The "chatter" on "al Qaeda-linked websites" thing...

[WilliamPitt]

I read this all the time. "Chatter" on al Qaeda websites.

Has anyone here ever seen one of these websites?

[JuniperLea]

1. no

but i haven't looked. i'm afraid the cyber police unleashed by the patriot act would think i am one of them!

[H2O Man]

2. Yep.

DU Lounge is risky enough. Stick to the GD, where patriots roam.

[Mistress Quickly]

8. I've looked at them

but they are in Arabic and I can't read them.

[rooboy]

3. I think this 'chatter' thing is crap, and so does The Onion, it seems...

'Al-Qaeda Chatter Deteriorates Into Gossip'

http://www.theonion.com

[DenverDem]

4. We ARE one, right?

This one, too:
<http://www.cia.gov/>

[sniffa]

5. yeah, here's their main website

http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/

don't say i never did anything for ya

[htuttle]

6. Yes

The couple that I've found -- linked from some Russian forums -- come and go fairly quickly. They are also in Arabic, generally, so I have no idea what they are talking about.

I have heard/read several accounts describing a couple of them as trojan horses setup by 'gung-ho' Americans (think Idema-wannabes) trying to somehow trap potential 'Al Queda' recruits. Interestingly enough, at least one of these fake sites has been used as a source for this 'chatter'. Talk about blowback.

[Cooley Hurd]

7. On CNN's "In the Money" show this weekend...

...they were interviewing an NPR correspondent about, and I kid you not, "who is Al Qaeda's favorite to win the presidential election?" The NPR correspondent (whose name escapes me now) said that she has people who "monitor Islamic message boards" and "the chatter" gleaned from the message boards indicates that Al Qaeda favors Bush because he's been best for recruitment. Unfortunately, she failed to name any of the message boards, but her conclusion doesn't seem to fit into any sort of psy-op profile (which would probably wish to conclude that Al Qaeda would be better served by a Kerry victory), so I would assume her claim of the existence of such boards is valid.

[radwriter0555]

9. LOL @ al queda websites.. and they got a press agent, too, you know!

Odd how all them al kidder websites come from Virginia or Florida.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

10. what is funny about "chatter":

when chatter is high.......that means the terrorist are coming.

when chatter is low........that means the terrorist are coming.

interesting no?