Spain has detained two men suspected of being jihadi webmasters of the Islamist site Al-Andalus Islamiya (which is down at this time).

The Spaniard, a web designer who converted to Islam, is alleged to have posted videos to the Al-Andalus Islamiya website containing calls to Jihad and martyrdom. The man, who always used pseudonyms to conceal his identity, spoke of a “front” and posted messages to the website that spoke of a “front” to fight back against “Zionist and/or Islamophobic aggression.”

The Moroccan was born in Oujda but is resident in Huelva province in the southern Spanish region of Andalucia.

The 31 year-old Spainiard is charged with encitement and vindication of terrorism.  He allegedly set up a page to honor those “who die and suffer at the hands of the unfaithful ones” and emphasized the jihad in Algeria.

It has always struck me as odd when the owners of these sites set up shop in nations that cooperate with these types of arrests, but hide behind an online alias as if there’s no way you could find out who they actually are.