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The edition also includes "The Ultimate Mowing Machine," which describes how to use a pickup truck "as a mowing machine, not to mow grass, but mow down the enemies of Allah." It says "to achieve maximum carnage, you need to pick up as much speed as you can while still retaining good control . . . to strike as many people as possible in your first run." The magazine includes two articles by renegade US cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who is on a US government kill-or-capture list for his alleged roles in the attempted Christmas Day airliner bombing, and inspiring the Fort Hood shooting of 13 troops. Army Major Nidal Hassan has been charged in the killings. There's also an article by the so-called American al-Qaeda, Adam Gadahn. Another American, Samir Khan, describes how he went from online jihadist in North Carolina to full-time terrorist in Yemen. The article is entitled, "I Am Proud to be a Traitor to America." Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has taken root in Yemen's remote and mountainous Shabwa province, far from the reach of the country's weak central government. The group rose toward the top of the security agenda of the United States and other world powers after it was linked to the failed Christmas Day attempt to down a Detroit-bound US airliner. The would-be bomber had explosives sewn into his underwear. The magazine's content reveals the group's evolving strategy of rejecting easier-to-stop spectacular attacks in favour of one-man operations, using everyday objects. That shows the organisation is "increasingly agile, lethal and opportunistic," according to Yemeni scholar Christopher Boucek from the Carnegie Endowment. The first edition included an article called "Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom." In the introduction to the latest magazine, the editors boast of "recent US assessments" that declared al-Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula "one of the most dangerous branches of al-Qaeda." It concludes, "You haven't seen anything yet."
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| #10 JosephM, the key U.S. branches of the Muslim Brotherhood are CAIR and the Muslim Student Association. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-10-12 20:08 |
| #9 DRUDGEREPORT > TERROR THREAT TO [crowded] RESTAURANTS AS AL-QAEDA [AQIY = aka AQAP] CALLS FOR ATTACKS ON GOVT. WORKERS IN D.C. Uh, uh, AQIY/AQAP HATES BACON + WANTS THE US-WORLD MEDIAS TO KNOW IT??? * WND > MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD "DECLARES WAR ON US. Muslim Bros. EL SUPREMO/CHIEF MUHAMMED BALI endorses concept of JIHAD AGZ AMERICA, + broadly agrees wid AL-QAEDA'S ideology; MB is considered the ideo "Parent/Mentor" org to OBL's Al-QAEDA + OTHER ISLAMIST MILITANT, TERR GROUPS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-10-12 18:53 |
| #8 On our side of the pond the European stereotype of US... Paul, people on your side of the pond have all sorts of quaint ideas. It makes them feel better. For a detailed look at the various stereotypes firmly believed in your part of the world since before the first colonist stepped foot on American soil (and modified slightly to account for the non-natives who later set up house here), read Anti-Americanism by the French philosopher-journalist Jean-Francois Revel. It's a slim volume, quickly read, and will pay you back in frequent, quiet smiles. You'll find yourself mentally going down the list when the subject comes up, noting that each time it's said in the kind of self-assured voice that implies they actual pondered the issue and drew the stated conclusion, instead of unthinkingly parroting "common knowledge". I required the trailing daughters read it before we went to Germany this summer, and my mother found it illuminated some confusing conversations she'd had with her European cousins over the years. Two things I will concede: 1. Americans are not innately less stupid than non-American members of the species, and 2. Americans, being a pragmatic people, do not generally bother learning things they don't need or have an interest in. However, once they need it, they tend to master the subject. This is why only a few Americans know where Surrey is, but a quite a number know a great deal about the roads of Iraq. Based on personal experience, I can assure you that American journalists are exactly as knowledgeable about the world and history as British and European journalists. Out of politeness we won't discuss how many Europeans think they know America because they've seen "Sex and the City", and visited New York City and Miami over the summer hols. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-10-12 18:42 |
| #7 http://jimbuie.blogs.com/journal/2010/03/some-of-my-american-friends-and-relatives-werent-too-pleased-with-this-article-i-wrote-for-todays-zaman-funny-things-america.html |
| Posted by: Paul D 2010-10-12 18:39 |
| #6 Heh - works for me, PaulD. ;-p How's the accuracy of this depiction of how Europe looks to the various European peoples? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-10-12 18:39 |
| #5 TW, On our side of the pond the European stereotype of US is one of being very insularinward looking,lack of passports, have a poor knowledge of the world geography or history ifso from my visits to US i blame your media/News and school education and lack of International sports. I saw this link which made me laugh and wondered whether there was any truth in this re the average Joe? http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/10/07/the-world-according-to-americans/ |
| Posted by: Paul D 2010-10-12 17:59 |
| #4 Even more details from NPR. Apparently young Mr. Khan left for Yemen because his father joined with the mosque leadership to persuade him to give up his pro-jihad website. Mr. Khan, pere, is supposed to be devastated by his son's actions. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-10-12 14:52 |
| #3 There are definitely some restaurants in DC which they would want to be sure to avoid hitting. Too many such (sadly.) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-10-12 13:17 |
| #2 Clearly these folks are out of touch with the reality in the US. Reminds me of a few years ago when some Chinese general threatened to drop an ICBM on LA - China couldn't understand the public response --" Cool. Go for it." |
| Posted by: Whineck Splat6933 2010-10-12 13:14 |
| #1 "A random hit at a crowded restaurant in Washington, DC at lunch ... might end up knocking out a few government employees," Clearly a counterintuitive strategy. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-10-12 12:57 |