Jawa Report
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The Jawa Report is a blog
and forum about terrorism committed by Islamists.
The Boston Globe
describes it as a "popular" website "that monitors terrorism investigations." The New York Times
reports that its volunteers "research Web sites they believe are tied to Al-Qaeda
or other militant groups, and pressure Internet service provider
s to stop hosting the sites."
, by a blogger who goes by the alias of Dr. Rusty Shackleford, a reference to the fake name used by King of the Hill
character Dale Gribble
. Shackelford said: "When I saw the Nick Berg beheading, ... it drove me to start blogging about the plight of hostages held in Iraq." Shackleford was an untenured
professor when he began the blog. He maintains his anonymity because of death threat
s he has received.
, who was kidnapped in Iraq on November 1, 2004, held for 311 days, and freed on September 7, 2005, recounted in Buried Alive: The True Story of Kidnapping, Captivity, and a Dramatic Rescue that the Jawa Report was where his wife Susan first saw his name mentioned in public. It had been kept under wraps until then by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI). The Jawa Report had learned his identity from a Filipino government report.
freelance photographer, Adnan Hajj during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict
. Its caption falsely said: "An Israeli F-16 warplane fires missiles during an air strike on Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon."
The truth was that the F-16 was dropping defensive flare
s, and the photo had been doctored to increase the number of flares falling from the F-16 from one to three. Reuters deleted all of the photographer's photos from its database. Its global pictures editor said: "Manipulating photographs in this way is entirely unacceptable and contrary to all the principles consistently held by Reuters throughout its long and distinguished history."
(JihadJane) plot, Jawa Report members who had been tracking her comments and movements, including her raising funds for Pakistani militants through Twitter
, alerted U.S. authorities in July 2009. The FBI interviewed her on July 17, 2009, and arrested her on October 16, 2009, at Philadelphia International Airport
as she returned from London, whereupon she confessed her role in an Islamist plot to kill a Swedish artist to FBI agents, according to two people close to the investigation.
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official. Omar Alomari, the agency's community engagement officer, had been assigned to connect with local groups, offer advice, collect information, and provide a first line of defense against domestic terrorism. He was fired for failing to disclose previous employers on his employment application to the agency.
, New York Daily News
, Fox News, The Philadelphia Inquirer
, The Boston Globe
, The Washington Times
, The Sunday Times
, The Guardian
, The Sunday Telegraph, Toronto Star
, Salon
, The Weekly Standard
, The New York Sun, The Free Lance–Star
, the Lodi News-Sentinel
, the Columbia Journalism Review
, Australian Broadcasting Company
, and CBS
.
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
and forum about terrorism committed by Islamists.
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe is an American daily newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe has been owned by The New York Times Company since 1993...
describes it as a "popular" website "that monitors terrorism investigations." The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
reports that its volunteers "research Web sites they believe are tied to Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad...
or other militant groups, and pressure Internet service provider
Internet service provider
An Internet service provider is a company that provides access to the Internet. Access ISPs directly connect customers to the Internet using copper wires, wireless or fiber-optic connections. Hosting ISPs lease server space for smaller businesses and host other people servers...
s to stop hosting the sites."
Background
It was begun in 2004, in response to the killing by Islamists of hostage American journalist Nick BergNick Berg
Nicholas Evan "Nick" Berg was an American businessman who went to Iraq after the US invasion of Iraq. He was abducted and later beheaded according to a video released in May 2004 by Islamist militants...
, by a blogger who goes by the alias of Dr. Rusty Shackleford, a reference to the fake name used by King of the Hill
King of the Hill
King of the Hill is an American animated dramedy series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, that ran from January 12, 1997, to May 6, 2010, on Fox network. It centers on the Hills, a working-class Methodist family in the fictional small town of Arlen, Texas...
character Dale Gribble
Dale Gribble
Dale Alvin Gribble is a fictional character in the animated series King of the Hill. and is voiced by Johnny Hardwick . He is an exterminator, bounty hunter, smoker, gun fanatic, and paranoid believer of almost all conspiracy theories and urban legends...
. Shackelford said: "When I saw the Nick Berg beheading, ... it drove me to start blogging about the plight of hostages held in Iraq." Shackleford was an untenured
Tenure
Tenure commonly refers to life tenure in a job and specifically to a senior academic's contractual right not to have his or her position terminated without just cause.-19th century:...
professor when he began the blog. He maintains his anonymity because of death threat
Death threat
A death threat is a threat of death, often made anonymously, by one person or a group of people to kill another person or groups of people. These threats are usually designed to intimidate victims in order to manipulate their behavior, thus a death threat is a form of coercion...
s he has received.
Roy Hallums
Contractor Roy HallumsRoy Hallums
Roy Hallums is an American contractor who was kidnapped in Iraq on November 1, 2004. He was held in Iraq for 311 days and freed on September 7, 2005.-Life:...
, who was kidnapped in Iraq on November 1, 2004, held for 311 days, and freed on September 7, 2005, recounted in Buried Alive: The True Story of Kidnapping, Captivity, and a Dramatic Rescue that the Jawa Report was where his wife Susan first saw his name mentioned in public. It had been kept under wraps until then by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
(FBI). The Jawa Report had learned his identity from a Filipino government report.
Reuters photographs controversy
In 2006, Shackleford discovered and revealed the second doctored photo taken by a ReutersReuters
Reuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...
freelance photographer, Adnan Hajj during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict
2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict
The 2006 Lebanon War, also called the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah War and known in Lebanon as the July War #Other uses|Tammūz]]) and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War , was a 34-day military conflict in Lebanon, northern Israel and the Israeli-occupied territories. The principal parties were Hezbollah...
. Its caption falsely said: "An Israeli F-16 warplane fires missiles during an air strike on Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon."
The truth was that the F-16 was dropping defensive flare
Flare (countermeasure)
A flare is an aerial infrared countermeasure to counter an infrared homing surface-to-air missile or air-to-air missile. Flares are commonly composed of a pyrotechnic composition based on magnesium or another hot-burning metal, with burning temperature equal to or hotter than engine exhaust...
s, and the photo had been doctored to increase the number of flares falling from the F-16 from one to three. Reuters deleted all of the photographer's photos from its database. Its global pictures editor said: "Manipulating photographs in this way is entirely unacceptable and contrary to all the principles consistently held by Reuters throughout its long and distinguished history."
JihadJane plot
In the Colleen LaRoseColleen LaRose
Colleen Renee LaRose , also known as JihadJane and Fatima LaRose, is an American citizen charged with terrorism-related crimes, including conspiracy to commit murder and providing material support to terrorists. Most recently, she lived in the Philadelphia suburb of Pennsburg, in Montgomery...
(JihadJane) plot, Jawa Report members who had been tracking her comments and movements, including her raising funds for Pakistani militants through Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
, alerted U.S. authorities in July 2009. The FBI interviewed her on July 17, 2009, and arrested her on October 16, 2009, at Philadelphia International Airport
Philadelphia International Airport
Philadelphia International Airport is a major airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, and is the largest airport in the Delaware Valley region and in Pennsylvania...
as she returned from London, whereupon she confessed her role in an Islamist plot to kill a Swedish artist to FBI agents, according to two people close to the investigation.
"Death to all Juice"
The Jawa Report was the first to note that Carlos "Omar" Eduardo Almonte, a Muslim man from New Jersey who was arrested in June 2010 while bound for Somalia, and was charged with conspiring to kill, maim, and kidnap people outside the U.S., had posted a photo of himself demonstrating with a large placard, bearing the inscription "http://www.google.com/imgres?q=%22Death+to+all+Juice%22&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=0ce&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1016&bih=573&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=0teBzBeROyt-oM:&imgrefurl=http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/202788.php&docid=R9Ffy_owOzzYFM&w=576&h=720&ei=AjBxToKsHKzp0QH-go10&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=630&vpy=124&dur=1178&hovh=251&hovw=201&tx=76&ty=111&page=14&tbnh=175&tbnw=152&start=119&ndsp=10&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:119DEATH TO ALL JUICE]" (sic), at the 2008 Israel Day Parade in New York City, on his FacebookFacebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
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Homeland Security official firing
An investigation by the Jawa Report sparked the July 2010 firing of a high-ranking Jordanian-born Ohio Homeland SecurityHomeland security
Homeland security is an umbrella term for security efforts to protect states against terrorist activity. Specifically, is a concerted national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the U.S., reduce America’s vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize the damage and recover from attacks that do...
official. Omar Alomari, the agency's community engagement officer, had been assigned to connect with local groups, offer advice, collect information, and provide a first line of defense against domestic terrorism. He was fired for failing to disclose previous employers on his employment application to the agency.
As a source
Postings on Jawa Report have either been quoted or reported by many mainstream news providers, including The New York TimesThe New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, New York Daily News
New York Daily News
The Daily News of New York City is the fourth most widely circulated daily newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 605,677, as of November 1, 2011....
, Fox News, The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily newspaper that serves the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area of the United States. The newspaper was founded by John R. Walker and John Norvell in June 1829 as The Pennsylvania Inquirer and is the third-oldest surviving daily newspaper in the...
, The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe is an American daily newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe has been owned by The New York Times Company since 1993...
, The Washington Times
The Washington Times
The Washington Times is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. It was founded in 1982 by Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon, and until 2010 was owned by News World Communications, an international media conglomerate associated with the...
, The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper.The Sunday Times may also refer to:*The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times...
, The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, The Sunday Telegraph, Toronto Star
Toronto Star
The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario...
, Salon
Salon.com
Salon.com, part of Salon Media Group , often just called Salon, is an online liberal magazine, with content updated each weekday. Salon was founded by David Talbot and launched on November 20, 1995. It was the internet's first online-only commercial publication. The magazine focuses on U.S...
, The Weekly Standard
The Weekly Standard
The Weekly Standard is an American neoconservative opinion magazine published 48 times per year. Its founding publisher, News Corporation, debuted the title September 18, 1995. Currently edited by founder William Kristol and Fred Barnes, the Standard has been described as a "redoubt of...
, The New York Sun, The Free Lance–Star
The Free Lance–Star
The Free Lance–Star is the principal daily newspaper distributed throughout Fredericksburg, Virginia, with a circulation area including the city of Fredericksburg and all or parts of the counties of Spotsylvania, Stafford, King George, Caroline, Culpeper, Fauquier, Louisa, Orange, Prince William...
, the Lodi News-Sentinel
Lodi News-Sentinel
The Lodi News-Sentinel is a daily newspaper based in Lodi, California and serving northern San Joaquin and southern Sacramento counties. It is owned by Fred Weybret, Marty Weybret and Jim Weybret.- History :...
, the Columbia Journalism Review
Columbia Journalism Review
The Columbia Journalism Review is an American magazine for professional journalists published bimonthly by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism since 1961....
, Australian Broadcasting Company
Australian Broadcasting Company
The Australian Broadcasting Company was a consortium of entertainment interests formed in 1929 to supply radio programs for broadcast on the former "A-class" transmitters contracted to the Federal Government's National Broadcasting Service...
, and CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
.