January 18, 2012

How the hell is it that suspected terrorists are getting to read my old friend Samir Khan's Inspire magazine within the confines of Guantanamo Bay?:

A copy of Al [Q]aida’s fiery magazine Inspire somehow got inside the prison camps at Guantánamo, a prosecutor disclosed at the war court Wednesday.

Navy Cmdr. Andrea Lockhart blurted out the embarrassing disclosure in defending the prison camps commander’s plan to give greater scrutiny to legal mail bound for alleged terrorists. She was discussing a system used by civilian lawyers to send materials to Guantánamo captives who are suing the U.S. for their freedom through habeas corpus petitions in Washington, D.C.

Victims and heroes, that's what the detainees and their lawyers are. Victims and heroes.

December 02, 2011

Ninemsn.com

British police say 22 people have been arrested outside of the US embassy in London during a protest over the use of military drones in Pakistan.

Scotland Yard confirmed the arrests on Friday at the demonstration organised by a group calling itself United Ummah.

The demonstration was advertised as a gathering that would include Friday prayers outside of the US embassy to draw attention to "the murder of Muslims with drones".

Add your best wishes in comments.

Image credit Daily Mail.

November 21, 2011

If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then what does this picture of Samir Khan say? I hope this puts to rest the notion that Samir was just some poor "innocent civilian murdered by his own government".

Thanks to b1g member.

We've been waiting a very long time for this. We have so much on this dude that I'm not sure where to start except to note that we've been following Jose Pimentel for some time and he's one of those hip-hop wannabe type Jihadis.

That, and it took me oh about 15 seconds tracked the bastage down when we first really started looking hard at him back in July.

Pajamas:

News is starting to leak about the arrest this weekend of a New York City man who planned to bomb police and military facilities. The NY Post reports:

The NYPD and Manhattan DA’s office have arrested a terror suspect who was planning to bomb city police facilities and US military sites, where he plotted to target returning war personnel and the families who gathered to welcome them home, The Post has learned.

The suspect, who lives in Manhattan, was arrested after he actually purchased bomb-making materials, sources said. He’d been on the authorities’ radar for about a year, the sources said.

It wasn’t immediately clear exactly where he planned to attack.

We can report here exclusively at PJM that the man arrested is Jose Pimentel of Harlem. On his Facebook page he describes himself as:

I am a Muslim convert from the Dominican Republic looking for other muslims living in the US specially in New York City to share a brotherhood with and to help each other stay firm on the religion. Also looking for anyone that wishes to learn more about Islam and other religions.

Jose was a prolific terrorist blogger and familiar face around the Revolution Muslim and Islam Policy websites. He shares a blog called http://www.kalamullah.com/ who's donations tracked back to Islam4UK and Islampolicy members.

His Youtube channel is here http://www.youtube.com/user/mujahidfisabillilah1.

Here are just a few of his websites.
http://www.trueislam1.com/
http://www.thefewtheproudthemujahideen.blogspot.com
http://allahsservants.blogspot.com
http://steedsofwar.blogspot.com

Oh and Jose, watch the cornhole Akhi!

Update: Reading CNN's description of this guy as a Lone Wolf is laughable. This person is a widely known highly networked individual who was a very active al-Qaeda propagandist in the online Jihadi community.

UpdateII: A note the our friend Jihadi Princess: You can wipe the websites clean all you want. Its too late.

Image credit Yahoo which has more including pics of Jose making his bomb in his mommy's kitchen, just like his bro Samir Khan instructed him to.

October 31, 2011

I was reading this article by a Pakistani "journalist" lamenting that poor misguided Samir Khan's UN rights were theoretically violated when the US targeted an al-Qaeda cell in Yemen.

pakistankakhudahafiz.com: Awlaki is now dead. What is saddening though, is that along with him, a young Pakistani-American named Samir Khan was also murdered. His brief profile is available for everyone to search on the Internet.

Samir was just 25. One might ask, “Even if he was young? Why should he be exempt from the law?” This is precisely my question. Since when have drone strikes become a tool of justice? Killing people extra-judicially is known as murder in the civilized world which America rants about, why then this discrimination?

First of all lets look at the charge that Samir was misguided.

The author, who also adds comments in the article, is one Zaki Khalid. His comments link to. http://www.tanzeem.org/ which is the website of the Pakistani based group Tanzeem-e-Islami. You can find other examples of his work here, on his blog here, and on his twitter page here.

The link to Tanzeem is significant in that as reported by the The Anti- Defamation League

Samir Khan's early writing concentrated on Tanzeem al-Islami.Samir Khan's first inshaAllahshaheed blog, launched in 2004, mainly included materials about Tanzeem-e-Islami, a radical anti-Semitic group based in Pakistan that has a presence in the U.S. Khan, who became involved with Tanzeem as a teenager through a summer program in Queens run by local members of the group, has identified himself as a member, specifically with the New York Chapter, on various posts to online forums over the years.

Tanzeem-e-Islami, which describes itself as part of a movement to establish a global Islamic state, or the "khilafah," has a long record of anti-Semitism. For example, in August 2004, Tanzeem's Pakistan-based leader, Israr Ahmed, warned during an appearance at the Peshawar Press Club that "the evil genius of the Jews and the world's only superpower, America, had joined hands" to "eliminate [Islam] from the face of the earth."

The author above who is obviously a shill for Islamist interests in Pakistan notes the following...

Samir’s father Mr. Zafar Khan is a respected Islamic scholar who was once the Ameer of the Islamic Organization of North America.

The author then continues to assert that al-qaeda does not exist and in the next breath states that Samir was a member of al-Qaeda. Repeat after me, Osama bin-Laden is NOT IN PAKISTAN! We swear.

The argument is not so much over the goal but the means to the goal. Tanzeem claims it wants to implement the same goals as al-Qaeda yet it wants to do it peacefully.

Investigative Project: Ahmad's views are not limited to anti-Jewish rhetoric. He's also a leading advocate of Islamic supremacy and the revival of the Caliphate. A simple trip to the Islamic Organization of North America's website would have led the FBI to articles calling for this. Some of the links are now defunct (perhaps due to bad press from the National Post), but their content can be judged clearly by their titles. According to the National Post, the Tanzeem-e-Islami's "goal is to establish the system of social justice of the Caliphate [Islamic state] firstly in Pakistan and then in the whole world," and that Ahmad's "ideal state" would include the following three principles:

"(1) Sovereignty belongs to Almighty Allah alone; (2) No legislation can be done at any level that is totally or partially repugnant to Koran and Sunnah, and; (3) Full citizenship of the state is for the Muslims only."

October 25, 2011

Oh, right, I guess they do.

Bonus points: find the Samir Khan connection.

October 21, 2011

Apparently sometime between May 5th, when a missile from a Predator drone just missed killing Anwar al-Awlaki, and Sept. 30th when Awlaki and Samir Khan were killed by a drone missile, Allah withdrew his invisible force field from Awlaki.

So, what could Awlaki done that pissed Allah off over the summer? Yeah, I know you're going to want to jump to the conclusion that he was out picking up prostitutes again. But, come on, a brave mujahideen like Awalaki is allowed to get his whoremongering on.

No, we all know what really pisses Allah off: sodomy.

You know, Awalaki and his pretty young thing Samir Khan. Alone. On a road trip.

Think about it.

Thanks to b1g member.

October 11, 2011

The former colleagues of Samir Khan at the Ansar Mujahideen English Forum (AMEF) have released a statement lamenting his death and that of Anwar al-Awlaki.

Khan, who was killed last week in a drone strike targeting the al Qaeda leader Awlaki, was once a moderator at the AMEF forum. After his blog was removed by several companies from their webservers for violating terms-of-service for supporting terrorism, Khan was offered space on the AMEF server where his blog remained until he left to join al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

The AMEF statement first confirms that Anwar al-Awlaki was a member of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, something that some fringe elements in the US have claimed was not 'proved'. These elements, mostly in the fringe left but also from Ron Paul, claim that Awlaki's killing was 'illegal' since he had not been 'convicted' of any crime. However, the members the AMEF forum -- many of whom had online relationships with Awlaki and who therefore would be in a better position to judge the matter than, say, Ron Paul -- beg to differ. Awlaki, they say, was al Qaeda:

But even among the very few scholars who dare to speak the Truth, Imam Anwar al-Awlaki was still a rarity. For he was not content to merely talk about Jihad, he wanted to 'practice what he preached'. He left a comfortable life in America and made Hijrah to Yemen, and joined his brothers in Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

So, who better to judge whether Khan was a member of a terrorist organization or not than his friends?

Our brother Samir, may Allah have mercy on him, is well-known to all the members of the English-speaking jihadi forums. He was a frequent contributor on the forums, and via his blogs, until he also decided to answer the call of Amir Abu Baseer [ed note: Abu Basir Nasir al-Wuhayshi, the leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula] (may Allah protect him) and make Hijrah to Yemen.

As Samir himself stated, that he was "al Qaeda all the way."

While this much is true, the next statement by Samir's friends at AMEF is not:

Our brother used the same online username consistently: Inshallahshaheed.

Did Samir want to die a 'martyr' for the cause of al Qaeda? I doubt it.

If he really wanted to do jihad, then why didn't he follow his own advice and attack Americans on American soil? He was blogging from the safety of his mommy's Charlotte, N.C. basement -- literally -- for years. As a writer for al Qaeda, he urged Muslims in the West to attack civilians in the West.

Yet, when all was said and done, he did nothing.

And yes, he went to Yemen to join his mentor Anwar al-Awlaki and become part of al Qaeda. But which part?

The part of al Qaeda that actually does something? The part that picks up a gun and fights? The part that is willing to put their life on the line in battle?

No, the part that ... writes magazine articles encouraging others to do what they were not themselves willing to do.

In the end, Samir Khan was nothing more than a coward. He lived a coward, he died a coward.

Just like his friends at the AMEF forum. All of whom are vocal in their support of violent jihad .... from the safety of their mommy's basement!

Samir Khan and AMEF: the chickenhawks of jihad!

H/T: Censord31, blogging his support of al Qaeda from the safety of Belgium.

October 07, 2011

I'm not sure if I should be laughing at this or getting really, really pissed off.

On the one hand, we pay the State Department to lie. And, if saying you're sorry for killing a terrorist isn't a lie, then I don't know what is!

On the other hand, what if Obama and Clinton's State Department really were sorry they killed the al Qaeda propagandist and self-styled proud traitor?

If that's the America we live in, then it's time to pack it in and call it quits. I hear France is nice this time of year, and at least they are right up front about their disdain for America.

Charlotte Observer:

"They were very apologetic (for not calling the family sooner) and offered condolences," Jibril Hough said about the Thursday call from the State Department to Khan's father, Zafar....

Hough said the Thursday conversation lasted a few minutes. "It wasn't just 'I'm sorry' and hang-up," said Hough, who added that the phone call included no discussion of the status or condition of Khan's remains.

Please tell me this is part of some larger duplicity which leads to the entire Kahn family being deported and/or indicted?

I've always had a rather low opinion of State. But after this, I'm left to wonder which side of the War on Terror they're really pulling for?

UPDATE: Thanks to AllahP over at Hot Air for the hat tip.

Let me just respond to one thing AllahP says:

They’re being careful to draw a distinction between people like Awlaki, whom the White House suspected of operational planning, and Khan, who appears to have been exclusively a propagandist...

If they’re targeting people only for their rhetoric, no matter how toxic that might be, it puts them on even thinner ice with civil libertarians given the very high bar for dangerous speech under the First Amendment

What I want to point out to readers who may not know the background on Khan is that what he published was not just fiery rhetoric in support of al Qaeda. No, he published actual bomb making instructions. Khan's bomb making instructions were followed by Naser Abdo, who was arrested before he could detonate the bomb near Fort Hood.

So, even under our rather broadly protective post-Brandenburg 1st Amendment jurisprudence what Khan was advocating would not be protected since his publications did actually incite people to violence -- which was exactly his point.

For crissake, this was a guy who advocated killing American civilians in malls and nightclubs!

If this is the base that Obama's State Department is pandering to -- one that cannot distinguish a traitor from ordinary citizens -- then God help us.

I don't mean did he literally kill Awlaki, I mean did the publication of Inspire magazine help the CIA find where Awlaki was? Clint Watts has an excellent analysis of the Awlaki/Khan strike, and media and CT reaction to it. Here's a nugget:

Did the push to publish Inspire magazine volume number 7 bring Awlaki and Khan’s demise?: Awlaki and Khan’s commitment to publishing an almost monthly AQ journal in the end may have led to their demise. As any publishing company or university would probably tell you, issuing a monthly journal is a heavy burden (that’s why they do quarterly journals). Producing Inspire required transmission by courier at a minimum and ideally development electronically. All of these methods transmit signatures for targeting. So an operational security versus operational effectiveness conundrum arose for Awlaki and Khan. To be relevant, these two had to publish and preach via the Internet. To be safe in the presence of intense surveillance, Awlaki and Khan had to hunker down and minimize communication. I’ll be interested to hear if it’s ever explained why the U.S. regained Awlaki’s tail several weeks back. [READ THE REST]

Which means he must have been aware of the risk he was taking whenever he got on his Facebook account or uploaded a new issue of Inspire magazine. The fact that there were only three original authors in the last issue of Inspire may be interpreted as evidence that they had finally "hunkered down" in an effort to avoid detection.

But, they still had to publish the magazine. Without the magazine, Khan was irrelevant and Awlaki less relevant.

So, is it just a coincidence that the magazine hit the forums only a few days before the pair were killed? More than that, the electronic signature on the PDF file indicates that the magazine was completed about the 19th of Sept. -- just about the time that the powers that be seem to have relocated Awlaki.

That would be some coincidence.

Takeaway: keep doing that thing you do eHadis!

UPDATE: Oops, I put Oct. 19th. I meant, Sept. 19th.

October 06, 2011

The parents of al Qaeda propagandist Samir Khan have released a statement in which they claim their son "broke no law" and expressed anger at the U.S. government for killing him.

Broke no law?!?!?!

I am so outraged by this statement from the Khan family that I'm not sure I can actually write this post with any coherence.

Here's the statement:

We, the family of Samir Khan, in our time of grief and mourning, request that the media let us have our peace and privacy during this difficult time.

It has been stated in the media that Samir was not the target of the attack; however no U.S. official has contacted us with any news about the recovery of our son’s remains, nor offered us any condolences.

As a result, we feel appalled by the indifference shown to us by our government.

Being a law-abiding citizen of the United States, our late son Samir Khan never broke any law and was never implicated of any crime. The Fifth Amendment states that no citizen shall be 'deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law' yet our government assassinated two of its citizens.

Was this style of execution the only solution? Why couldn’t there have been a capture and trial?

Where is the justice? As we mourn our son, we must ask these questions.

Sincerely,

The Khan Family.

Are you kidding me?

Samir Khan wrote of himself that he was an American traitor. See for yourselves.

In that same issue of Inspire magazine, Khan wrote that he was "al Qaeda all the way."

Khan was guilty of being a traitor and a terrorist. He was no longer blogging from his parents' basement in Charlotte. He was in Yemen with al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula!

He published a magazine that showed its readers how to make bombs --- and then encouraged them to use those bombs on American citizens!

And the connection between Khan's propaganda and real world terrorism isn't hypothetical: the Fort Hood copycat Naser Abdo was constructing a bomb based on Khan's design when he was captured. It was the same bomb used by Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly in his failed attack in Stocholm last year!

For chrissake he was killed because he was in the same vehicle as Anwar al-Awlaki, the leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula!!!!!

I think the Khan family statement is a clue as to where Samir got his radically anti-American views. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Earlier today, Stable Hand reported that Samir Khan's nickname in his high school yearbook was MUJAHID, and his yearbook quote was from SAUL ALINSKY.

If any one is owed an apology it is the American people from the Khan family for raising a terrorist -- not the other way around.

Further, those on the fringe Left and Right -- who's argument the Khan's have adopted -- who are outraged at Khan and al-Awlaki's killing use the common logical fallacy inherent in all slippery slope arguments when they claim that the President is asserting that he can kill any American at any time without any oversight.

This is complete hogwash. We are not talking about some hypothetical American, we are talking about two very specific Americans -- both of whom belong to an organization that is at war with America!

I'll respond to your hypothetical with this one: what if there were American citizens fighting for Germany in WWII? Would it be "illegal" to kill them on the field of battle?

Of course not!

The GWOT is an unconventional war, but it is war nonetheless. Members of al Qaeda are not "criminals" they are "enemy combatants".

Because of this, Awlaki and Khan are both legitimate targets. In war, you don't give your enemies a trial -- you kill them!

Had the Khan family simply said that they would like to be left alone so they could mourn the loss of their son, that would be understandable. I could live with that.

But claiming the US owes them an apology for killing a terrorist? That crosses a line.

These people deserve whatever hassle they are getting from the media.

UPDATE: Bob at The Drawn Cutlass has a similar take.

He knew early on what he wanted to be and a hellfire granted him his wish.

Sploded into pieces.

October 04, 2011

The last edition of Inspire magazine teased the jihadi readers with the promise of an upcoming article by Anwar al-Awlaki. Given that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's magazine was the brain child of Samir Khan -- who was killed along with Awlaki in last week's strike -- it's an interesting question:

Samir Khan, another American who was killed in last week’s strike, functioned as editor and publisher of Inspire. It’s not clear whether Khan had enough support staff to carry on.

October 02, 2011

While you may have heard about Samir Khan's Ignored Puzzle Pieces of Knowledge blog that made him famous. There is another blog, an even earlier blog that dates back as far as 2004.

MANKIND IS UNDER THE FALSE IMPRESSION THAT SECULAR MEANS WILL BRING ABOUT PEACE IN THE WORLD WHILE TOTALLY NEGLECTING THE TRUE SPIRITUALITY WHICH CAN ONLY BE BROUGHT ABOUT BY A PEOPLE WHO WILL WORK TO RE-ESTABLISH THE COMPLETE REVOLUTION BROUGHT ABOUT BY PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PEACE BE UPON HIM)!

What's important about this blog is is speaks to Samir's early influences which some have characterized as "moderate". But from the very earliest writing Samir had a taste for radical clerics and what one might call very fundamental Islam.

This is all recorded at one of Samir's early blogspot blogs titled Human Liberation - an Islamic Renaissance. This is the blog were we first noticed that Inshallahshaheed was indeed Samir Khan.

So who were Samir's early heros? The image above is of a Pakistani cleric who founded the Islamic group Tanzeem-e-Islami, Dr. Israr Ahmad, who once said...

The process of the revival of Islam in different parts of the world is real. A final showdown between the Muslim world and the non-Muslim world, which has been captured by the Jews, would soon take place. The Gulf War was just a rehearsal for the coming conflict...

Those are some moderate Islamic statements right there, I checked and yup that's moderate.

Samir also believed in the utter prohibition of alcohol and here muses about the coming elimination of the state of Israel which he predicted and hoped will come within the next 50 years.

In a world in which one cannot afford to call Israel a racist state, where one cannot survive without recognizing its “legitimacy;, where anyone calling for Israel’s destruction is branded as a terrorist who deserves to be thrown into the concentration camp at Guantanamo Bay, presenting an undeniable thesis of its destruction needs a lot of courage.

Like I said, a moderate. In fact Khan's writing was so radical in the context of the times that we at Jawa Report were immediately alarmed. His cold, calculated and quite logical explanations were moral justification and advocacy for genocide and holocaust despite the "moderate" feel of the language he chose to express it.

Like I said, "moderate Islam".

September 30, 2011

Anwar al-Awlaki, DEAD!

Samir Khan, DEAD!

Breaking News!

The US-born radical Islamist cleric and suspected al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki has been killed in Yemen, the country's defence ministry has said.

A statement said only that he died "along with some of his companions."

UPDATE by Matt Damon: Looks like it may have been a drone that got him.

Al-Arabiya television network cited local tribal sources as saying suspected U.S. drone aircraft - which are known to operate in Yemen - fired two missiles Friday at a convoy of vehicles believed to be carrying al-Awlaki and his guards.

Remember Sammy keep looking up......there is a drone with your name on it.

UPDATE II by Matt Damon: From Jake Tapper twitter account.

@ Jaketapper
Jake Tapper Sr admin officials tell ABC News that al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki has been killed

Update: Saints be praised Samir Khan is dead!

Yemen Defense Ministry says another American in al-Qaida, Samir Khan, was killed with al-Awlaki

As you know, the Arab world is rife with rumor that passes as fact. We'll keep you posted, but given that US officials are confirming off the record that Awlaki is dead, then I'll have to treat the naysaying as rumors until we hear otherwise.

The really personal news here would be that Samir Khan is dead. As long time readers know, Samir and I have had personal disputes over the years. It was Samir, then blogging as Inshallahshaheed, who threatened to kill my family. He even made this nice little graphic to go along with the threat.

Inshallahshaheed is Arabic for God willing, a martyr. Well, you got your wish Samir.

He who laughs last, laughs loudest.

Also, the guy not killed in a drone strike. He laughs loudest, too.

Update by Rusty: Sources in Yemen clarify why the rumor that he survived started: there were two missiles, he survived the first one .... but that second one? That one was the kill shot.

Update by Rusty: I like this from Malkin, who anticipates the reaction of the far left and some in the Ron Paul nutzo camp:

Obama’s far left flank will be unhappy if the mission to kill Awlaki, an American citizen, was successful. They will again decry such drone strikes against American citizens as unprecedented and lawless.

On this, I will come to Obama’s defense.

Awlaki’s membership and leadership in al Qaeda is undisputed.

We are at war.

And on cue, Glenn Greenwald opens his mouth and proves that he's an idiot. Update: And the chief Paultard himself, Ron Paul.

Update by Rusty: Two conflicting tales of how big this is by CT analysts.

Alix Levine: It's big

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross: Not as big as you might think.

I'm with Alix, it's big. What Daveed is talking about is the long-term resilience of al Qaeda. Yes, they're resilient ... but Samir and Awlaki are media personalites that they won't be able to replace very easily. And since they both were raised in America, they will have a hard time finding someone to fill their shoes. Even Adam Gadahn, another al Qaeda propagandist from the US, didn't have the same type of impact on Western audiences.

Samir, especially, spoke in terms that American and English speaking European radicals could relate to. Gadahn has been in Afghanistan/Pakistan so long, that he sounds no different than any other radical from the Middle East.

In a tweet to me, Daveed actually agrees with this sentiment. It's just a matter of long vs. short-term perspective. But let's not be buzzkills today, okay people? It's a day to celebrate.

Yassin Musharbash

If the reports are true, then AQAP has lost its most important propagandist.

In fact, here's an early CT analysis roundup over at Jihadica.

Also, Intelwire.

Update by Rusty: President Obama, speaking live at Admiral Mullen's retirement, has confirmed that Awlaki is dead!

One last thought: If Samir was in one of the cars, is it possible that the other American traitor -- the mysterious "editor" of Inspire, Yayha Ibrahim, also killed?

Update by Rusty: Wow, I can't thank Michelle Malkin enough for the lengthy post praising our work over the years counterring Khan's online radicalization message. Thanks Michelle!

Update by Rusty: Live press conference at WH.

Not a lot of details, so far, but a reiteration of news that came out earlier that we are now calling Awlaki “chief of external operations” for AQAP. In other words, his role wasn't simply "inspirational", it was operational.

Update: Carney says he doesn't have any information on whether or not Samir Khan was also killed.

Update by Rusty: Lulz, CAIR joins the lunatic left on right, concerned over "Constitutional issues" raised by killing traitors who openly admit they are at war with US.

Update by Rusty: Was Samir Khan guilty of being an American traitor? That's the question being asked by the left. But let's see how Samir answered this question in his own words.

Any questions?

Update by Rusty: Here's a good roundup, and here, and another one from Stacey McCain.

And over at PJM's The Tatler, they are running a number of old posts reminding us that Awlaki once was in tight with the powers that be in Washington. How tight? Well, he once trained Muslim chaplains on Capital Hill and lectured on Islam inside the Pentagon.

UPDATE by Rusty: An poster at the top tier al Qaeda linked al Fidaa forum claims he's from Yemen, and that Samir Khan has indeed been killed. Roggio posts the SITE news:

May Allah bless you my noble brothers. The news is true. We say, may Allah have mercy on our sheikh and our beloved, Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed this morning in the area between al-Jawf and Marib in a Hilux 2005 vehicle, along with six people accompanying him...

Peace be upon you my dear brother. By Allah, I am from Yemen. Allah is witness that this news came upon us like a thunderbolt, but we consider him a martyr, because he was martyred along with another person, an American citizen of Pakistani origin who specialized in programming. The news was confirmed to me, and I apologize for the delay, because I was praying.

Bwahahahaaa update: It now appears that Anwar al-Awlaki will never again enjoy the company of a street hooker <---h/t: Will Amos

UPDATE by Rusty: Fingerprints confirmed identities of Awlaki and Khan:

U.S. operatives on the ground in Yemen used fingerprint analysis to confirm that a joint CIA-military drone strike Friday killed American militants Anwar Awlaki and Samir Khan, according to a U.S. government official briefed on the operation....

“Samir Khan was a bonus. It was a twofer,” said Rep. Mike McCaul (R-Texas), who serves on the House Committee on Homeland Security. “It’s a pretty good hit.”

..Kelly said Khan had extensive contacts in New York City and published the English language Inspire Magazine, which instructed lone wolves on how to build bombs at home, and in the most recent issue identified Grand Central Station as a target.

Kelly said Al-Awlaki was focused like no other on attacking the U.S. and Khan legitimized attacking women and children.

2007
Pre-Outing: 6 months before NYT's outed Samir, post about his blog
Irony: Samir predicts Allah will protect his blog
The Web of American Bloggers and The Terrorists They Facilitate
Muslim Blogger Advises: Join, Fund, Blog, and Pray for Terrorists
Post-Outing

Samir Khan Threatens Rusty
Inshallashshaheed Outted: North Carolina Jihadi in the News
Samir Khan talked to GIMF terrorists online
Samir Khan IS Our Bitch
For Samir Khan Inshallahshaheed: Rot in Hell you SOB Traitor!!!
"Pray for al Qaeda in Iraq"

2008
Khan challenges Rusty to come to Charlotte and fight (LOL)
Khan threatens Geert Wilders
Samir Khan Justifies, Equivocate Mumbai Massacre
Samir Khan Unemployed, Has More Time for Online Jihad
Charlotte Jihadi Asked "Are you anti-American?"
Samir Khan's Inshallahshaheed Humiliation Continues, Blog Homeless Again
Inshallahshaheed (Sammy) is Darth Odie's Beotch!
A Reply to Inshallahshaheed
Samir Khan aka Inshallahshaheed Hearts Westboro Babtist Church
Inshallahshaheed Blog Down Again!
Khan's friend arrested in Boston
American Muslim Explains the Morality and Genius of 9/11
Praises Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and al Libi of al Qaeda from Mom's basement

2009
Khan starts practice run for al Qaeda, starts his own jihadi magazine
Samir Khan's Idiotic Magazine Hits MSM: How Ghey is the Jihadi Workout?
Sammy and Joey Release Jihad Recollections #2
American Muslim Prays for Release of al Qaeda Terrorists
Samir Khan: Soon, The Blessed Invasion of Manhattan-- "Special Gift" for 9/11
Samir Khan should really stop hotlinking us (hilarity ensues)!
Inshallahshaheed AKA Samir Khan Steals Bill Roggio's Post Gets PWN3d!
In which we take down another of Samir Khan's blogs.
Inshallahshahheed Back Online
Inshallahshaheed: Warning, This Video Contains Music
Inshallahshaheed (Samir Khan) Banned from Image Shack/Internet
Khan's blog calls for killing of US soldiers

2010
Is North Carolina's Samir Khan Behind New al Qaeda Magazine? Quotes Yousef al-Khattab
Samir Khan: American al Qaeda
Samir Khan's Magazine Helped Swedish Bomber Blow Himself Up
Khan introduced convicted terrorist Zach Chesser to indicted terrorist Younes Abdullah Muhammad
Samir Khan behind graphics of new Al Qaeda recruiting magazine Inspire: officials
Charlotte Blogger Probably Acting in Operational Capacity for AQAP
Khan connected to would-be Oregon bomber
Federal grand jury meets to consider evidence against Samir Khan

2011
Samir Khan Begs American Muslims to Blow Themselves Up
Another Samir Khan "Inspired" Plot?
Academic Paper: Let's Kill Samir Khan & Anwar al Awlaki!
AQAP's Samir Khan (aka, Inshallahshaheed) Helping Fellow American Terrorist Omar Hammami (aka, Abu Mansour Al-Amriki) of al Shabaab
Khan Celebrates 9/11 .... 16 Days Late!

---Celebratory updates bumped down ---

UPDATE by DMartyr:

Update by Howie: Please M.C. Vader, don't hurt 'em!

Also, Party Time Videos below!!

Added this video, thanks to Legionnaire of the Banned. Very nice!

August 26, 2011

According to the report from the NORC at the University of Chicago Americans have more tolerance for Communists, gays, etc and not for Islamists. Duh, they didn't fly those planes into the Trade Centers or the Pentagon.

The report though, is really disturbing for the response Americans gave regarding Islamists: ZIP

“These figures are a result of people responding to what they perceive to be a serious threat,” Smith said. The survey found in 2008 that when asked if “A Muslim clergyman who preaches hatred of the United States” should be able to speak publicly, 41 percent of Americans said yes. The percentage remained unchanged in the 2010 survey. When asked if a Muslim extremist should be able to teach, 29 percent of Americans said yes in 2008 and 32 percent said yes in 2010. The survey found that 49 percent of Americans in 2008 would allow a book by a Muslim extremist to be in their local library, while 48 percent approved in 2010.

CAIR should be happy with the results, I'm not.

August 05, 2011

Because no destructive devices were found in Abdo's motel room. Pathetic request by his attorney. All the makings of IED's were found including how-to instructions courtesy Sammy's AQAP Inspire rag issue #1

WACO, Texas (AP) — An AWOL soldier accused of planning to make bombs as part of a "massive attack" against Fort Hood soldiers could face more charges, a judge said Thursday.

A federal judge in Waco heard testimony from FBI agents in the case of Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo before sending the case to a grand jury. The judge said Abdo could be indicted on additional charges but didn't elaborate.

U.S. attorneys already have charged Abdo with possession of an unregistered destructive device. Abdo, who is being held without bond, has yet to enter a plea. If convicted, he could face up to 10 years in prison.

The 21-year-old was arrested last week at a Killeen motel near Fort Hood, where investigators said they found a handgun and ingredients for an explosive device, including gunpowder, two pressure cookers, clocks and wire.

Abdo also bought a U.S. Army uniform from a local store and a "Smith" name patch but told the clerk he did not know his unit at Fort Hood — where he was not actually based, FBI special agent Michael Brogan testified Thursday. Abdo changed into the uniform in the back of the store before leaving in a taxi, Brogan said[...]

During the hearing, defense attorney Keith Dorsett told the judge that no destructive device was found in Abdo's motel room and that the charge should be dropped.[All emphasis mine..ed]

Jonn at This Ain't Hell has more including

Abdo apparently checked into the America's Best Value hotel in Killeen hotel using a Tennessee driver's license under the name "Asher J. Pluto."

Abdo was also laughing and joking with his attorney during his court appearance. Was Abdo telling his attorney about his cornhole sessions with Bubba?

August 03, 2011

Sudbury Patch:

Tarek Mehanna, the Sudbury resident accused in a 2010 indictment of conspiring to kill American troops in Iraq, will ask a judge today to dismiss some of the charges accusing him of providing support to al Qaeda, the Associated Press is reporting in the Sacramento Bee.

The report says Mehanna's lawyers will argue today at Moakley Federal Courthouse in Boston that most of his activities are protected by the First Amendment in relation to free speech.

We are in a time of war you know. The enemy's propaganda network is a fair and crucial target. No war is ever fought, won or lost without propaganda.

Mehanna's claim of free speech or informational purposes is laughable when you consider the context. See our post here on Mehanna's multiple and long standing connections to multiple convicted terrorists and terrorist propagandists.

Arrested Blogger Identified: Tarek Mehanna

Like clockwork, Mehanna's family defends him as a nice boy who just completed his graduate work to become a pharmacist. What his family may or may not know is that Mehanna goes by the online handle "Abu Sayaba" and runs the "Iskandari" website which is devoted to promoting the Salafi ideology.

For instance, Tarek "Abu Sayaba" Mehanna has, literally, dozens of posts recounting the words of Abdullah Azzam, the intellectual backbone of al Qaeda. Also among his favorite authors are Sayyid Qutb.

In addition to friends like Maldanado who has been convicted on terrorism related charges, Mehanna's online buddies include:

Shades of Swords, who glorifies the executed Bali bombers as martyrs.
Inshallahshaheed, who we have an entire category devoted to and who claims he personally doesn't go off to fight the jihad because "it's hard" and who recently has set up his own media division in support of terrorist organizations.
Jihad Fields Are Calling, who's name pretty much sums it up.

And so on and so forth. In other words, the people he associated himself with online are either a) actively engaged in violent jihad; or b) actively engaged in supporting violent jihad through the distribution of terrorist propaganda.

His chances of having this dismissed runs about the same as former Revolution Muslim Emir Zack Chesser who plead guilty to Material Support for similar dissemination and advocacy for al-Qaeda.

I put them at zero/zilch/nada unless his lawyer feels he's gotten a sympathetic liberal judge. Its clear he agreed with al-Qaeda, tried to join the Jihad and wrote many times in support of al-Qaeda and its war against the United States.

More background here.

Indirectly.

African Union commander: al-Shabaab receiving weapons from Yemen:

I am waiting for the day Sammy, Awlaki, & Hammami are killed courtesy of an American drone. Fecking traitors.

July 29, 2011

We've reported on this before, but I thought it deserved a stand a lone post and I wanted to document what some experts have been telling the MSM. Naser Abdo was making a bomb by following step by step instructions outlined in an al Qaeda magazine. I document that below.

Given that this is proof positive that jihadi propaganda not only inspires people within the US to kill but also trains them to do so, isn't this evidence that something needs to be done to stop its spread?

It's also strong evidence that Rep. Peter King's hearings on the radicalization of Muslims within the US are warranted and timely. Those claiming that home grown terror is not a pressing issue and who resort to accusations of Islamophobia are simply ignoring a mountain of evidence.

But first, congratulations to my long time nemesis Samir Khan for finally inspiring someone to build a bomb in his mom's kitchen:

Private First Class Naser Jason Abdo had apparently stashed in the room an article from the first issue of al Qaeda's "Inspire" magazine called "How to Build a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom."

In addition to the magazine, one senior U.S. official told ABC News Abdo had also mentioned the name of one of the most high profile leaders of the Yemen-based al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), American-born Anwar al-Awlaki

Below you will find details of the items that were found in Abdo's hotel room and backpack. Some of the items seem either strange or mundane and might leave one wondering if he really was in the final stages of making a bomb. But by comparing what was in Abdo's room with the directions given in AQAP's Inspire magazine, you'll see that Abdo was dead serious about killing.

Let me remind you what was found in his hotel room:

[S]ix pounds of smokeless powder, Christmas lights and battery operated clocks which were apparently intended to create a timing and triggering device of some type, sugar, shrapnel, pressure cooker, shot guns shells that were in the process of being dismantled to obtain their raw explosives.

On using a pressure cooker:

The explosion that results from this device is a mechanical one. It results from the pressure caused by the gases and therefore it only works if contained in a high pressure environment. So you may use iron pipes, pressure cookers, fire extinguishers, or empty propane canisters....

The pressurized cooker is the most effective method.

Christmas lights?

Sugar?

3. In the picture you will see the fine powder and you add to it sugar equivalent to ¼ its quantity.

4. Mix the two substances until they become uniform in color.

You may substitute the inflammable substance extracted from matches by gunpowder used in cartilages

The radicals in the Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) represented Naser Abdo in his conscientious objector's case. Since that time, they claim that they have had no further contact with Abdo. If that is true, then why were there IVAW members on his Facebook friends list?

The Jawa Report archived Abdo's Facebook page and friends list before it was taken down, so we have the proof.

In NYC, the IVAW also read a statement from Abdo regarding Islamophobia at a anti-war press conference.

The guys over at This ain't Hell have been covering the Abdo - IVAW for quite some time and have a number of posts regarding their cozy relationship. The relationship includes a number of anti-war radicals who lived in Killeen and were members or sympathizers of the IVAW operating a coffeehouse called the Under the Hood Cafe.

The links above are worth checking out.

Thanks to Laughing Wolf

July 19, 2011

I finally got around to reading the sixth edition of my old friend Samir Khan's al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Inspire magazine.

I think the fact that it's a "special issue" devoted to all of Samir and Yahya's dead friends speaks volumes about just how effective al Qaeda really is.

To quote George C. Scott as General George S. Patton:

... no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor, dumb bastard die for his country.

Lulz.

His drawings of AQAP mujahideen appear to depict djinn (Islamic devil) and a no no to draw human forms.

Check out the eyes:

The comics are suppose to show how wonderful shariah is besides the life of the mujahideen. They are also meant as a recruiting tool to join AQAP to fight in the way of Allah. He didn't submit them yet to Samir Khan for consideration to be used in Inspire #6 Rag. I suggest he ask Sammy to use them in the next issue of Inspire.

Bill Ardolino via Threat Matrix

On the off chance the budding artist/terrorist who announced a recruiting cartoon for al Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula is reading Threat Matrix, I have some unfortunate news[insert hadiths..ed.....]

Unfortunately, you've committed a grave sin, according to the strict tenets of the Islamic sect of you and your subjects.

In addition - and this may sting worse - your judgment is further called into question for depicting the mujahideen (irhabin) as red-eyed, evil wraiths or djinn in a comic designed to recruit youth to your ostensibly romantic cause.[Continue reading]

Related:
Does AQAP heart Cobra?

June 30, 2011

It's about time we academic meatheads put our noggins to good use. We all know we've been itching to kill the American born traitor and leader of al Qaeda in Yemen, Anwar al Awlaki. But this paper by Frank J. Cilluffo and Clinton Watts of the Homeland Security Policy Institute at GWU seems to suggest that maybe it's time we kill Samir Khan, too:

For the U.S., AQAP’s Foreign Operations Unit is of greatest concern... Awlaki’s online sermons, recruitment of U.S.-based Americans and production of AQAP’s English-language jihadi magazine Inspire with Samir Khan (another American AQAP member) have inspired lone wolf attacks on Americans. Ibrahim Hassan Asiri, AQAP’s talented bomb maker, transforms the Foreign Operations Unit’s threats into sophisticated attacks... The Foreign Operations Unit’s special knowledge of the U.S. and unique destructive capabilities make AQAP an immediate threat to the U.S.....

Elimination of key AQAP members, especially those in the Foreign Operations Unit, would immediately increase U.S. security. Removal of Wahayshi, al-Shihri, Awlaki, Asiri or any other key AQAP leaders could short-circuit AQAP’s operational capability and disrupt their regional coordination of AQ efforts. As Dr. Hegghammer noted, “AQ in Yemen is short on this type of human capital,” suggesting targeted leadership decapitation would seriously weaken AQAP’s proven international terrorism capability.”

And as an academic myself let me also suggest that if we are only just now getting around to discussing this openly then people with predator drones and bombs have already come to the same conclusion.

Psssst, Abu Risaas: keep your head down.

Thanks to Waq al-Waq.

June 14, 2011

Well Samir, not exactly your six. We're talking three dimensions here so I'm not sure what what directional to give for the Predator drone above your head?

WaPo:

The CIA is expected to begin operating armed drone aircraft over Yemen, expanding the hunt for al-Qaeda operatives in a country where counter-terrorism efforts have been disrupted by political chaos, U.S. officials said.

The plan to move CIA-operated Predator and other unmanned aircraft into the region reflects a decision by President Obama that the al-Qaeda threat in Yemen has grown so serious that patrols by U.S. military drones are not enough....

One of the key figures in the group is an American-born cleric, Anwar al-Aulaqi, who escaped a drone strike targeting him in Yemen last month. That strike was the first by the United States in Yemen since 2002, punctuating a long drought that U.S. officials have attributed to a lack of solid intelligence on the whereabouts of AQAP operatives who went into hiding after a flurry of conventional airstrikes in late 2009 and early 2010.

June 02, 2011

Apologies to Red (you know who you are), I thought we knew about this

The cyber-warfare operation was launched by MI6 and GCHQ in an attempt to disrupt efforts by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsular to recruit “lone-wolf” terrorists with a new English-language magazine, the Daily Telegraph understands.

When followers tried to download the 67-page colour magazine, instead of instructions about how to “Make a bomb in the Kitchen of your Mom” by “The AQ Chef” they were greeted with garbled computer code.

The code, which had been inserted into the original magazine by the British intelligence hackers, was actually a web page of recipes for “The Best Cupcakes in America” published by the Ellen DeGeneres chat show.

Written by Dulcy Israel and produced by Main Street Cupcakes in Hudson, Ohio, it said “the little cupcake is big again” adding: “Self-contained and satisfying, it summons memories of childhood even as it's updated for today’s sweet-toothed hipsters.” [More]

Anyways, Red's link shows the United States reportedly turned down a similar plan.

To their adversaries. I received one in me email and all I gotta say...they are smaller than #Weinergate! I mean... why did, possibly, @ahmadkhan111 send me a picture of his junk?

Rep Wiener has got to get to the bottom of this!

What's next, Samir Khan (aka Inshallahshaheed) sending a image of his junk!!

I demand an answer to #Wienergate!! Terrorist are using it for whatever gain!!

I may be a victim too!

Terrorist pee pees turn me off...and, Insha'Allah, I will cut them clean off...

May 30, 2011

Only 2 1/2 days behind us now:

(CNN) -- Younus Mohammad, a New York native and Muslim convert charged with threatening the creators of the TV show "South Park," has been arrested in Morocco, according to the website he co-founded.

"Early on Friday morning brother Younus was arrested by Moroccan authorities," Islampolicy.com said in a posting Sunday. He is being held and awaiting extradition to the United States, the website says.

A criminal complaint against him, alleging the communication of threats, was filed in Virginia earlier this month using his English name, Jesse Curtis Morton.

Morton insists prosecutors misread a document intended to promote dialogue.
He once told CNN that Muslims are commanded by Allah to terrorize, though he said he did not read that as a call for killing civilians. He also professed his love for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

"His arrest comes in the long line of Muslims who have been imprisoned for speaking out against the United States," Islampolicy.com said. "It is part and parcel of the U.S. war on Islam. It is a war, being waged on two interlink (sic) fronts."

The English-language website, a successor to Revolutionmuslim.com, propagates pro-al Qaeda views.

A senior law enforcement source had told CNN Morton was believed to be in Morocco.

A former resident of Brooklyn, Morton is the second person charged in the "South Park" case.

More celebration, due to MSM confirmation.

Hey, Younnes, it will be very difficult for you to come and implement the rule of Allah on my ass now huh, but if one of you losers wants to come and try, well if you live you can go join Younnes in the butt brigades.

Update: Someone just loaded some vintage Revmo Younnes Abdullah Muhammad footage to youtube here.

May 20, 2011

Well at least in this case anyway. And we ripped it from The Investigative Project but hey, the Investigative Project doesn't even have any boobie posts at all and what fun is that?

CNN:

Federal authorities are using words uttered by the co-founder of a radical Islamic group to charge him with threats against the creators of "South Park."

A criminal complaint alleging the communication of threats was filed in Virginia late last week against Jesse Curtis Morton, also known as Younus Abdullah Mohammad.

A senior law enforcement source Thursday told CNN, which interviewed Morton in 2009, that the suspect is believed to be in Morocco, where he maintains Islampolicy.com, an English-language website propagating pro al Qaeda views.

That website is a successor to Revolutionmuslim.com.

And a note to Younes at Islampolicy: Why don't you answer my emails? Cat got your tongue? And there all this time we thought Yousef was the big fat pussy in your group. But now we know it's you.

May 17, 2011

Related:

O Allah kill Rusty Shackleford and terrorize his family

May 16, 2011

Investigative Project:

A second man has been charged in connection with threats made last year against the producers of the Comedy Central program "South Park."

Jesse Curtis Morton, (aka Younus Abdullah Mohammad) is charged with communicating threats. Morton helped run a website, RevolutionMuslim, with Zachary Chesser. Chesser is serving a 25-year prison term after pleading guilty to a similar charge and to trying to provide material support to the Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab.

After a "South Park" episode in April 2010 mocked the violent reaction of radical Islamists by portraying the Prophet Mohammad covered by a bear suit, Chesser posted a statement warning producers Matt Stone and Trey Parker that they "will probably wind up like Theo van Gogh for airing this show."

Van Gogh was a Dutch filmmaker who was killed on an Amsterdam street after producing a short film protesting the treatment of women in Islam.

According to an affidavit from FBI Special Agent Paula Menges, Chesser then collaborated with Morton on a "clarification statement" triggered by media inquiries.

"The Clarification Statement contained pages of justification under Islamic law for the death of those who insult Islam or defame its prophet, and for Muslims to bring about such deaths," Menges wrote. "In it, Morton and Chesser asserted in pertinent part that 'we will never tolerate the mocking or insulting of any one of the prophets,' and explained that the Islamic ruling on this situation was that 'the punishment is death.'"

Though the statement indicated they were not inciting violence, it included a quote from Osama bin Laden that threatened those responsible for Danish cartoons depicting Mohammad with "the freedom of our actions" as payback for their free speech.

That, Menges wrote, crosses the line between protected speech and conveying a threat because it warned Stone and Parker they "would be on the receiving end of actions analogous to those of bin Laden if they refused to change their ways."

The clarification statement included a picture of Van Gogh's body after a stranger killed him "for making a film that was perceived to have insulted Islam." Even if they were not making a direct threat, their statement posted on radical Islamist websites could inspire others to act. "[B]y issuing that statement, they certainly knew that violence was likely to be incited by it anyway."

Hooray!

Hat Tip: Fred.

Related:
New York Islamists: Congratulations to Sheikh Osama bin Laden on His Martyrdom!
Did Jesse Morton Younes Abdullah Muhammad rat out his Revolution Muslim friends to the Feds?
American Based Jihad Magazine Analyzed.
Younus Abdullah Muhammad and Joey Start New Job.
Revolution Muslim's Younus Abdullah Mohammed: Jihad Janes Arrest Unjust.
Sammy and Joey Release Jihad Recollections #2.
Where's Younis (Jesse Morton) Abdullah Mohamed?
The Cyber Jihad in English.
NY Muslims: I Love Osama bin Laden & I'm Friends with Terrorists
From From Blogger to Terrorist: Documenting Zach Chesser's Online Jihad Activities

Update: We're not sure of the status of Younis, if he's been booked on this particular charge yet or not.

May 06, 2011

James Brandon, from the Quilliam Foundation, sums up what a lot of us have been thinking for some time now: Yemen is now the hub of international jihadism aimed at targets in the West:

In recent years, from its bases in Yemen AQAP has carried out some of the most audacious attempted terrorist attacks against the west, ranging from Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner in 2009 to a 2010 effort to smuggle explosives onto cargo planes.

Although these attacks were unsuccessful, they were as close as al-Qaeda has come to staging a major terrorist attack in the West for years. Where other branches of Al-Qaeda-- such as those in Iraq or in North Africa struggled -- the Yemeni branch appeared to be achieving real results....

The Yemen-based group had also co-opted Anwar al-Awlaki, a US-born cleric who is probably the world's most articulate English-speaking extremist preacher....

AQAP has also recruited another American Muslim, Samir Khan, who has helped the group to produce 'Inspire', a slick English-language online newspaper that aims to incite Muslims in the West to carry out acts of terrorism.

Zawahiri and the al Qaeda core may continue their grand dreams of a second large scale 9/11 type attack, but such an attack is much harder to pull off -- especially now. But the lone gunman style attack, as envisioned by AQAP, that is hard to prevent.

May 05, 2011

Sammy's Inspire Mag nets results!!

AN al-Qaeda warlord outlined a plan to blitz Britain in an email sent to an undercover Sun investigator.

Yemen-based Anwar al-Awlaki - tipped as Osama Bin Laden's successor - urged a Mumbai-style massacre after being duped by a Sun sting.

Security services were last night studying our dossier on his drive to recruit fanatics in the UK over the internet.

He said in an email: "The options that you have for operations could be pipe bombs, assassinations or using a firearm at a location crowded with enemies."

The last suggestion is a clear reference to the Mumbai massacre in which 164 people were killed when terrorist gunmen went on the rampage in the Indian city in 2008.

The Sun contacted warlord Awlaki - widely tipped to become al-Qaeda's global leader following the killing of Osama Bin Laden - in an email sting.

It confirmed the threat he poses to innocent British citizens. It showed the ease with which a determined extremist can link up with him.

And it provided a grim insight into how al-Qaeda can recruit disciples through the internet.[More]

As I said before, watch your six Samir Khan/Awlaki, watch your six..

UPDATE by Rusty: Given that the reply comes from "Your Brothers at al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula" and not "Sheikh Anwar", my guess would be that it was either Samir Khan who wrote the note or some other person with AQAP with English as a first language.

Related:
Email a Terrorist: Totally Ruin AQAP's Day Edition[Sun UK did just that..lol]
AQAP Urges US Sympathizers to Attack Malls, Nightclubs [UPDATE/BUMPED]

Al-Qaeda member Khalid Hathal Abdullah Al-Atifi Al-Qahtani, number 13 on a list of Saudi Arabians wanted abroad, turned himself in to Saudi authorities, a Ministry of Interior spokesperson told Al Arabiya.

The spokesperson, Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki told the Saudi Press Agency “Al-Qahtani contacted security agencies expressing his desire to return to the Kingdom and surrender himself to authorities.”

He is thought to be the first operative to turn himself in after the killing of Osama Bin Laden by US Special Forces on Sunday in Pakistan.

May 02, 2011

Rusty sends along this piece from Laura Mansfield entitled In the end, the messages were Bin Laden’s undoing...

Since the early days after 2001, Al Qaeda leadership has been playing a game of cat and mouse with American forces. Each time a video or audio message was released, analysts examined every frame in the footage carefully, and analyzed the background, the sounds, the foliage, and anything else that might provide a clue as to the location of Bin Laden and his leadership core.

Every time news broke about some piece of information gleaned from the messages – for example, the type of plant, or the call of a specific bird heard in the background – Al Qaeda responded in the next video by eliminating these tidbits of information.

For example, in the now-famous 2003-video, Bin Laden and Zawahiri were shown walking through the mountains of Afghanistan.

As the hunt for Bin Laden intensified, Bin Laden’s videos became less and less frequent. When Bin Laden did release a message, in most cases it was a still image from an older video, with the audio played in the background.

Open source media is reporting that the trail for Bin Laden heated up around eight months ago, when a trusted Al Qaeda courier was tracked to the compound where Bin Laden was eventually found.

When you overlay this timeline with the message release timeline, it become apparent that the early October 2010 duo of messages from Bin Laden calling the world to task about their response to the floods in Pakistan were the terror leader’s undoing.

Nine months ago, there was massive flooding in Abbottabad, as can be seen in these YouTube videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doUXWLV7HG8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roBNf98WRDg

Bin Laden must have been impacted by the flooding, and was inspired to release those two messages. The audios were likely taped in the Abbottabad compound in August , sent out by courier to the video makers who merged the audio with video, moved probably by a different courier to the video distribution team, and then released to the world on October 1 and 2, 2010. Historically, there has been a lag of three to five weeks from an event referenced in a Bin Laden message and the actual release of the message.

It appears from what has been released in the media that the courier who ferried this audio back for production and then distribution was the one who was tracked to the compound.

This time period corresponds nicely with the reduced number of messages from bin-Laden and al-Zawahiri afterward. Obviously they were concerned.... Its very likely that the courier was identified during the release process of one of these productions.

That said, its sill obviously not all that easy as Zawahiri has done several messages and has not bit the big one......yet.... I expected this at the time but then it never happened so I kind of stopped expecting it.

As Rusty says to as-Sahab all the time. Keep using the internet, its your best hope.

Of course if anyone at as-Sahab can be blamed, we think it should be Azzam al-Ameriki. You know that Adam Gadahn is obviously a spy....

May 01, 2011

Something important appears about to be breaking.

Stand by...

Update: Osama Bin-Laden is Dead!!!!!

President Obama will give a statement in a few minutes.

Hooray!

Update II: Sources say we are in possession of his body and his identity is confirmed.

Live CNN Feed here.

Update by Vinnie: Reports have him being killed in a mansion outside Islamabad. Waiting to confirm.

Multiple news outlets reporting that this was a ground operation and that Bin Laden was taken out by a sniper.

UPDATE by SH: In Obama's speech, he stated U.S. special forces[UPDATE: Navy Seals...F*ck Yeah!] took out OBL, after firefight. Hence, the reason we have his body.

A tribute to our finest and bravest who carried out this operation, God Bless You!!

Updated again by Howie: Great news. He was shot in the head by a Navy Seal.

Update (AP): Maybe it wasn’t a drone strike after all:

CBS: Osama was “shot in the head.”

UPDATE: Reports state one of OBL's sons was also killed.............AND a female human shield. How very cowardly of alQaeda..use a woman...pussies!

UPDATE again by SH: Reports state OBL has been buried at sea...

Sux al-Qaeda members and supporters can't go to a designated burial ground for OBL......NOT Swim in the fecking sea and find him somewhere if you want to mourn...just sayin..

Watch out for sharks and stuff...

Update by Matt Damon: THE HUNT ENDED TODAY!

Update by Jane: First vid of compound here, computers recovered.

Update: Video of the outside.

Yay!

Dag nabbit the Dead Osama image wasn't "real". Shucks.....

April 20, 2011

Lost their journalists

lulz:

Another journalist in need of snuffing:

Before Samir Khan (aka Inshallahshaheed) left for Yemen he had another magazine series:

April 19, 2011

5....4.....3......2

Speaking of al-Qaida: Irhabi007- the object of hero worship by Indonesian jihadis

April 13, 2011

I really like this woman. She "gets it" especially since Samir Khan (aka Inshallahshaheed) came from her district.

Charlotte Observer

WASHINGTON U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick will hold her first hearing today as an Intelligence subcommittee chairwoman under the new, Republican-controlled Congress.

The hearing on the Muslim Brotherhood comes now because of the political uprisings in Egypt and its neighbors this winter.

But witnesses probably will address Myrick's concerns about what effects the Muslim Brotherhood could have not only in Egypt, but also the rest of the Middle East, and even in the United States.

Myrick, a Charlotte Republican, has long warned that U.S. national security forces should focus more energy on homegrown terrorism, including Islamic extremism and whether terrorist groups could recruit young people through American mosques.

Others question whether the Muslim Brotherhood is responsible for radicalizing youth and caution against Congress' probing activities protected by the First Amendment.

Myrick routinely cites the hometown example of Samir Khan[aka Inshallahashaheed..ed], a onetime Charlotte resident who once edited an extremist website from the basement of his parents' home. Khan now is thought to be operating from Yemen.

Racist/fearmonger comments on the article:

Islam/Muslim is not a race but that doesn't stop people from using the race card.

Video and more below fold

From her YouTube channel[Feb 11]

Via her gov website: More on CAIR

Via Tell the Children the Truth:

March 30, 2011

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's new English language magazine urges Muslims in the West sympathetic to their cause to stay at home and attack soft targets such as shopping malls and nightclubs. The magazine also urges those thinking of committing acts of terrorism to do it alone and not try to hook up with others who share their sympathies.

Isn't it a bit hypocritical for Samir Khan, the North Carolina man who publishes AQAP's online magazine, to urge would-be terrorists in the West to forget about coming to Yemen or Pakistan?

After all, Samir had five years of openly supporting al Qaeda from his mom's basement. Instead of picking up a gun and killing a few of his neighbors, the little prick got on an airplane and headed to Yemen. Even in Yemen he's not picking up a rifle, only a computer keyboard.

So one wonders why he bothered leaving his mommy's basement if he wasn't going to actual fight? Wouldn't it be much easier for him to publish al Qaeda's English language magazine from home? You know, he could write Death to America and then shout upstairs for his mom to make me a cheese sammich!

But Samir, like all al Qaeda leaders with inflated egos, thinks he's too important to do the actual dying himself.

From Inspire #5's Q&A with readers:

Question:
As-Salâm ‘Alaykum. I live in the West and greatly desire hijrah to the lands of jihad such as Afghanistan or Yemen. I have the money ready and have an idea of where to go...

RESPONSE: ..... What we recommend is that you focus on planning out attacks in the West .... Similarly, the mujahidin leadership are today asking the brothers in the West specifically to attack Western interests in the West instead of coming here to Yemen for example. ...

The foreign brothers that join the mujahidin, many amongst them, conclude
that it would have been better for them to return to the West and launch operations. This is because killing 10 soldiers in America for example, is much more effective than killing 100 apostates in the Yemeni military.

With that said, based on your ability, you choose the target. Your pool of targets are large, so make sure to think of all of the available options. An example of something local, easy and effective is attacking an army recruiting center, nightclub, highway or busy shopping mall.

We'll probably either update this post or put up newer posts about the new issue of Inspire. It's fairly long and I haven't digested the whole thing yet. Samir admits to writing one of the articles and Anwar al-Awlaki another. Hopefully I'll have something to say about those. And Howie thinks the guy in the red in the above image is Samir. I'm not so sure.

Oh, and if you want to email Samir or Awlaki and maybe subscribe them to the online pork of the month club, Howie posted contact information here.

UPDATE: I'm just back in the office looking over the issue and I got to say this about Samir's article "The Egyptian" .... lame. Come on Sammy, is that all you've got?

Normally Sammy's writing style is revolutionary. That is, he sees himself as an agitator for violent and revolutionary behavior. But this? This casts Sammy as an Islamic scholar wooing the uninformed Egyptians to side with the cause of Islamism. The problem is that he's not a scholar and he comes off sounding like a whiny kid instead.

What kind of whiny kid? The kind that thinks he's ghetto.

Two thumbs down Abu Risaas. Two thumbs down.

For the best overall analysis see J.M. Berger's synopsis. The real emphasis of this edition being ongoing revolutions in the Arab world and how al Qaeda welcomes them and will use them to forward their long term goals.

Also see Brachman's take here and Aaron's here.

If you want to download a copy see Jihadology.