This is from September 2003: Al-Qa'ida Website, Back On-Line... on the U.S. and Bombing in Saudi Arabia [AL QAEDA ALERT!]: "'Similarly, it must also be noted that in its war with America, the Al-Qa'ida organization adopted the strategy of expanding the battle arena... This strategy has priceless advantages; the enemy who had only his country to defend realized that he now must defend his enormous interests in every country...

'While this strategy might cause some damages to Muslims in the process of defending the nation, this happens all the time, and in every Jihad. The Afghans suffered long years of war because they stood up to the Communist invasion that sought to conquer, among other things, the land of the two holy places, and that even managed to set foot in the southern Arabian Peninsula by means of the Communist country in Southern Yemen that is now extinct.

'Even the collaborating countries operate according to this rule... The government of the land of the two holy places charges [its] public for the expenses of its attack on the Mujahiddeen in the so-called war on terror... on the pretext that there is no other way to implement the interest of the people. It is better that some damage be caused to the people in the interests of religion than in the interests of establishing the thrones of the despots and agents...' "
-- A September 2003 discussion of

Faroq began as an Al Qaida site focused primarily on fighting the US in Iraq, but has begun to transform itself into a more general site, and has begun re-posting content from Al Neda. The story of the Faroq/Al-neda connection and the death of the original webmaster was told in September 2003 at Internet Haganah