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Grandpa, patriot calling himself ‘The Raptor’ takes credit for taking down Al Qaeda websites: FoxNews

I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself.

On April 10th, 2012, Jana Winter reported for FoxNews on a hacker who claims that he was responsible for bringing down the Al Qaeda web forums.  Just to get it out there, this guy's claims have not been verified; he could easily be lying.  Keeping that in mind, an elderly American hacker who calls himself "The Raptor" told FoxNews that he took down the Al Qaeda web forums on behalf of U.S. troops deployed overseas.  The Raptor apparently taunted the jihadists over Twitter, telling them to "Bow. Wave. Exit Stage Right. Curtains. Applause."  The article was full of references to jihadist punks. 

I don't want to devote too much more space to this story.  You can find the surprisingly long FoxNews article here.

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