This will be an interesting case to watch: Russian authorities have leaned on the Lithuanian government to shut-down the website that was used by Shamil Basayev, the Chechen terrorist, to claim responsibility for the Beslan school siege. This is the first time I've heard of that happening. As far as I know, sites affiliated with Al-Qaeda only disappear of their own volition, or when an individual site host is badgered into doing so (usually by Internet Haganah). This particular website now bears a message stating that it will be out of commission "pending the outcome of a court decision on its legality."
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