A helpful new survey from MEMRI:
Introduction The post September 11 war on terrorism has increased Islamist organizations' dependence on the Internet, making it a vital means of communication and indoctrination for both Islamist organizations and for the infrastructure of Al-Qa'ida supporters. As a result of Islamist websites often being tracked and in some cases hacked, or shut down by their Internet Service Providers (ISPs), the Islamist organizations have also become increasingly dependent on chat rooms and message boards for communication.The following list of 25 Islamist websites and message forums, the first in a series of reports, includes website affiliations, IP addresses, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and information about their registrants.(1) The entries are categorized by ISP location.
The IP addresses and hosts included in the list were valid as of July 16, 2004.(2)
The MEMRI piece continues with a list of the particular sites.
It's amazing to see how many of these are registered and hosted in the United States. Perhaps the better to keep track of them. Know your enemy.
The number of sites registered and hosted in the USA doesn't surprise me at all. We have such a thing as freedom of speech.
That is not the in the spirit of the 1st Amendment. Hiding behind the 1st Amendment in the spreading of hate and inciting violence and death is a bunch of bunk.
What these ISP's are doing is no less criminal than the selling of technology to COMMUNIST China. It undermines the security of the country and those companies should be held responsible.