Al Qaeda is set to launch a Cyber-Jihad on the 11th of November, claims Debka.com. The Israeli news website claims to have seen Arabic intercepts announcing the launch of the ‘e-Jihad’ and calling on thousands of Islamist hackers to back them up.
The website said that al Qaeda’s electronic experts will start attacking Western, Jewish, Israeli, apostate Muslim and Shia Websites, expanding the fight day by day.
The website said: "Our sources say the instructions come in simple language and are organised in sections according to target.
"They offer would-be martyrs, who for one reason or another are unable to fight in the field, to fulfill their Jihad obligations on the net. These virtual martyrs are assured of the same thrill and sense of elation as a Jihadi on the 'battlefield'."
The planned attacks, the article says, are a response to the latest wave of cyber attacks by "Western governments" on websites that supported al Qaeda.
The website said:
“Qaeda is retaliating against Western intelligence agencies’ tactics, which detect new terrorist sites and zap them as soon as they appear. Until now, the jihadists kept dodging the assault by throwing up dozens of new sites simultaneously …The electronic war they have declared could cause considerable trouble on the world’s Internet.”