April 12, 2007

Jawa in The News: Jawa 1, Online Jihadis 0

Wow, kicking al Jazeerah's virtual butt got us some "dead tree" coverage. Another enemy agitprop website down.

Greg Pierce at the Washington Times:

Online no more

Two weeks ago, this column reported that Texas blogger Rusty Shackleford (mypetjawa.mu.nu) was surprised to learn that Hassan A. El-Najjar, a faculty member of Dalton (Ga.) State College, was editor of the Al Jazeerah anti-war Web site (aljazeerah.info), which Mr. Shackleford said "openly supports terrorism, conspiracy theories, and is anti-Semitic."

Now, Mr. El-Najjar says he's calling it quits.

"I have concluded that it's not safe for me any more to continue editing Al-Jazeerah.info in this atmosphere of intimidation, which abridges freedom of speech and freedom of the press. ... I promise to resume publication as soon as conditions change to a more peaceful and tolerant discourse," Mr. El-Najjar wrote at his site.

He blamed the decision on critics who, he said, "have been orchestrating a campaign" against him.

"The campaign seems to have started by a person called Rusty Shackleford ... then echoed by other Web sites and media, several of which urged people to write letters to officials in the state of Georgia, particularly in the institution I work with," Mr. El-Najjar wrote.

Mr. Shackleford responded: "We humbly accept credit. ... So, good riddance. If it really is good riddance."

If you don't read Greg Pierce's regular column, you should. Checking out aljazeerah.info today, you'll notice El-Najjar's newest message, speaking of himself in the third person:
He decided to stop the publication for now hoping to resume it when conditions change in a later time.
What conditions would those be, I wonder? Perhaps El-Najjar thinks we'll stop monitoring his activities which include spinning bizarre and seditious conspiracy theories and supporting terrorists? Newsflash: WE WON'T.

By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 10:58 AM | |