by toscaveritas » Sun Jul 10, 2005 2:16 am
from London Guardian<br><br>The claim of responsibility for the London attacks was first posted on one of the dozens of Islamic websites that are routinely monitored by western intelligence services.<br><br>The statement, under the name of the Secret Organisation of the al-Qaida Jihad in Europe, said: "The heroic mujahideen have carried out a blessed raid in London. Britain is now burning with fear, terror and panic in its northern, southern, eastern and western quarters."<br><br>It was posted on an Arabic website, al-qal3ah.com, which is registered by Qalaah Qalaah in Abu Dhabi and hosted by a server in Houston, Texas.<br>But two Israeli groups devoted to exposing the network of jihadist sites claim that it is connected to the London-based Saudi dissident Saad al-Faqih. Mr Faqih, who is based in Willesden, north-west London, and runs the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia (Mira), was designated by the US treasury last December as a supporter of al-Qaida. The UK Treasury followed suit by freezing Mr Faqih's assets.<br><br>Speaking in December 2004 before the assets were frozen, Mr Faqih ridiculed any idea that "millions of dollars" would be frozen. "I have no assets in the US and all I have in the UK is a current account with a few hundred pounds."<br><br>The US claimed that Mr Faqih was an associate of Khaled al-Fawwaz, who was arrested in Britain on a US extradition warrant for his alleged involvement in the 1998 east African embassy bombings.<br><br>The US said that "extremists utilise a website controlled by al-Faqih and Mira on messageboards to post al-Qaida-related statements and images. While Mira has issued disclaimers warning users to not attribute postings on Mira message boards to al-Qaida, information available to the US and UK governments shows that the messages are intended to provide ideological and financial support to al-Qaida affiliated networks and potential recruits."<br><br>Mr Faqih has always vigorously denied being involved with terrorism. Yesterday he was indignant about being linked to the website.<br><br>"It does not belong to me at all," he told the Guardian. "It is a Zionist smear."<br><br>He had seen the message on Thursday morning and doubted its authenticity. "It was only there for a few minutes, and they misquoted the Qur'an." He also said the website - or more accurately a bulletin board - could be used by anyone.<br><br>The server in Houston has intriguing connections. Everyone's Internet was founded by brothers Robert and Roy Marsh in 1998 and by 2002 had an income of more than $30m (now about £17m).<br><br>Renowned for his charitable work, Roy Marsh counts among his friends President George Bush's former sister-in-law, Sharon Bush, and the president's navy secretary.<br><br>Everyone's Internet, which also hosts a number of pornographic sites, states: "We support the uncensored flow of information and ideas over the internet and do not actively monitor subscriber activity under normal circumstances."<br><br>However, the company has responded to requests to take down objectionable material and insists it cooperates with US law enforcement agencies<br><br>original here : <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://prisonplanet.com/Pages/Jul05/090705website.html">prisonplanet.com/Pages/Ju...bsite.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>guardian article here : <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/attackonlondon/story/0%2c1613...">www.guardian.co.uk/attack...%2c1613...</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i></i>
