********** Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 12:30:38 -0400 To: Declanat_private From: Brian McWilliams <brian@pc-radio.com> Subject: Nixed 'Holy War' Web Site Offered PGP Encryption Key Declan, FYI ... Nixed 'Holy War' Web Site Offered PGP Encryption Key http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170828.html A U.K.-based Web site that offered Islamic military training apparently has been shut down by British officials. The site provided a PGP ("Pretty Good Privacy") encryption key to visitors wanting to conceal their communications with the company, Newsbytes has learned. The Web site belonging to Sakina Security Services Ltd., apparently shut down by British law enforcement officials Wednesday, advertised a firearms training course called "The Ultimate Jihad Challenge," among other services. [snip] ********** From: "Xeni Jardin" <xeniat_private> To: <cypherpunksat_private> Subject: Jihad-training web site yanked; firm trained would-be fighters in USA. Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 18:49:47 -0700 Message-ID: <BLECKMIOPMMIPNNEDODEEENADGAA.xeniat_private> The UK Times is reporting that the web site for a UK-based firm offering "jihad training programs" has been shut down, unclear by whom. Through the site, the company promoted its "Ultimate Jihad Challenge" workshops which included the how-to's of "bone breaking," "foreign firearm instruction," -- and gun-training sessions in the United States at a live firing range. The course outline ends on this note: "SUCESSFUL STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE THE SAKINA INSRUCTORS CERTIFICATE AND OATH OF LOYALTY TO THE UMMAH OF ALLAH DIVINE RELIGION OF SUBMISSION." I found a Google cache of Sakina's site, and have included the URL below with a text cut-and-paste from the cache. --XJ ====================================================== http://www.thetimes.co.uk October 4, 2001 "Holy Wars" website is shut down A British website which offered young Muslims the chance to train for holy wars abroad has been removed from the internet. The website of London-based firm Sakina Security Ltd is no longer available, Internet service provider Freeserve confirmed. The site had offered the "ultimate Jihad challenge" in which clients were taken to a live firing range in the United States for weapons training where they shoot up to 3,000 rounds each. It also offered training in hand-to-hand combat, including "the art of bone breaking" and how to "improvise explosive devices" in live operations. The website, which had more than 15,000 visitors, also asked people to donate money to a fund for the "liberation" of the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. They were asked to give money to a London-based account of the Woolwich bank. It also carried a link to a "Jihad in Chechnya" site which showed the bodies of dead Russian soldiers. It was not clear who instigated the shutdown of the website, but police have been aware of Sakina's activities for at least 18 months. Hendon MP Andrew Dismore asked a question about the firm in Parliament in May last year and was told by then Home Secretary Jack Straw that police were already aware of the company and were looking into it. America : last updated, October 04, 2001 00:05 ====================================================== [Text copied from Google's cache of the now-defunct Sakina Security web site --XJ ] <http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:tFUYskv2QEA:www.sakina.fsbusiness. co.uk/money.htm+%22Sakina+Security%22+WOULD+YOU+LIKE+TO+MAKE+MONEY+FROM+ THE+SECURITY+INDUSTRY&hl=en> WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE MONEY FROM THE SECURITY INDUSTRY? IN THE REAL WORLD OF SECURITY THE MONEY IS MADE FROM HIGH RISKS JOBS. SAKINA SECURITY SERVICES PRIDES ITSELF ON HIGH RISKS JOBS IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION AND IN THE CIVIL WAR ARENAS OF THE WORLD. TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE IN THIS FIELD YOU NEED THE FOLLOWING SKILLS: INTERNATIONAL LAW/COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LAW INTERNATIONAL USE OF FORCE POLICY HIGH RISK OPERATIONS HIGH STRESS FIREARMS/CQB SKILLS INTERNATIONAL DRESS & PROTOCOL DRIVING SKILLS FOREIGN FIREARMS FAMILIARISATION BASIC LANGUAGE PHRASES LOCAL TERRORIST/CRIMINAL UPDATE THESE ARE SOME OF THE SKILLS REQUIRED BY A SAKINA OPERATIVE ON A HIGH PROFILE MISSION SAKINA ALSO OFFER COURSES IN SURVIVAL MARTIAL ARTS AND OTHER SECURITY RELATED MATTERS. Pre Instructors Course SALAM & MAY ALLAH HELP YOU IN THIS PRE INSTRUCTORS COURSE THE SAKINA PRE INSTUCTORS COURSE IS THE FIRST ISLAMIC MARTIAL ARTS COURSE IN THE U.K. THE REQUIREMENTS ARE THE FOLLOWING: - 90% MENTAL ENDURACE 600 SQUATS 100 PUSH UPS 100 SIT UPS PHASE ONE: DEMO FORWARD ROLL, BACKWARD ROLL, SIDEWAY ROLL, CARTWHEEL AND EXPLAIN HOW THERE ARE USED IN REALITY. PHASE TWO: DEMO WATER, EARTH, WIND & FIRE ATTITUDES IN REALITY SITUATIONS PHASE THREE: DEMO 5 BASIC TAKE DOWNS 5 BASIC THROWS 5 BASIC WRIST LOCKS 2 KNOCKOUT PUNCHES 2 DEADLY KICKS. PHASE FOUR: DEMO 5 CHOKES 5 LEG LOCKS 5 ARM BARS 5 ESCAPES. PHASE FIVE: 100 PUSH-UPS & 3 ROUNDS WITH THE INSTRUCTOR PHASE SIX: DEMOS THE SAKINA ART OF BONE BREAKING YOU MUST NOW MAKE THE INSTRUCTOR SUBMIT TO PASS THE COURSE SUCESSFUL STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE THE SAKINA INSRUCTORS CERTIFICATE AND OATH OF LOYALTY TO THE UMMAH OF ALLAH DIVINE RELIGION OF SUBMISSION (end) --------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the strangelove list located at http://www.strangelove.cc To unsubscribe from the list, e-mail: talk-unsubscribeat_private To get help from a warm body, e-mail: talk-ownerat_private ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. 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