Global jihad: Enemy expands call for one-man operations against western targets

Proving, once again, what I have said for years. There is no such thing as the "lone wolf" or "sudden jihad syndrome." It's an army ……… every soldier is motivated by the same playbook, the same ideology. Sleeper cells, some large, some as small as one, lay in wait.

Al-Qaeda In The Arabian Peninsula Expands Call For One-Man Operations Against Western Targets, Translates Article From Last Issue Of English Inspire Magazine Into Arabic MEMRI

Story continues below advertisement

The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM).

On June 4, 2012, top jihadi forums opened an online "workshop" presented by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's (AQAP) "military committee," aimed at locating and recruiting possible candidates for lone-wolf attacks in countries around the world.

The workshop, titled "The Convoy of Martyrs: Rise Up and Board with Us," is a translation into Arabic from a previously published article from the ninth edition of AQAP's English-language magazine, Inspire, issued in May 2012. The workshop materials were posted on the Shumoukh Al-Islam and Al-Fida' jihadi forums by a person using the handle "Katibat Al-Ahwal" ("The Horrors Brigade"), who apparently belongs to AQAP's military committee. This name did not appear in the original article in Inspire IX.

Following is an overview of the workshop and the original Inspire where the article appeared:

The ninth issue of the English-language magazine Inspire, issued by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) on May 2, 2012, includes an article titled "The Convoy of Martyrs: Rise Up and Board with Us," which provides instructions for individuals wishing to carry out lone wolf jihad attacks.

The article instructs candidates to send basic information about themselves to AQAP's military committee, which will help them in planning and executing the attack, and will also take responsibility for it and provide media coverage.[1] The article includes a list of conditions that the candidates must meet, a list of possible targets, and instructions for contacting the committee securely by using encrypted emails.

The new Arabic translation of the original English article is poor. The text includes numerous misspellings and grammatical mistakes. This suggests that the person (or persons) behind the translation has a good grasp of the English language, but is not equally proficient in Arabic. The images below include some of the linguistic errors and inconsistencies (highlighted in yellow) found in different parts of the Arabic translation. The phenomenon is rather unusual for AQAP's official Arabic publications, which generally demonstrate high diction and are free from error.

Endnotes:

[1] For the original JTTM report on this article as it appeared in Inspire IX, see MEMRI JTTM Report No. 4689, "Inspire IX Article Offers Help in Carrying Out One-Man Jihad Operations," May 3, 2012, http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/report.htm?report=6324¶m=GJN

The Truth Must be Told

Your contribution supports independent journalism

Please take a moment to consider this. Now, more than ever, people are reading Geller Report for news they won't get anywhere else. But advertising revenues have all but disappeared. Google Adsense is the online advertising monopoly and they have banned us. Social media giants like Facebook and Twitter have blocked and shadow-banned our accounts. But we won't put up a paywall. Because never has the free world needed independent journalism more.

Everyone who reads our reporting knows the Geller Report covers the news the media won't. We cannot do our ground-breaking report without your support. We must continue to report on the global jihad and the left's war on freedom. Our readers’ contributions make that possible.

Geller Report's independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our work is critical in the fight for freedom and because it is your fight, too.

Please contribute here.

or

Make a monthly commitment to support The Geller Report – choose the option that suits you best.

• $25.00 here
• $50.00 here
• $75.00 here
• $100.00 here
• $250.00 here

0 0 votes

Article Rating

1 Comment

Oldest

Newest Most Voted

Inline Feedbacks

View all comments

Cassandra?

11 years ago

These muslims are like the latino citizen and leagal immigrants who tolerate illegal aliens. They are afraid to do what’s right for our nation and instead cower and turn their heads away and hope that we do the work for them.

0