The Battle Against E-Jihadis: Why we need to know what we're up against!

This piece of good news:

Bad Day to Be an eJihadi/Cyber Terrorist

came in from The Jawa Report, not long after I had posted some remarks about an e-jihadist "hacker's kit" that had been making the rounds of the Internet. Evidently, two sites that had been hosting this malware kit are gone.

Keep in mind, though, that the perps will try to come back as soon as they find another venue. All of us - bloggers and other private individuals, Internet service providers, anti-malware companies, other corporations, non-profit organizations, as well as law enforcement, the military, and other governmental bodies - will have to be a lot more vigilant in the future about tracking and combating attacks from this quarter.

You might be astounded to learn just how much a lone blogger can accomplish. The Cyber Jihad is Real shows us how a lone blogger with no prior experience put the kibosh on several significant threats. Knowledge of Arabic or other foreign languages is not necessarily a requirement, though it is helpful. This article links to several other resources, including:

• The Blogosphere for Killers, described as "cyber-jihad 101"
• My Cyber Counter-Jihad, Shannen Rossmiller's personal account.

Now go and read:

Sunni Insurgents in Iraq Guilty of Cyber Jihad.

You may already know that Sunni insurgents are posting jihadist videos on the Internet showing U.S. troops being killed. It doesn't take long before al Qaeda's mouthpiece al-Jazeera picks up those videos and uses them to incite further mayhem. Foehammer makes a good case that the Bush Administration's attempts to keep the American public from seeing these images actually plays into the hands of our enemies.

Stumble It!

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Capt. Lance Peter Sijan, USAF

Here is the story of the heroic service of Capt. Lance Peter Sijan, as recounted by the United States Air Force. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroism during the Vietnam War, where he died as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese. He displayed this strength of character not just at one particular time of great danger, but consistently throughout a long ordeal.

The USAF website noted the Irish heritage of Capt. Sijan's mother, but not the Serbian heritage of his father. Capt. Sijan's Wikipedia biography does mention this.

Capt. Sijan was not the only Serbian-American awarded the Medal of Honor. Reportedly, a greater proportion of Serbian-Americans per capita have been awarded the Medal of Honor than any other ethnic group serving in the U.S. military.

Sadly, credit is not being given where credit is due. Not long ago, the U.S. was at war with Serbia, for reasons that did not prove justifiable in retrospect - which is why the mainstream media has so little to say about the Balkans at present. Even now, the U.S. State Department is still trying to detach Kosovo from Serbia to turn it over to jihadist rule, and to sell out the Bosnian Serbs as well, in defiance of all common sense. Encouraging the public to admire a Serbian-American hero would no doubt raise too many embarrassing questions about past and present foreign policy mistakes, and about those bureaucrats, journalists, and elected officials who are clearly to blame.

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It's new, it's by William A. Whittle, and it's worth reading now

If you aren't familiar with William A. Whittle and the Eject!Eject!Eject! website, you're missing one of the best writers on current trends from an historical perspective. His understanding of the issues of war and defense is spot on.

You Are Not Alone, Part 1 and Part 2 is a long article, but so thought-provoking, and, dare I say, inspiring, that it is worth dropping whatever else you are doing to take the time to read it now.

Read it, think about it for awhile, and read some of the other articles on Whittle's site. He has an intriguing, and I believe correct, comprehension of the real purpose behind, and need for, those efforts and struggles that so often seem lonely and futile.

Comments are open, both here and on Whittle's site.

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Our Children Are The Guarantors: My Own “So Sorry”

1389 was deeply moved by this blog entry, Our Children Are The Guarantors: My Own “So Sorry”, which offers a personal view of how one writer was affected by the deceptive media spin on the Balkans debacle.

Be sure to read it.

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News Roundup: Who are the Fort Dix Six?

Here are some articles that provide background on the six foreign-born Muslims who were arrested for plotting to blow up Fort Dix.

Remember: If you see something, say something!

• Balkan Muslim Gratitude
• WP Says Ft Dix Plot "Shatters" Terrorist Stereotypes
• Kosovo Blowback: Muslim Albanians from Kosovo Plot Terror Attack in the United States
• Kosovo Blowback Reaches America
• AP Article - Friend: Terror Suspect Had Bomb Recipes
• Update: FBI Knows Identity of Four Other NJ Jihadists
• Also see this post for another personal view of this issue.

1389 asks:

If this were twenty or thirty years ago, and a foreign enemy was found to be plotting to attack American troops on American soil, everyone would have been up in arms - literally! Why isn't this on the front page of every newspaper? Shouldn't there be an ongoing investigation to find everyone else who is linked to these jihadists, and to uncover other terrorist cells that involve jihadists from the Balkans? Put it this way: if our heads are in the sand, then we are going to be kicked in some other part of our anatomy.

Sadly, the Internet and the mainstream media are populated with too many self-appointed censors who have decided that it's in their interest to downplay the very real dangers that we are facing. What's more, according to this New York Sun article, Islamist-Left Alliance A Growing Force, the Internet has become an important tool for jihadist communication and recruitment.

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Spambot zombies infiltrate US military networks

Where's that fake-Viagra spam coming from? You might be surprised! According to this article, security researchers at Support Intelligence have traced spam-sending botnet clients back to networks run by the US military.

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TV and cellphone signals may provide GPS backup

This article from NewScientistTech.com explains how various characteristics of television and cellular phone signals can be used to pinpoint one's location.

It's more complex and more situation-dependent than using standardized GPS location signals, but on the other hand, it could be a lifesaver for the military if the GPS system is down or is being jammed by an enemy.

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