It’s time to send the soldiers to Plano, Texas.
It turns out that in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict being fought on the web, Plano plays an important role.
Jihadist forum and communication site Anashed.Net is registered in Saudi Arabia but hosted by Layered Tech, based in Plano, Texas.
Raslny.com is also registered in Saudi Arabia but hosted by SoftLayer, also based in Plano.
Internet Evolution has an interesting post about the ongoing Arab/Israel conflict online.
A fascinating approach over the last few days is being made by an Israeli Website, “Help Israel Win,” which provides a download so your PC can become part of a worldwide pro-Israeli botnet. So far 7,786 have joined, already a fairly powerful global computing force to, as they describe, “Disrupt our Enemy’s Efforts.”
It makes the 1974 novel “The Texas-Israeli War:1999″ almost prophetic.
Oddly enough, even though I used to see that paperback all the time, and I’m a huge Howard Waldrop fan, I’ve never read it. I suppose I should put it on my library list. Maybe I should make this a Waldrop winter.