February 15, 2007
Daniel Joseph Maldonado: How the Internet Created a Terrorist
How does Daniel Joseph Maldonado, a mild-mannered married Boston native, become transformed into Daniel Al-Jughaifi, a zealous supporter of sharia law, and then into Abu Mohammed, an armed jihadi fighting in Somalia alongside al Qaeda operatives? The internet, that's how.
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How does Daniel Joseph Maldonado, a mild-mannered married Boston native, become transformed into Daniel Al-Jughaifi, a zealous supporter of sharia law, and then into Abu Mohammed, an armed jihadi fighting in Somalia alongside al Qaeda operatives? The internet, that's how.Aaron at Internet Hagannah traces Maldonado's exodus:
Attitudes like Daniel's don't develop in a vacuum. They develop and are nurtured in community with other Muslims, and that community is found online. Islamist forums function like little terrorist factories. Muslims enter at one end, and terrorists and their plots issue forth from the other end. No matter how good we are at monitoring these online communities, the fact is that relying on such monitoring to prevent terrorist attacks is like trying to catch a bullet in mid-flight. Just ask the man who was murdered in Kismaayo. Better to go for the weapon, before the trigger is pulled. The forums are the weapon, and this is why people like Sasjamal [who ran the Islamic forum that Daniel was a moderator at] are culpable for the damage that results from their efforts to create and maintain these forums.Indeed. You can't kill all the terrorists, but it's not nearly as difficult to take out the main jihadi forums as the talking heads suggest. More on Daniel Maldonado's (aka, "ABU MOHAMMED"; aka "Daniel Aljughaifi") online activities here.How we proceed from here is open to debate. There is more than one way to deal with online communities of Islamic extremists. But there is no doubt that watching them is not enough.
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Every pitiful leftout little shit needs a friend. Something to belong to. Like John Ryan needs to be a lefturd because they make him feel wanted. Whereas a normal person says piss on ya. Slimey little nerd!
Posted by: greyrooster at February 16, 2007 07:48 AM (Lddpk)
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So, Rusty, what course of action do you recommend; give them a good
talking to? If they're our enemies we should kill them; if not, we
should embrace them, but all this half-ass pussy-footing-around is
bullshit.
talking to? If they're our enemies we should kill them; if not, we
should embrace them, but all this half-ass pussy-footing-around is
bullshit.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at February 17, 2007 01:43 PM (eGb9y)
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Give me a break. The Internet did not <i>create</i> this guy. It was just the vector for the islamic mind virus (h/t Richard Dawkins for the term).
Posted by: MegaTroopX at February 17, 2007 02:06 PM (v5fbO)
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Where in the hell did you get osamabinhidinghis brains daddys picture?
Posted by: greyrooster at February 20, 2007 03:13 AM (PFUNQ)
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"Where in the hell did you get osamabinhidinghis brains daddys picture?"
You drunk old man, put on your glasses: That's you're fucking wife, idiot.
You drunk old man, put on your glasses: That's you're fucking wife, idiot.
Posted by: osamabinhiding at February 21, 2007 03:41 PM (ZxuJ4)
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