Tag archive: Al Qaeda

Osama bin Laden is dead. The leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist network, responsible for the deadly September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, was killed today in a fire fight in Pakistan, President Barack Obama confirmed Sunday night. “Tonight I can report to the American people and to the world, that the United States has conducted an operation that has killed Osama bin Laden — the leader of al-Qaeda and a… Read More

Internet service provider Burst.net has taken WordPress-based blog host Blogetry.com offline after FBI agents informed the ISP the blog site was hosting al-Qaeda materials. The Blogetry service claims to host more than 70,000 online blogs; although the FBI has not commented on the investigation, sources indicate that the agency did not demand that the Blogetry site be shut down, but that the action was taken by Burst.net on its own… Read More

The Daily Express has claimed that hackers known as Team Elite have infiltrated the MI5 site, altering it so "the identity of visitors could be stolen and viruses downloaded on to their machines." According to the newspaper, Conservative MP Patrick Mercer said: "Having potentially highly classified information available to hackers is deeply concerning. The identity of agents and informers in terror groups such as Al Qaeda… Read More

Cable television network The History Channel has entered into a partnership with controversial New York-based Kuma Reality Games to developer three online games in association with the second season of the History Channel series Shootout. The games will be released online simultaneously with specific upcoming Shootout episodes, and let players step in to three famous battles—Iwo Jime, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Tet… Read More