Hacker attack cripples al-Qaida on web

MSNBC, NBC News, MSN.com by Pete Williams | Jun. 29, 2011 (News)
Digital assault is similar to one last year linked to UK government

Computer hackers shut down al-Qaida's ability to communicate its messages to the world through the Internet, interrupting the group's flow of videos and communiqués, according to a terrorism expert. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Ellie Kesselman - Jun 29, 2011 - 3:04 PM PDT
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Edited by: Ellie Kesselman - Jul 13, 2011 - 12:06 AM PDT

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 by Ellie Kesselman - Jun. 29, 2011

This is not a particularly detailed news story, but it is very recent information.

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 by Ron Willison - Jun. 29, 2011

The article was of interest to me and I did not get any feeling of author bias from it. It contained support links etc. So I'd give it a 7 and don't feel like my time was wasted.

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