Al qaeda inspire magazine found in guantanamo cell, prosecutor. Qaeda pushes snack attacks, ultimate mowing machine al qaedas latest target in the washington d. Al qaeda in the arabian peninsulas inspire magazine has received attention within western academia and media for its role in inspiring and instructing a series of homegrown terrorist attacks. Alqaeda launches inspire, its first englishlanguage magazine.
The englishlanguage magazine, called inspire, had been produced by al qaedas yemenbased branch, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. Two new editions of inspire, al qaeda in the arabian peninsulas aqaps englishlanguage propaganda magazine, were published may 2. Like many of the other editions of inspire, this one has a wide range of articles. Al qaedas media arm assahab released a new video on sunday teasing the launch of an englishlanguage magazine called resurgence. Inspire is an english language online magazine reported to be published by the organization. Stratfors vice president of tactical intelligence scott stewart analyzes the latest edition of al qaeda of the arabian peninsulas englishlanguage jihadist magazine.
I dont think al qaeda has a first amendment right to put out its. Its published by al qaeda in the arabian peninsula aqap, and its special. Its called inspire, and you can read parts of it below. Senior correspondent john miller reports on an online magazine that instructs aspiring jihadists in athome bombmaking and executing lone wolf terror atta.
This issue of the magazine offers lessons on building a pressure cooker bomb and where, when and how to detonate the bomb for maximum effectiveness. Post under al qaeda, arabian peninsula, book, magazine at 5. Buried in todays news is the story that al qaedas inspire online magazine is ordering jihadis already within conus to go to the homes of business leaders and murder them, beginning. Last week, al qaeda of the arabian peninsula released the fifth edition of inspire, their englishlanguage magazine. Al qaedas inspire magazine publishes calls for attacks in. In the spring 2016 issue of inspire alqaeda goes in depth on the preparation, and strategic methodology of carrying out successful lone wolf attacks and, how to prepare for, test, then carry out successful assassinations.
Fbi considered turning alqaeda publisher into informant. Reading this magazine could land you in jail foreign policy. These pictures are taken from the al qaeda magazine inspire, issue 16. These shorter publications allow rapid dissemination of aqap messages following global attacks, as was the case three days after the mass casualty operation in nice, france on july 14. Memri will be releasing more reports about inspire xii soon. Al qaeda releases firstever english terror magazine. An attempt at englishlanguage outreach such as this would fit with the. What follows is their opening explanation and rationale for the. Resurgence is al qaeda trying to make themselves more relevant. Knowledge of pressurecooker bombs is not limited to readers of al qaedas inspire magazine. The video used excerpts from a malcolm x speech as well as footage of the april 20 boston marathon bombing, an attack that may have been inspired by a previous al qaeda magazine called inspire. But isiss englishlanguage magazine, dabiq, offers a useful study into their pr strategy, especially when compared to al qaedas english magazine, inspire.
Federal bureau of investigation files obtained by vice news through freedom of information act requests show that samir khan, the former editor and publisher of the alqaedaaffiliated inspire magazine, was being considered as a potential government informant in 2008 the documents previously classified as secret and which serve as the basis for a vice article authored this week. The man who inspired the fort hood shooter, the christmas day attacker, and the times square bomber is launching an online magazine. The article ran in the 12th issue of inspire, a magazine put out by alqaeda in the arabian peninsula. Alqaida puts celebrities and bombs online with inspire magazine. So in case you missed it, al qaeda has a brand new magazine. Al qaeda s new online magazine in english reportedly is called inspire. However, it is still a far cry from the type of attack that alqaeda carried out on 911. Since june, aqap has released four inspire guides reintroducing tactical information from its longer englishlanguage magazine, inspire. The media wing of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula aqap, al qaedas affiliate in yemen and saudi arabia, released the inaugural issue of inspire via the internet on july 11, 2010. Al qaeda in the arabian peninsula aqap has released the 17 th edition of its inspire magazine, in which the group calls on supporters to strike trains in the us and europe the editors of inspire say that followers can choose from one of three modes of attack. Al qaeda magazine publishes its first swimsuit issue. Khan would relaunch his publication with a soontobe infamous name. Inspires partial appearance prompted suspicion in the jihadi.
Inspire is an english language online magazine reported to be published by the organization al qaeda in the arabian peninsula aqap. Reporting on the magazine often characterises it as a westerncentric instrument of jihadi discourse. Qaeda pushes snack attacks, ultimate mowing machine wired. They suggest using technology to plan home assassinations, such. The magazine is called alshamikha which, reportedly, loosely translates to the majestic woman and the cover of the first issue features a woman in a niqab and the barrel of a. Al qaedas first english language magazine is here the. In its latest effort to reach western audiences, al qaeda has released its firstever englishlanguage magazine that provides detailed bomb making instructions and calls on followers to destroy america. Knowledge of pressurecooker bombs is not limited to.
Dina templeraston, jarret brachman and memri have already made some initial observations, but ill throw in my own for what theyre worth for a start, the second issue confirms that the magazine is produced out of yemen by samir khan, the online propagandist who was based in the united states until october 2009. Aqap is now advising muslims in the west to target people in their homes. Arabian peninsula aqap and distributed online for anyone to download and read. If the latest issue of al qaedas online magazine inspire reads like it was written and edited by a twentysomething american, thats because it was. Publishing powerhouse alqaeda has launched an english online magazine called inspire, replete with. Numerous international and domestic extremists motivated by radical interpretations of islam have been influenced by the magazine and, in some cases, reportedly used its bomb. Inspire al qaeda in this june 21, 2017 file photo, a subway train approaches the platform at brooklyns smith street aboveground subway station, in new york. Al qaeda, terrorism, selfradicalization, digital magazine. A page from the first edition of inspire, an online recruitment tool for jihadists that touts itself as the first magazine to be issued by al qaeda in english. Alqaeda in the arabian peninsulas new issue of inspire magazine includes a shout out to the clock boy while slamming president obamas programs to counter violent extremism ahmed mohamed, 14. I just read the latest issue and found a lot of what i expected, and some things i didnt aimed primarily at radicalizing young audiences in the united states and britain, the english language magazine appears semiregularly there have been 12 issues so far. Inspire offers howto guides for building bombs and staging terrorist attacks, and.
Al qaedas sarcastic new american mouthpiece abc news. Over the past several years al qaedas offshoot in yemen, named al qaeda in the arabian peninsula aqap, has become the most dangerous al qaeda. Westerners believe they know a fair bit about socalled moderate muslims. Aqap publishes guide for derailing trains in the us. The current issue focuses primarily on incitement urging attacks on the u. The fourth issue of the englishlanguage terrorist magazine inspire, released online by the media wing of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula aqap on january 16, 2011, calls for terrorist attacks in the u. Holton al qaeda in the arabian peninsula has just published its latest issue of inspire magazine.
Al qaeda on the arabian peninsula has produced its first englishlanguage propaganda magazine. The 14th edition of al qaeda in the arabian peninsulas aqap inspire magazine, released on september 9, encourages lone mujahideen to pick up the banner of jihad by conducting assassinations. Driving your car like this man has done is exactly what the inspire magazine, which is al qaedas magazine, which was downloaded by 50,000 british muslims last year 50,000 british muslims downloaded a terrorist manual in our country. Al qaeda branch inspired to launch english magazine. Inspire is an english language online magazine reported to be published by the organization alqaeda in the arabian peninsula aqap. Cbs news inspire, an online magazine associated with an al qaeda affiliate group called aqap or al qaeda of the arabia peninsula continues to be published a. Aqaps inspire magazine contains military analysis of. The magazine is published by the media arm of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, but it covers al qaeda operations worldwide.
Circulation tanks at alqaedas magazine, inspire the atlantic. Inspire, the glossy magazinestyle publication put out by al qaeda, detailed how to make pressure cooker bombs a few years ago there is still no public information on which group, foreign or domestic, is responsible for. Inspire, alqaedas englishlanguage magazine, says it will continue despite the deaths of its founders, including anwar alawlaki. Mubin shaikhs story reads like a thriller, with twists and turns. Al qaedas digital magazine inspire in the selfradicalization process. On march 14, 2014, alqaeda in the arabian peninsula aqap released the 12th issue of its englishlanguage magazine inspire.
A 27yearold new yorker, arrrested on suspicion of planning a bombing campaign on us soil, was believed to have been influenced by an al qaeda magazine. Holton al qaeda has issued its latest edition of inspire magazine, inspire 17. In the murky world of terrorismwatchers, the first port of call is often an unusual magazine called inspire, a selfhelp manual for jihadis that is. Inspire, al qaeda s first english language magazine, is here. Apparently, they publish semiirregularly an online magazine called inspire. Several people in the uk have been arrested and jailed for possessing the magazine inspire, reportedly published by alqaeda in the arabian peninsula aqap. Ive never seen a copy and there have been cases of people in the uk being jailed for possessing a copy, so i dont recommend that you go searching for one but the latest issue includes this inspiring promotional piece. An attempt at englishlanguage outreach such as this would fit with the evolving nature of al qaeda s use of the internet. Resurgence, attached to a new affiliate called al qaeda in the indian subcontinent aqis, came out with the tagline unshackle your minds. It is the glossy magazine where terrorists are the celebrities and the only recipes are for bombs like the ones used in the boston marathon attacks. In a teleconference call from an unknown location in yemen, a spokesperson for the magazine, someone who called himself larry, told reporters that inspires swimsuit issue had created such a buzz. It contains some items of particular interest and concern to westerners. Al qaeda announces new englishlanguage terror magazine. Al qaedas new online magazine in english reportedly is called inspire.
The magazine is one of the many ways aqap uses the internet to reach its audience. Alqaida puts celebrities and bombs online with inspire. Inspire, al qaedas first english language magazine, is. Al qaedas inspire magazine target american business owners. Inspire charles vallee, research assistant, ict summer 2015 the views expressed in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the international institute for. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The online englishlanguage alqaeda magazine inspire, which once printed instructions for building a pressurecooker bomb, has published a special edition that attempts to take credit for. Al qaedas digital magazine 3 individuals, and thought inspires promotion of haphazard independent operations would have dangerous consequences for the jihadi cause rassler et al. Whats between the covers of al qaedas inspire magazine. Al qaeda branch inspired to launch english magazine the star. King had expressed concern that people in the military could download it. In particular, inspire 17 features the emir of al qaeda in the islamic maghreb, abu musab abdel alwadoud. Were going to take a look at inspire now to see what it says about the organization. They are all mentioned in the first edition of the yemenbased english language version of inspire, a magazine published by the muslim terrorist group al qaeda in the arabian peninsulas aqap.
Al qaeda urges rail attacks to terrorize passengers, cause economic harm. This characterisation, while broadly accurate, is in need of refinement. Inspire became an important alqaeda brand tool for recruiting, informing, and. International journal of communication 7 20 packaging inspiration. Al qaedas online magazine tells terrorists to target u. Pressure cooker bomb construction detailed in al qaeda.
Inspire, alqaedas englishlanguage magazine, returns. The second issue of the englishlanguage jihadi magazine inspire is out. Yemen in an apparent attempt to escalate worldwide interest in the holy war against infidels, inspire, al qaedas internet propaganda magazine, published its first swimsuit issue this week. Just when publishing titans like hearst and conde nast have closed the. In the article, alawlaki called for attacks against all those who had slandered the islamic. Several major news outlets are now confirming the bombs which were used in boston yesterday were made of pressure cookers packed with metal and ball bearings. Inspire is an englishlanguage online magazine published since 2010 by al qaeda.
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