Internet "Terrorist" Using Yahoo to Recruit 600 Muslims for Hack Attack

February 28, 2004

Editor's note: MND is uncomfortable providing direct links to potential terrorist groups. The links below have been edited to prevent collection by linkbots, but the edits should be obvious to human readers.

One of the internet's most verbally prolific Islamic "terrorists" is now advocating hacking sites which oppose his radical views.

In an e-mail on his Yahoo Groups site titled "Half Moon Operation/First Attack," Daleel Almojahid asks for people to register to another Yahoo group called Jehad-Op. This for the purpose of attacking Internet Haganah, an increasingly successful web site dedicated to closing down terrorist web sites – which among other things provide an avenue for terrorists to communicate as well as a means of encouragement for radical Islamics devoted to terrorism.

In his message Almojahid writes "We need at least 600 Muslims for this jihad ... First of all many ... Muslims may note that many jihad sites have been attacked and closed ... all of them have been attacked from one source – it's internet-haganah ...(which) means in English ‘defense.'
This site is against Islamic jihad sites around the world and every day adds a database for new Islamic site to ... attack. So, this message (is) to every Muslim (who) cares about his religion. To help us attack Haganah site we need Muslim hackers who have a good background about hack(ing). Also any Muslim can help us without the need to be good in hack(ing) just by using DOS command or some simple software. Please don't forget to spread this message to your friends and Islamic forum groups etc."

According to Almojahid, the first target will be www. internet-haganah.us, because as he comments, "it's in the first rank of Google search engine, so it (has) the most visitors than others."

Almojahid says the time for the attack is not yet certain. It will depend on how quickly 600 Muslims sign up for service. He then provides comprehensive instructions on hacking.

Almojahid's message appears to have been posted from the computer system of the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.

The same message posted on the Yahoo Group Jehad-Op. by a different individual (http://groups.yahoo.com(slash)group/jehad-op/message/7) appears to originate from Amman, Jordan.

Terror researcher Johnathan Galt has reported the apparent illegal use of the American University of Sharjah's computer system to school authorities and the existence of both Yahoo sites to the company's abuse department.

In an e- mail to Yahoo, Galt wrote "There is a lot of illegal activity being facilitated by Yahoo Groups services. The most egregious of them all is the Yahoo Group Global Islamic Media with over 6200 members which discusses imminent terror attacks on the USA. On Feb.11th the Yahoo Group Mojahedoon instructed its members on how to inject concentrated cyanide into supermarket foodstuffs. There are many other groups such as this! Will innocent people die before Yahoo takes action and enforces (its terms of service?"

Galt added, "This looks (like) this Yahoo Group (Jehad Op) is established for only one reason -- to coordinate the carrying out of cyber-attacks using 'EvilPing', DDoS, etc.. If you show the source of the message you can see the IP address of the sender (which traces to an ISP in Jordan). Also, ‘jhon navathi' <thunders_of_truth(AT)y...> is probably a Yahoo email."

In a subsequent group message (http://groups.yahoo.com(slash)group/Daleel_Almojahid_1/message/35), Almojahid (who frequently provides commentary from a radical Islamic perspective), again dismissed rumors that Osama bin Laden has been captured by the United States.

He wrote, "We have information that the Americans are preparing a movie to show you that Shaik Osama Bin Laden is captured and they will use this movie to make people believe that he is captured, so watch out because we know (for sure) that this plan has been prepared and will be put into action very close to the elections."

Almojahid added, "You will be hearing a lot of crap in the coming few weeks and months till the election. This is one of these craps. Shaikh Osama Bin Laden, may God protect him and bless him and the rest of the mojahideen, is fine and fighting with everything he has against the kingdoms of evil."

Jeremy Reynalds

He was honored with the prestigious Jefferson Award in 1994. Reynalds emigrated from England to the United States in 1978 and became a naturalized American citizen in 1999. He has a master's degree in communication from the University of New Mexico and is a candidate for the Ph.D. in intercultural education at Biola University, located in La Mirada, California, just outside Los Angeles.

He is also the author of two books and a contributor to a third, which deals with the media's images of the homeless. He may be reached by e-mail at reynalds@joyjunction.org.