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17 June 2013

Iraq Spy?


A sends:

I randomly stumbled across some interesting information. The Iraqi National Intelligence Service' (INIS) website, at least until May 1, 2012, was "www.inis-iraq.com"

http://web.archive.org/web/20120226231104/http://www.inis-iraq.com/ (one can view all available archived pages as per availability)

It posted a message saying the website is now shifted to a new domain "www.inis.iq"

Some interesting lookup was found when accessing the registrant info using a simple who.is search:

Domain: inis-iraq.com

http://who.godaddy.com/whois.aspx?domain=inis-iraq.com&prog_id=GoDaddy

Facebook ID linked to email provided: http://www.facebook.com/emad.hashim.16

Sample pic:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150469898021468&set=
a.10150469897811468.434660.674906467&type=1

He shared an praiseworthy tribute to one "Ahmad al-Imran" who reportedly went to a US Air Force base in Texas for aviation training, was offered a good job but "returned back to help rebuild his country's airforce".

Ref: http://www.facebook.com/emad.hashim.16/posts/146630995398388

Likes --> "Red Hat", "VA Mortgage Center.com" (what?), "Microsoft" and "Ubuntu One"

Ref: http://www.facebook.com/emad.hashim.16/likes

Apparently he was an instructor of MCSE and CCNA, or so it seems. Only 1 archive of his website "www.ehvision.com" was found:

http://web.archive.org/web/20110129122354/http://www.ehvision.com/

Now please see info for the new domain:

http://dns.robtex.com/inis.iq.html#records

Could this individual be an Iraqi intelligence operative? Or was the previous website as well as the new one simply be a fan-created forum?