Spain arrests "Al-Qaida's Librarian"

[Aaron]

Spanish police arrests an Al Qaeda suspect
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/03...qaeda-suspect/

He was working for AQ-C, AQAP, and AQIM. In other words, for al-Fajr.

[Ghost of Abu Risaas]

administered one of the world's most important jihadist forums

Kind of makes you wonder which one?

[Aaron]

Kind of makes you wonder which one?

Best guess it was AMAF, as well as Shmukh and Fidaa. Even better guess is that he's the guy I knew as "Jamal" who helped Faical Errai stand up AMAF in the first place.

[Ghost of Abu Risaas]

My thoughts went to AMAF because of Spain, but if he's as connected as they say then he was all over the place.

Is it just me or does Spain, Belgium, and Germany have a disproportionate number of people who either founded or run forums?

[Aaron]

My thoughts went to AMAF because of Spain, but if he's as connected as they say then he was all over the place.

Is it just me or does Spain, Belgium, and Germany have a disproportionate number of people who either founded or run forums?

Europe is full of jihadis, and they enjoy the benefits of democracy and rule of law. Combine those two and it's a good place for forum admins to be located. In contrast, at least two al-Fidaa admins have been arrested in Pakistan, and that's on top of whatever harm various drone strikes may have done.

[BYK]

http://www.abc.es/20120330/espana/rc...203301731.html

[Aaron]

http://www.abc.es/20120330/espana/rc...203301731.html

The story identifies MHA as Mudhar Hussein Almalaki, and notes Almalaki's involvement in the infamous 'Hit List' that was developed on the al-Shmukh forum and copied over to the Ansar al-Mujahideen Arabic forum. For background on that see:

Red lines
http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/007360.html

Jihadi hit list identifies alleged American asset in Iraq
http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/007375.html

[BYK]

Font: http://politica.elpais.com/politica/...15_630110.html

http://goo.gl/04Esi