The Heart of Darkness: "The Al Qaeda Manual"
Posted by: McQ
The QandO Blog
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
If you're interested in a peek inside the jihadi mind, and specifically the mind of a jihadist recruited for al Qaeda, you might be interested in the 28 page translation of "The Al Qaeda manual" by the FBI which is on the DoJ website. It was found by police during a raid in Manchester, England.
It's some fascinating stuff. It is described as the "military series" manual.
What's it all about?
From the introduction:
In the name of Allah, the merciful and compassionate
To those champions who avowed the truth day and
night......And wrote with their blood and sufferings
these phrases...
-*-The confrontation that we are calling for with the
apostateregimes does not know Socratic
debates... ,Platonic ideals..., nor Aristotelian
diplomacy. But it knows the dialogue of bullets, the
ideals of assassination, bombing, and destruction, and
the diplomacy of the cannon and machine-gun.
***... Islamic governments have never and will never be
established through peaceful solutions and cooperative
councils. They are established as they [always] have been
by pen and gun
by word and bullet
by tongue and teeth
In other words, "we're not here to talk, debate or negotiate, we're here to take over by force".
Nice. So expect no quarter from these mokes.
This is again reaffirmed with a recounting of history according to the jihandist. Note that most of the leaders of the Middle East, present and past, are lumped into the same camp with we Western infidels:
Unbelief is still the same. It pushed Abou Jahl-may Allah
curse him-and Kureish's valiant infidels to battle the
prophet -God bless and keep him -and to torture his
companions -may Allah's grace be on them. It is the same
unbelief that drove Sadat, Hosni Mubarak, Gadhafi, Hafez
Assad, Saleh, Fahed -Allah's curse be upon the non-
believing leaders -and all the apostate Arab rulers to
torture, kill, imprison, and torment Moslems. These young
men realized that an Islamic government would never be
established except by the bomb and rifle. Islam does not
coincide or make a truce with unbelief, but rather
confronts it.
The confrontation that Islam calls for with these godless
and apostate regimes, does not know Socratic debates,
Platonic ideals nor Aristotelian diplomacy. But it knows
the dialogue of bullets, the ideals of assassination,
bombing, and destruction, and the diplomacy of the cannon
and machine-gun.
The young came to prepare themselves for Jihad [holy
war], commanded by the majestic Allah's order in the holy
Koran.
[Koranic verse:] "Against them make ready your strength
to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to
strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies of Allah
and your enemies, and others besides whom ye may not
know, but whom Allah doth know."
That brings us to the aim of the specific manual as well as the aim of the movement overall:
I present this humble effort to these young Moslem men
who are pure, believing, and fighting for the cause of
Allah. It is my contribution toward paving the road that
leads to majestic Allah and establishes a caliphate
according to the prophecy.
So how do they plan to do that specifically? The writer outlines some ways they plan to strike:
Missions Required of the Military Organization:
The main mission for which the Military Organization is
responsible is:
The overthrow of the godless regimes and their
replacement with an Islamic regime. Other missions
consist of the following:
1. Gathering information about the enemy, the land, the
installations, and the neighbors.
2. Kidnaping enemy personnel, documents, secrets, and arms.
3. Assassinating enemy personnel as well as foreign tourists.
4. Freeing the brothers who are captured by the enemy.
5. Spreading rumors and writing statements that instigate people
against the enemy.
6. Blasting and destroying the places of amusement, immorality,
and sin; not a vital target.
7. Blasting and destroying the embassies and attacking vital
economic centers.
8. Blasting and destroying bridges leading into and out of the cities.
Bridges, embassies (Africa), and "places of amusement, immorality, and sin" (see Bali). Although the latter is not vital it must be appealing to these fanatics. Note also that assasination of both enemy personnel as well as tourists is ok.
Last but not least, they're charged with 'spreading rumors and writing statement that instigate people against the enemy".
Draw your own conclusions from that one.
As I said, an fascinating peek into some pretty dark minds. It provides a look at the future if we, and others, don't take this very seriously and defeat it.
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