The Jawa Report is right on this. It makes no sense for security reasons to censor them. We should allow them to flourish so that it can be surveillanced... and also document the surveillance to create fear among the perpetrators.
MEMRI: Shutting Down Cyber Jihad Really Not All that Hard
and here they are!Salafi-jihadi forums are Al-Faluja, Shabakat Ansar Al-Mujahideen, Shabakat Al-Tahadi Al-Islamiyya, Shumukh Al-Islam, Shabakat Hanein, Shabakat Al-Mujahideen Al-Electroniyya, Mutadayat Al-Boraq Al-Islamiyya, and Ma'arik Islamic Network
A new report by MEMRI boils down the cyber jihad to five major sites. Shut these guys down and you've effectively killed the head of the beast. These are the five sites used by the actual terrorists to communicate with their cyber fans.
Currently, fewer than five forums are used by jihad media companies as a direct channel for disseminating their products (e.g., jihad films, texts, and audios). Moreover, only half a dozen Islamist forums attract multi-participant discussion among jihadists and jihad sympathizers worldwide. Most jihad cyber domains initiate very little, if any, original discussion, primarily reposting material from popular jihad forums. Hence, disabling the few prominent domains could seriously cripple Islamists' ability to conduct mass online discussions, and could also hamper the rapid spread of jihad material in cyberspace. [1]Two things to note. First, of the five forums let me give a shout out to the akhi at Hanein and Ansar. You know who you are.The most popular Salafi-jihadi forums are Al-Faluja, Shabakat Ansar Al-Mujahideen, Shabakat Al-Tahadi Al-Islamiyya, Shumukh Al-Islam, Shabakat Hanein, Shabakat Al-Mujahideen Al-Electroniyya, Mutadayat Al-Boraq Al-Islamiyya, and Ma'arik Islamic Network. Of these forums and websites, five are hosted by Western hosting companies.
Second, we love MEMRI, so we'll overlook the fact that they get a few details wrong. Like, that RIPE is not a host. As our own Black Flag put this in an email:
