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To: neolib who wrote (709784)	4/17/2013 11:27:00 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1572220

Al Qaeda Magazine Called for Targeting American Crowds at Sporting Events Toward the end of last year, two Pakistani men were arrested after scouting targets in New York City for a bomb plot. Their emphasis was on areas with large crowds and street traffic. [iframe width="300" height="250" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" vspace="0" hspace="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" id="aswift_0" name="aswift_0" style="left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px;"][/iframe] Mr. [Raees] Qazi said in his post-arrest statement that he was riding around on his bike in New York City looking for targets but he never specifically picked one,” FBI Special Agent Kristine Holden testified in federal court in Fort Lauderdale. The younger Qazi also tried to determine how big the crowds were in Times Square, on Wall Street and at theaters in the city, the agent said. The prosecutors said he was motivated by the lectures of the late radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed by a drone strike in Yemen, and by Inspire magazine. The online magazine is produced by the terror group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and it has carried articles on how to make bombs. Last year, I nspire Magazine suggested targeting large crowds including market-places, sporting and social events. Writing in the online magazine of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Inspire, the terrorist known as Abu Musab al-Suri listed what he called “the most important enemy targets.” This is done by targeting human crowds in order to inflict maximum human losses,” he wrote. “This is very easy since there are numerous such targets such as crowded sports arenas, annual social events, large international exhibitions, crowded market-places, skyscrapers, crowded buildings … etc.” “It is possible for ordinary Resistance fighters among the Muslims residing in America and the allied Western countries to target them, in order to participate in the jihad and the Resistance, and to stretch out a helping hand to the mujahidun [Islamic warriors].” It is likely that the Qazis got their idea from Inspire and the Times Square Bomber. While we still don’t know exactly who was responsible for the Marathon Massacre, it does fit the trajectory of Al Qaeda terrorist plots. [iframe width="300" height="250" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" vspace="0" hspace="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" id="aswift_1" name="aswift_1" style="left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px;"][/iframe]

To: neolib who wrote (709784)	4/17/2013 11:29:25 AM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1572220

Pressure-cooker bomb instructions in al-Qaeda magazine Ray Locker, USA TODAY3:45 p.m. EDT April 16, 2013 (Photo: USA TODAY) STORY HIGHLIGHTSMagazine tied to killed cleric Anwar al-Awlaki was published onlineIssue contained articles featuring "open-source" methods of terrorArticle advised using round metal objects for shrapnel Instructions to make bombs out of pressure cookers similar to those believed the source of two explosions in Boston on Monday were published two years ago in Inspire, an online magazine tied to al-Qaeda and the late U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, an analysis of the magazine shows. The article, "How to Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom," by "the AQ Chef" instructed would-be bombers to glue shrapnel to the inside of a pressure cooker and then "fill in the cooker with the inflammable material." Would-be bombers, the article said, should use gloves to prevent their fingerprints from being found on the bomb fragments and to "put you [sic] faith in Allah and pray for the success of your operation." The summer 2010 issue of Inspire featured several articles on what it called "the open-source Jihad," which instructed readers on how to make their own terrorist materials. Awlaki, the magazine's founder, was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen in 2011.

To: neolib who wrote (709784)

4/17/2013 11:32:22 AM

From: longnshort

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Boston-like bomb plans published by al Qaeda

A bomb-making manual, written in Arabic and published less than two months ago, made its rounds on sites used by Muslim terrorists worldwide. The manual provides specificinstructions on the best methods of packaging a bomb using a pressure cooker. Previously, the English language Muslim terrorist magazine published under the name Inspire carried similarinstructions, although the instructions contained within this newest manual appear to be far more advanced by comparison.

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Advanced instructions pertaining to procuring the needed materials, from the pressure cookers to be used as the containers to the other components, including methods of detonation to methods of disguising the bombs themselves, appear to be consistent with the information made public by law enforcement officials investigating the bombing at the Boston Marathon on Monday.

The individual behind the independent monitoring of Arabic language websites and turning over such findings to U.S. and other intelligence agencies as such plans are found is an independent undercover operational asset known as “Archangel,” who has a widely known and well respected track record for successful infiltration of “locked” or difficult to find websites and forums.

The intelligence agencies of the U.S. and other countries have been provided with ample material from “Archangel.” Most notable and relevant to the latest bombing is the focus on “sporting events” as potential targets as detailed in the a previous issue of Inspire magazine. Below are two images extracted and appropriately redacted from the latest version of the bomb making manual.