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New Al Qaeda Magazine: Bin Laden 'Confronted' SEALs in 'Fierce Battle' By LEE FERRAN July 19, 2011 A new edition of Al Qaeda's official magazine claims that Osama bin Laden fought back in a "vicious battle" with the U.S. Navy SEALs before his death in May. "He confronted them, his weapons against theirs with his, and his strength against theirs, and he accepted the challenge of those who came out with their fancy equipment, machinery, weapons, aircrafts and troops, all haughty and pompous," the magazine, Inspire, said in a eulogy for the al Qaeda leader. "His determination did not weaken...

SNIPPET: "Note: PWP stands for PassWord-Protected, meaning that a login is required to view - let alone participate in - discussions. Since some in the audience don't understand the significance of this, allow me to spell it out: if only members can read the forum, then anyone observed reading the forum is a member. They have zero deniability (they couldn't have accidentally "wandered into" the site), and they had to make the effort to join (an expression of intent). While the goal here is to present a range of sites, the fact is that the jihadis themselves have largely coalesced...

06 April 2010 "WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT THERE BEING A GENUINE AMERICAN AL-QAIDA MOVEMENT?[1]" SNIPPET: "They write in English and their websites have RSS feeds, that's what. Reduces our overhead, improves our cash flow - thanks guys!"

SNIPPET: "There are some good reasons for allowing at least a few jihadi forums to operate." SNIPPET: "However, there are limits to our ability to exploit all the intelligence opportunities a forum may present. To put it another way, jihadi forums contribute to future terrorism in ways that are unpredictable and/or beyond our ability to control. This would be the view held by those other government agencies who prefer to seek out and destroy forums and to take down forum activists. For my part, I can live with keeping online those forums we have sufficient access to monitor and resources...

Animated to inspire Christian Liven! The cat in this video is a Scottish breed! Cat Jimmy is singing, The Hem of His Garment.

Better examine your next cupcake: British intelligence agents hack al-Qaida's Inspire magazine and replace bombmaking instructions with cupcake recipe.

Note: Photo incuded. PHOTO CAPTION: "Police say these jeans were blown off Joseph Brice of Clarkston when a homemade explosive device he made went off Sunday." SNIPPET: "CLARKSTON - A Clarkston man was in critical condition Monday at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane after an explosion Sunday afternoon. Police said 20-year-old Joseph Brice was experimenting with explosives about a mile west of Red Wolf Bridge when his homemade bomb exploded prematurely."

The terror outfit al Qaeda's English-language magazine 'Inspire' has described Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi as a "lunatic" and "false leader". The spring issue of the magazine, extracts of which are available online, has a cover story called "The Tsunami of Change" written by firebrand Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. "The unfolding revolution has brought with it a wave of change," says the cover.

From the Spring, 2011 edition of Inspire, al Qaeda's English language magazine. Entire issue at the link E-mailed Question: As-Salam ‘Alaykum. I live in the Westand 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. The problem is that I don’t have any contactto meet the mujahidin. What do you recommend that I do? Jazakamullahu Khayran, Anonymous Inquirer E-MAILED RESPONSE: Wa ‘Alaykum as-Salâm, we hope and pray that Allah opens for you a way to the gate of shahâda’. Âmîn. Your situation describes...

Much to the dismay of anti-terrorism agents and peace-loving human beings, al-Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula's controversial English-language magazine Inspire is still going strong. The latest installment of the Yemen-based terrorist mag, described in the Los Angeles Times as "the Vanity Fair of jihadi publications," and designed, as the Wall Street Journal wrote, to appeal to radicalized "American Muslims who grew up on glossy magazines like Details and GQ," was published on Tuesday. The cover (seen at right) conceptualizes the deadly tsunami that recently ravaged Japan as a metaphor for the "unfolding revolution" that is sweeping the Middle East. Also...

The second edition of an online al Qaeda magazine has surfaced with frank essays, creatively designed imagery and ominous terror tips such as using a pickup truck as a weapon and shooting up a crowded restaurant in Washington. The magazine is called "Inspire" and intelligence officials believe that an American citizen named Samir Khan now living in Yemen, is the driving force behind the publication. The latest edition was published on the 10th anniversary of the suicide attack on the USS Cole -- struck as it refueled in Aden, Yemen. The first edition came out in July. An article entitled...

SNIPPET - quote: October 11, 2010 North Carolina Muslim Admits Working with al Qaeda: "Proud to be an American Traitor" [Full text] ****Jawa Report Exclusive**** I think we can quit with the speculation about where he went and why Update by Rusty: The full text of Khan's story can be found at the end of this post. (Excerpt) Read more at mypetjawa.mu.nu ...

Photo: http://media.npr.org/assets/news/2010/10/07/terror01.jpg?t=1286576500 Photo caption: "Adnan Shukrijumah (clockwise from left), Anwar al-Awlaki, Yousef al-Khattab and Samir Khan." SNIPPET: "The list of American terrorists is growing, and they are coming from the unlikeliest of places: Miramar, Fla.; Charlotte, N.C.; Brooklyn; Albuquerque; and Winchester, Calif." SNIPPET: "One, Adnan Shukrijumah, was born in Saudi Arabia, reared in Trinidad and came of age in Florida. He is now considered one of Osama bin Laden’s top lieutenants. Samir Khan is a North Carolina man thought to have edited and created a new English-language magazine for al-Qaida’s arm in Yemen. Yousef al-Khattab was the founder of Revolution...

SNIPPET: "A jihadist blogger accused of running an online how-to guide for Al Qaeda could be charged with terrorism very soon, sources say. A federal grand jury has started reviewing evidence against Samir Khan..." SNIPPET: "The grand jury is now deliberating whether there is enough evidence to charge Khan with "material support to a terrorist organization and conspiracy to commit murder overseas," sources close to the case told NPR....

War On Terror: In three short years, Samir Khan went from blogging about jihad from his parents' North Carolina basement to editing al-Qaida's new online magazine in Yemen — all under the FBI radar. The 24-year-old Khan is now helping America's Enemy No. 1 recruit Muslims to kill fellow Americans as Webmaster of al-Qaida's splashy new propaganda organ, which provides instructions in English on how to "make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom."And the FBI and U.S. intelligence never saw it coming. The Khan case is the latest example of a disturbing trend in U.S. intelligence lapses involving...

OPINION: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/16/AR2010071604206.html “Americans must not be cowed by Muslim objections to cartoons” By Kathleen Parker Sunday, July 18, 2010 SNIPPET: “You may recall that Norris, once a relatively unknown Seattle cartoonist, was first threatened a few months ago by some bloggers on an obscure Web site, Revolution Muslim, for attempting to draw the prophet Muhammad. More recently, she has been named to an execution list on Inspire, a new online English-language al-Qaeda magazine, which aims to recruit American Muslims for jihad.”

AQ’s first issue of “Inspire” is on the streets. Here’s the link. The first thing I learned just grated me: Will these clowns pick a single spelling of whatever they want to call themselves? Now we have “al-Qa’idah” will some slash over the second “a.” It’s like that nutcase running Libya – one name, a dozen spellings. Aggravating.

NEW YORK – Al-Qaida is preparing to launch its first online propaganda newspaper in English, a move that could broaden the terror group's reach inside the U.S. Counterterrorism officials and terror analysts say the newspaper, called Inspire, will be run by al-Qaida's branch in Yemen. That's the same group that's linked to the failed Christmas Day bombing of a U.S.-bound airliner.

NOTE: The following SNIPPET is a quote: DON'T OPEN THAT FILE, MEMET! With much fanfare, al-Malahim, the media arm of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, announced the imminent release of — and then subsequently did release — what they claimed was the first official English-language al-Qaida magazine. It's called "Inspire" as in "Inspire the Believers" (as opposed to the Quranic edict to Incite the Believers. They did this with the full cooperation of the administrators of the al-Faloja forum in particular. Interestingly, the first couple of pages of the document appear perfectly normal. Then things get weird...

ARLINGTON, Va., April 13, 2010 – The goal of the inaugural Warrior Games, scheduled for May 11-14, is to build confidence and provide rehabilitation for disabled servicemembers and veterans, the commander of U.S. Army Warrior Transition Command said yesterday. “We want to inspire [disabled] soldiers to get out there and prove that there are a lot of things that they really can do,” Army Brig. Gen. Gary Cheek said in an interview with American Forces Press Service and the Pentagon Channel. “It sort of reinforces the notion that all the services have: [The Warrior Games] is about your abilities, not...