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<FBI FOUO 2010: ‘…AQ Tips for our brothers in the United Snakes of America…’ SECOND edition of INSPIRE magazine. >
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(U/FOUO) Inspire Continues to Advocate Anti-Western Ideology and Offers Violent Extremist Tradecraft Guidance
(U/FOUO) On 11 October 2010, al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released the second edition 1 of its English language online magazine Inspire, which continues to encourage Western readers to conduct attacks in the West and to take up INDIVIDUAL JIHAD. The magazine includes an interview with AQAP deputy emir Sa’id al-Shahri, articles by Anwar Autaqi xxx, and previously released statements by al-Qa’ida (AQ) leader Usama bin Laben (UBL) and AQ propagandist Adam Gadahn xxx. Similar to the first edition, the magazine provides suggestions for individual violent jihad in the West and encourages operational security.
(U/FOUO) Included in the installment of the ‘Open Source Jihad’ sections is an article titled ‘The Ultimate Mowing Machine,’ which encourages would-be operatives to outfit a pick-up truck with waist-high blades and ‘mow down pedestrians. A second article, ‘Tips …as above’…provides suggestions such as a possible Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) attack or an operation similar to that of alleged Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Hasan xxx, specifically targeting a ‘crowded restaurant in Washington, DC at lunch’ which they assert would likely kill US government employees.
(U/FOUO) The magazine advises potential operatives to be aware of operational and communications security with suggestions to avoid using the internet or cell phones, utilize code words, and use encryption by providing specific instructions for the publicly available Mujahideen Secrets program.
(U/FOUO) Samir Khan declared his affiliation with AQAP by naming himself the author of ‘I Am Proud to be a Traitor to America.’ In the article, Khan clims he ‘was above the law’ and asserted his allegiance to UBL. Khan describes his own personal story of why he left the United States but does not directly encourage others to follow his path nor does he provide instructions on how to join AQAP.
(U/FOUO) Inspires’s Second Edition Mirrors First
(U/FOUO) Similar to the second edition, the first edition—which was published on 1_ July 2010—encouraged attacks against the West, contained an interview with senior AQAP leader, and included articles by al-Autaqi [AWLAKI sic) and UBL. The first edition also included the first installment of ‘Open Source Jihad’ wherein AQAP provides step by step instructions for constructin a pipe bomb in an article titled ‘Make a Bomd in the Kitchen […]
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