Thursday, August 14, 2008

What Is Al Qaeda Doing?


New Al Qaeda Manual Reflects Changing Face of Terror
-- From FOX News:


WASHINGTON — A newly discovered online Al Qaeda manual is giving intelligence officials new insight into how the group's leaders are training recruits to further move the organization from a centralized operation toward smaller global cells.

The manual, called “Method for Building the Personality of a Terrorist Mujahid” and written by an Islamist forum contributor nicknamed "Shamil al-Baghdadi," encourages militant followers to stop focusing on pulling off attacks on the scale of 9-11 and to start executing numerous smaller attacks.

It states that if for some reason the mission fails, the Jihadi must not abort, but instead carry on alone — as a one-man cell.

According to New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, it's a strategy of which domestic law enforcement agencies are well aware.

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More News On Al Qaeda

U.S. Analyst Depicts Al Qaeda as Secure in Pakistan and More Potent Than Last Year -- New York Times
Assessing the Fight against al Qaeda -- Counter Terrorism Blog
Al-Qaida positioned for attacks on West, intelligence officer says -- Baltimore Sun
US terror expert points to new al Qaeda leaders -- Calcutta News Net
FACTBOX: Major al Qaeda leaders killed or captured -- Reuters

My Comment: Al Qaeda and its supporters are busy planing, organizing, collecting money, dispersing money, gaining recruits, implementing attacks .... yup .... ask any soldier in Afghanistan and they will say the same thing ..... Al Qaeda is very busy.

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