Inspire - The Al Qaeda magazine. - Polidicks

[quote]As the U.S. struggles to manage its efforts to influence opinion about Al Qaeda abroad, Al Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula has produced its first English-language propaganda magazine. It's called "Inspire," and you can read parts of it below. A U.S. official said early this morning that the magazine appears to be authentic. "Inspire" includes a "message to the people of Yemen" directly transcribed from Ayman Al-Zawahari, Al Qaeda's second in command, a message from Osama Bin Laden on "how to save the earth," and the cover includes a quotation from Anwar Al-Awlaki, the American born cleric who is believed to be directly connected to the attempt to destroy an airplane over Detroit by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on Christmas Day. (The director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Michael Leiter, made that disclosure at a security forum in Aspen, CO, Fox News reported.) The table of contents teases an interview with the leader of AQAP who promises to "answer various questions pertaining to the jihad in the Arabian Peninsula." It includes a feature about how to "make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom." AQAP's first effort to post the magazine to jihadist websites failed Wednesday, as many of the pages were contaminated with a virus. (I half seriously believe that U.S. cyber warriors might have had a hand in that little surprise.) The U.S. is quite worried about Al Qaeda's new publishing ambitions, which mark a more sophisticated effort to engage the English-language world and to recruit English-speaking Muslims to join the cause. The copy was obtained from a private researcher. AQAP had advertised for days that the magazine would appear with the interviews specified in the table of contents. It is possible, although not likely, that the magazine is a fabrication, a production of a Western intelligence agency that wants to undermine Al Qaeda by eroding confidence in its production and distribution networks. The U.S. is engaged in direct net-based warfare with jihadis; this sort of operation would not be too difficult to pull off. Since I am not completely certain that the clean PDF doesn't contain a hidden virus, I've elected not to post it just yet.[/quote] You can find some pages of the magazine here: (scroll down a bit, it is also the source):[url]http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/06/al-qaedas-first-english-language-magazine-is-here/59006/[/url] I'm not joking, this has pages on how to create a bomb in your moms kitchen.

[QUOTE=Hellborg 45;23376020] I'm not joking, this has pages on how to create a bomb in your moms kitchen.[/QUOTE] [i] Hey, Mom! Where did you put the black powder? [b]OH SHI-[/b][/i]

[QUOTE=Pery;23376049][i] Hey, Mom! Where did you put the black powder? [b]OH SHI-[/b][/i][/QUOTE] Man this cake tastes good, it tastes [I]explosive[/I] even.

ah yes another part of the zionist-jewish conspiracy unravels

"Today, we'll talk about [b]ALLAH![/b]"

It looks pretty well made

I love how Obama just lets them do whatever they want. Al Qaeda asks an american paper to rename themselves so that THEY can take the name and they are just like "[b]YES, YOUR MAJESTY.[/b]

But does it have a page with comics and crosswords?

[QUOTE=Adsone;23376524]I love how Obama just lets them do whatever they want. Al Qaeda asks an american paper to rename themselves so that THEY can take the name and they are just like "[b]YES, YOUR MAJESTY.[/b][/QUOTE] It wasn't a newspaper, it was one of these crappy company exclusive magazines.

"Open Source Jihad"

Heh, it is rather well composed. Propaganda, now 100% more pleasing to the eye. Wonder what software they used.

Hmm, according to a local news site it should have a colum written by Bin Laden

This is hilarious. Can't wait to have a read of the bullshit.

:wtc: I wonder if it will come with a free toy?

[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;23377026]Heh, it is rather well composed. Propaganda, now 100% more pleasing to the eye. Wonder what software they used.[/QUOTE] It says "Open-Source Jihad" on the second page what the actual shit Ubuntu - Jihad Edition [editline]01:22PM[/editline] i'm actually going to subsribe to this it looks hilarious

"Contact Us" on page 63? :wtc:

[QUOTE=starpluck;23377903]"Contact Us" on page 63? :wtc:[/QUOTE] welp, that's made MI5's job a whole lot easier [editline]01:31PM[/editline] or MI6 which one's which again

This sounds so fake, and so funny at the same time

[QUOTE=Ezhik;23377007]"Open Source Jihad"[/QUOTE] Jihad for dummies

Oh god. Just shows us how influentel they are (written wrong, yeah yeah) I think that pretty freightening, that they have a magazin in the US of A

[QUOTE=Hellborg 45;23376020]Whoa, whats funny about this is a telecoms business named Tellabs had a magazine named Inspire, but they were contacted by Al-Qaeda and forced to change it. I thought they would call it despair. You can find some pages of the magazine here: (scroll down a bit, it is also the source):[url]http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/06/al-qaedas-first-english-language-magazine-is-here/59006/[/url] I'm not joking, this has pages on how to create a bomb in your moms kitchen.[/QUOTE] Hi Hellborg, Actually, we were never contacted by Al Qaeda (that would be quite a shock). We decided to change the name of our magazine on our own. We describe this process on our blog: [url]http://www.tellabs.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/7/14/Stop-the-presses-Al-Qaeda-hijacks-Tellabs-magazine-name[/url] Thanks, Heather Thoms Senior Communications Specialist Tellabs

Aha, from the horses mouth.

[QUOTE=notashortstory;23379192]Hi Hellborg, Actually, we were never contacted by Al Qaeda (that would be quite a shock). We decided to change the name of our magazine on our own. We describe this process on our blog: [url]http://www.tellabs.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/7/14/Stop-the-presses-Al-Qaeda-hijacks-Tellabs-magazine-name[/url] Thanks, Heather Thoms Senior Communications Specialist Tellabs[/QUOTE] What the christ?

If that is a legitimate communique from the company I would be shocked

Yes, I’m part of the corporate communications team at Tellabs. We keep an eye on posts like yours and offer to help when it’s needed.

"Inspire" sounds more like a woman's cooking magazine than a radical Islamic terrorist handbook.

I wonder if they do subscriptions

sounds like it's fake

I am extremely impressed with tellabs right now.

Oh wow, just wow.