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Yemen’s Al Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has launched its own magazine, named Inspire, which offers tips on how to kill Americans.
According to the SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks and analyzes the global jihadist network and terrorism financing, the online English-language magazine’s second edition included an article that stated that “a random hit at a crowded restaurant in Washington, D.C. at lunch … might end up knocking out a few government employees.”
The first edition of the magazine described for readers how to “make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom,” while the new edition includes an article titled, “The Ultimate Mowing Machine,” which describes using a truck to “mow down the enemies of Allah.”
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Anwar al-Awalki, a graduate of SDSU, is a writer for Inspire.
The latest magazine, 74 pages long, features an introduction that proudly refers to “recent U.S. assessments declaring AQAP one of the most dangerous branches of Al Qaeda.” The introduction ends with the line, “You haven’t seen anything yet.”
One of the distinctive things about Inspire is that it is written in colloquial American English which is easy to understand; no subtitles are required. The reason for this is that at least two of AQAP members in Yemen associated with the magazine are English speaking.
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One is a 24-year-old Saudi-American, Samir Khan, from Charlotte, N.C. who is thought to have a central role in putting the magazine together. Khan authored an article entitled “I am Proud To Be a Traitor to America”.
A U.S. born Islamic religious leader, Anwar al-Awlaki, wrote two articles for the magazine. Awlaki who holds a graduate degree from San Diego State University, is on the U.S. government kill-or-capture list for his alleged role in several terrorist plots to kill Americans.
AQAP has been linked to a failed attempt to take down a U.S. airliner bound for Detroit, as well as the suicide attack on South Korean tourists in March 2009 and the attempted assassination of the Saudi deputy interior minister.
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