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Eugene

(61,846 posts)
Sat Mar 2, 2013, 10:26 AM Mar 2013

Al Qaeda issues English-language advice magazine for militants

Source: Reuters

Al Qaeda issues English-language advice magazine for militants

RIYADH | Sat Mar 2, 2013 9:17am EST

(Reuters) - Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the Islamist movement's most active branch, has released an English-language magazine advising would-be militants on how to torch parked cars and cause traffic accidents.

The magazine, released on militant websites, also warns France to pull back from Mali and lists 11 public figures in the West, including author Salman Rushdie, who it says are "wanted dead or alive for crimes against Islam".

AQAP, based in the impoverished, lawless state of Yemen, has previously plotted to bring down international airliners and is seen by Western governments as a danger to oil-producing Gulf states and major crude shipment routes.

In a section entitled "open source jihad", the magazine gives tips on how to set fire to parked cars, including advice such as "don't get petrol on yourself", and suggests spilling oil on road bends to cause crashes.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/02/us-qaeda-magazine-idUSBRE92106W20130302
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What kind of riff raff libodem Mar 2013 #1

libodem

(19,288 posts)
1. What kind of riff raff
Sat Mar 2, 2013, 06:01 PM
Mar 2013

Is that site supposed to attract? I can't imagine it is anything more than an entrapment scheme. Who would set that up? And who would go there?

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