Can someone explain to me why the VAST majority of Islamist/Jihadist websites are hosted in the good 'ole U.S. of A. When Europe, the ME, Asia, Russia etc have more than capable internet services and are the supposed to be the nucleus of Islamic fundi's.....aren't they?

Check out the Islamist Website Monitor Project at MEMRI.

http://www.memri.org/iwmp.html

HI STg....probably for the same reason that some republican US politicians are publically denouncing the evils of 'illegal immigration' and at the same time are beefing up their share portfolios in agribusiness which depends on them for a better bottom line :)

I know what Jesus would have to say about that !

Yeah, maybe. I fully apreciate that the yanks are FOREVER pulling down internet sites. The most famous was the Al Qaeda one. Problem was it was like one of those cartoon aliens that you slice in half and get two aliens, instead of one dead one.

I just haven't heard of anyone getting arrested for inciting hatred through internet sites that are being created in the States itself. Which most are in the States.

Bizarre.

It happens because the US has freedom of speech, freedom of expression and a Bill of Rights. The Constitution protects those who conspire to undermine the country at home or attack from abroad. Easy, isn't it?

I'm not entirely sure that they see it this way, perikles.

>>The Constitution protects those who conspire to undermine the country at home or attack from abroad<<

The Constitution does have a few words to say on the topic.

"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort."

That just about covers it, wouldn't you think?

You play the familiar "oh those bleeding hearts" refrain on free speech.

>>[US hosted Jihadist sites] happen... because the US has freedom of speech, freedom of expression and a Bill of Rights.<<

Why is it suddenly unfashionable to support freedom of speech?

Perhaps it is because if you scratch a Republican, you find an autocratic paternalist, steeped in command-and-control and just-do-as-I-say.

But leaving the rights of people to express themselves (in a manner short of treason) aside, the mechanics of taking down web sites is not a trivial task. In fact, it is probably only worth going after a few of the nastier ones, and leave the bulk alone. The sheer noise-factor caused by the multitude of amateurish lookit-me locations probably limits the reach of the entire class of sites, lessening their impact.

"The sheer noise-factor caused by the multitude of amateurish lookit-me locations probably limits the reach of the entire class of sites, lessening their impact."

Or could it confirm to someone sifting out sites like that, that the sheer number confirm that individual's warped sense of reality?.

The other side of my question is that the vast majority of these sites are in the States itself!. Why in the States?. What's the demographic that's doing this?. I know of at least one webmaster of a particular site "martyring" himself. Home grown terrorism is the BIGGEST fear when combatting terrorism. Are these sites a sign of the future for the States?.