Muslim countries than over here. Bottom line - if there's a bio attack, more Muslims than Americans will die, by a huge margin*. And that's without American nuclear strikes on Muslim countries. * Think of the Iranian earthquake vs the earthquake in California. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-1-11 1:40:51 PM |
| #2 wow Al-jizz is really looking to pick a fight if thats who this nabil nutcase works for.A huge raid on the Al-jizz training camp sorry t.v station is nessicary.I wouldn't mind betting thier sheltering bin ladin in the HQ. Bastards! |
| Posted by: Jon Shep U.K 2004-1-11 1:36:28 PM |
| #1 Anyone up for a blackbag job at Al Jizz? Maybe plant a homing device for the F117s? |
| Posted by: badanov 2004-1-11 1:34:57 PM |