Al-Qaeda Web Sites Go Offline

thefickler writes "Four out of the five Al-Qaeda online forums have disappeared. The terrorist group used these forums to relay messages to its supporters. The four that have gone missing seem to have taken a hit back on September 10, the day before the annual video marking the 9/11 attacks was due to be disseminated. No one knows who is responsible for the sites' disappearance."

Comments

Re:That's cos they use child porn now. Ya rly.

[sumdumass]

I'm sure you have thought of this which is why your didn't mention that the reasons that Al Qeada would be looking into hiding information in kiddie porn is exactly because it is already illegal and it already has a secrete network in place. And it make further sense to hide messages inside already illegal content because the dumbass cops stop at the illegal part and likely wouldn't look further to discover the hidden messages. In fact, it makes perfect sense because it is all there, the secrete networks, the distractions if someone discovers it, and when the press makes a news story about it, they move on to something else. Makes a lot more sense that hiding messages in wedding photos or lol cats that everyone has access to and starts to wonder why some are 3-10 meg larger then others.

I'm pleased to say that the commenters on the article - and UK newspaper online comments are one of the purest sources of raw stupid on the planet - are already condemning this as obvious Home Office press-release ware.

Yes, I often find it humorous when someone who should know better all the sudden thinks they know it all just to be proven wrong. I'm not saying you have done this but you comment immediately reminded me of the match to a Styrofoam cup gag we used to do in bars as a kid. Here is a hint, the cup won't melt below the liquid line and you can usually get four or five uses out of it before it gets hard and stops working. Yep, your comment right there reminded me of that, where it doesn't matter what others say, you know your right.