Hosting Provider Shut Down By FBI

An Anonymous Reader writes: "An 80-strong U.S. FBI agents raided the Texas-based host of Arabic Web sites, including that of the Arab world's leading independent news channel, prompting charges on Thursday of an 'anti-Muslim witchhunt.'" The Reuters story is at Yahoo! as well. Did you know there was a North Texas Joint Terrorism Task Force, or that it would be shutting down ISPs?

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Quick news hunt.

[BrookHarty]

Found some news clips.

Anti-terrorism agents raid Texas Internet business

FBI Raids Muslim Businesses, Charity Organizations

FBI Raids Dallas-Area Web Business

local news links

[Emrys]

Since people are mentioning lack of real detail on the "why" of the raid, and I live down here in Dallas, I guess I'll be a karma whore:

http://www.wfaa.com/wfaa/articledisplay/0,1002,310 13,00.html
http://www.wfaa.com/wfaa/articledisplay/0,1002,311 20,00.html

Re:Deja Vu All Over Again

[1alpha7]

Mind posting a link?

Sorry, guess that would be nice. Here ya go

Re:CNN probably has stuff too

[djrogers]

Obligatory reprimand follows :
Next time read the article before you post. The news agencies weren't raided, their web hosting provider was. There's no indication of who the target of the warrant is, but it's highly unlikely that it's a foreign news agency... Sheesh...

Re:The sites are back up.

[LordNimon]

compared to her neighbors, Israel is a girl scout.

It's obvious you have been fooled by Jewish propaganda. Example: did you know that Israeli forces back in April destroyed a bunch of olive trees that provide the only source of income for a village in Palestine? They claimed it was for security, but what kind of threat are a bunch of farmers? Just read this: http://www.proactivist.com/opinion/dispatches_isra el_4-2-01.html.

The United States would be way better off if we distanced ourselves from Israel and befriended the Palestinians instead. This Islamophobia is getting out of hand.