I've been posting quite a bit lately about how out of control the home grown islamic terror situation is in America and just in time for the new year of 2011, some fleabag media publishing firm has come out with an electronic "how to" book on making homemade explosives. Now, some may say that this type of information has been available in many places but what is unique about this scenario, and most disturbing about it, is the fact that the publisher has links to al Qaeda and this electronic version is actually tailor-made for the budding jihadi.
From the article at MEMRI:
On December 29, 2010, the Al-Qaeda-affiliated media center Global Islamic Media Front and the Dar Al-Jabha publishing house electronically published an English-language book titled The Explosives Course. Links to download the book were posted on jihadi forums such as Shumukh Al-Islam and the Ansar Al-Mujahideen English forum, with jihadist sympathizers also posting links on Facebook.
In its introduction, the book states that it was compiled and written by students of Abu Khabab Al-Masri, the nom de guerre of Midhat Mursi Al-Sayid 'Umar, the Al-Qaeda chemistry and explosives expert who was killed in a drone attack in Pakistan in 2008. The book was approved for publication by Sheikh Ahmed Salim Sweidan, a senior Al-Qaeda operative killed in a 2009 drone attack in Pakistan.
The book is essentially a detailed, step-by-step guide to bomb manufacturing processes, replete with charts, illustrations, and diagrams. In the introduction, the authors state that their goal in writing the book was to provide: "(1) step by step guidance [in the] purification of common commercial chemicals – which are available in [local] markets and (2) the detailed practical observations/notes [of experts] in the preparation of these explosives." Regarding their target audience, the authors wrote: "This book is [intended] for brothers [i.e., fellow mujahideen] who have a sufficient understanding of the risks [involved] in this [i.e. the manufacture of homemade bombs] – both [of] the actual sensitive task of making explosives and of its security risks [i.e. the risk of being caught and imprisoned]. It is said that in explosives 'your first mistake is your last mistake' – and this is true for both situations."
So now, we have little al Qaeda inspired wannabe jihadis running around America with a manual that gives them proven methods of constructing the kind of weapons that will terrorize this country at any given moment.
I don't know about you but I haven't heard a peep from Janet Napolitano on what this means nor her statement that the perpetrators of this book are under investigation - oh hey, I forgot, her boss claims that America can easily absorb another terror attack.
But wait, does Barack Hussein Obama believe we can absorb 37 bombings occurring across American on the SAME DAY?
I hate to tell you folks but there will come a day, and it will be soon, that you will remember the days of 2002 thru 2007 when there were NO terror attacks in America....and that time will seem like it was a hundred years ago.
(Hat Tip: ORD)
Al-Qaeda-Affiliated Media Center Publishes English-Language Handbook on Making Homemade Explosives
On December 29, 2010, the Al-Qaeda-affiliated media center Global Islamic Media Front and the Dar Al-Jabha publishing house electronically published an English-language book titled The Explosives Course. Links to download the book were posted on jihadi forums such as Shumukh Al-Islam and the Ansar Al-Mujahideen English forum, with jihadist sympathizers also posting links on Facebook.
In its introduction, the book states that it was compiled and written by students of Abu Khabab Al-Masri, the nom de guerre of Midhat Mursi Al-Sayid 'Umar, the Al-Qaeda chemistry and explosives expert who was killed in a drone attack in Pakistan in 2008. The book was approved for publication by Sheikh Ahmed Salim Sweidan, a senior Al-Qaeda operative killed in a 2009 drone attack in Pakistan.
The book is essentially a detailed, step-by-step guide to bomb manufacturing processes, replete with charts, illustrations, and diagrams. In the introduction, the authors state that their goal in writing the book was to provide: "(1) step by step guidance [in the] purification of common commercial chemicals – which are available in [local] markets and (2) the detailed practical observations/notes [of experts] in the preparation of these explosives." Regarding their target audience, the authors wrote: "This book is [intended] for brothers [i.e., fellow mujahideen] who have a sufficient understanding of the risks [involved] in this [i.e. the manufacture of homemade bombs] – both [of] the actual sensitive task of making explosives and of its security risks [i.e. the risk of being caught and imprisoned]. It is said that in explosives 'your first mistake is your last mistake' – and this is true for both situations."
The authors add that anyone who is considering carrying out an operation using the book as a guide should first obtain religious approval from an Islamic scholar and should ensure that the operation will serve the general interests of the mujahideen: "Note: ...Any operation based on this book should be based upon [shari'a] approval and maslahah [interest] of the mujahideen."
The 102-page book is divided into three main sections:
1. Laboratory: This section deals with the logistics, safety precautions, and administrative procedures of working in the explosives laboratory.
2. Chemistry: This section is essentially a 12-page crash course in chemistry, covering basic topics such as the composition of atoms, the periodic table, etc.
3. Manufacturing.
The last section comprises the core of the book and is an extensive guide to the manufacture of homemade bombs. It contains explanations of the following topics: primary charges (including detonators and fuses), main charges, launching charges, and high temperature explosives (including burning, light, and smoke bombs). The introduction to this chapter lists the various types of explosives and explains the basic principle behind building a bomb.
The publication of such a book in English has important ramifications. First, it is another example of the use of the Internet to disseminate terrorist methods to individuals and cells throughout the world. More significantly, the publication of this book in English marks an escalation in Al-Qaeda's efforts to encourage jihadists living in Western countries to carry out attacks there, and to provide them with the know-how needed to do so. The recent suicide-attack attempt by Swedish citizen Taimour Abdulwahab Al-Abdaly in Stockholm[1] and the wave of arrests of suspected terrorists in Britain and the Netherlands are all evidence of the gravity of this threat.
1 comment:
Of course I downloaded my copy right away.
A) Know your enemy.
B) Be at least as well informed as he is.
C) Intersection of Amendment I and II.
D) Monkey curiosity.
I've had a long standing interest in explosives and pyrotechnics, and own a copy of Tenney L. Davis' Chemistry of Powder and Explosives.
Although I have little lab experience, I'd say that in comparison to Davis, this text should be titled A Course in Darwination.
Nevertheless, it seems to be on a higher level than some of the old hippie revolutionary texts I remember from my youth, and it's aimed at a much more committed audience. That's what frightens me about it: not the information, which is widely available in superior form, but that it appears to be part of a coordinated campaign to muster American based actors.
Mandatory snark: I do not see any references to the Will of Allah in the tutorials. (Except in a brief note concerning the use of sodium bicarb to help with acid spills and chemical burns.) "Science: it works, bitches," and even these medieval clots recognize it where it counts.
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