AL-ELKHASS, AL-FIRDAWS, AL-BORAQ FORUMS Shut Down

Saturday, October 11, 2008
Al-Fajr Media Center: Regarding the Closing of Several Jihad Web Forums.
SEE Information provided here is from a "NEFA FOUNDATION" translation of an official Arabic-Language communique obtained by NEFA investigators and translated into English.

The Al-Fajr Media Center is the official online logistical network for messages from various Al-Qaida military factions-including the Islamic State of Iraq and Osama bin-Laden, himself.

"THE INTERNET FORUMS LISTED HEREAFTER HAVE BEEN CLOSED FOR TECHNICAL REASONS (bull, you got shut down) AND THEY WILL BE NON-FUNCTIONAL FROM THE DATE OF THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT (actually they were all shut down on or about Sept. 4th 2008).

WE DRAW THE ATTENTION OF OUR BROTHERS AND VISITORS TO THE AL-ELKHASS, AL-FIRDAWS AND AL-BORAQ FORUMS. WE ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY ADDRESSES OR WEBSITES FOR THESE FORUMS PRESENTLY ON THE INTERNET-AND ANY NEWS REPORTS YOU MAY HEAR REGARDING THE RE-OPENING OF SOME OF THESE WEBSITES ARE INCORRECT (no Forums no al-Qaida communication world-wide, Boo-Hoo).

The source that could shut out the lights for all of these Al-Qaida Website Forums such as http://ekhlaas.ws/forum/ is the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) in Brisbane Australia, and keep them all off the Internet !APNIC provides number resource allocation and registration services that support the global operation of the Internet and is the Regional Internet Registry for the Asia-Pacific Region like in Malaysia where the Al-Qaida Forums had been hosted.

It is a not-for-profit, membership-based organization whose members include Internet Service Providers, National Internet Registries, and similar organizations. APNIC is the host master of the name servers for http://ekhlaas.ws/forum and the other Forums, see below.

The up front name servers linked to the Registrar Name:

• Wild West Domains, Inc are ns1.al-taw7eed.com and ns2.al-taw7eed.com, a reverse search of these name servers link to APNIC, see below;al-ekhlaas.org 124.217.228.166
• Record Type: IP AddressOrgName: Asia Pacific Network Information CentreOrgID: APNICAddress: PO Box 2131City: Milton, BrisbaneStateProv: QLDPostalCode: 4064Country: AUSee Prior Posting Published: February 22, 2008, on the al-ekhlaas forum website,

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