He reportedly told the Court: “Another moderator deleted the post, but I saved it and gave it to the police. ‘Rusty Shackleford’ gave evidence under his pseudonym after an order was granted protecting his anonymity. The user’s IP address was then traced to Ishaq Kanmi. Asked why he does what he does, 'Shackleford' told the paper: "Because my wife won't let me go shoot them." According to the story, having taken down a website, 'Shackleford' and other hackers replaced the site with a 'screen shot of a blue AK-47 rifle - the symbol used by some bloggers to indicate "pwning" or owning a site.' Involvement in case against Ishaq KanmiĪccording to a report in the Lancashire Telegraph, ‘Rusty Shackleford’ was a moderator of the now defunct website InfoVlad (and contacted the Metropolitan Police when a user named Sheikh made a posting in May 2007. Web sites used by al Qaeda and jihadi sympathizers and then using the Internet to persuade the service providers to snuff out the sites.' 'Rusty Shackleford' was interviewed for the story and claimed to have 'destroyed 30 Web sites'. In October 2007 the Washington Times published an article on what it called, 'Ordinary acking down U.S. Paint our enemies in the worst light possible. In a real war, against real enemies, we need some good old fashioned, sweet down-home, funny, bigotted propoganda…So, poke fun at Islam. In one ‘Rusty Shackleford’ openly stated that he regards political violence in the Middle East to be rooting in Islam, stating: ‘The root cause of Islamism is Islam. This implicit racism is more explicit in other early postings explaining its purpose. In the world of Star Wars, Jawas are nomadic desert dwelling scavengers who, along with the more aggressive Tusken Raiders are in the context of the blog meant to represent Arabs and Muslims. The name of the Jawa Report draws on the mythical world of Star Wars, which has a particular cultural resonance in the US, particularly online. It is now maintained as a backup blog for the Jawa Report’s main website. His earliest blog was first used on 1 January 2004. As of 24 July 2009 he has maintained 20 blogs, although most only include a handful of postings. ‘Rusty Shackleford’ has been registered with since February 2003.
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