ADDING ON TO POST NO. 6790
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1052084/posts "Al-Qaida offers do-it-yourself terror training"
world net daily ^ | 1/5/04
Posted on 01/05/2004 3:41:38 PM PST by knak
"Webzine says 'you too' can complete program in your own home"
Posted: January 5, 2004 5:00 p.m. Eastern
© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The global terrorist network al-Qaida has published a new Internet magazine providing Muslim youth the opportunity to be trained as holy warriors in the comfort of their own homes.
The first issue of the publication, called Al-Battar Training Camp, concludes with an emphasis on the virtual program's convenience.
"Oh Mujahid [holy warrior] brother, in order to join the great training camps you don't have to travel to other lands," the magazine states. "Alone, in your home or with a group of your brothers, you too can begin to execute the training program. You can all join the Al-Battar Training Camp."
The periodical's full title is Al-Battar Training Camp – A Magazine Published by the Military Committee of the Mujahideen in the Arabian Peninsula, reports the Middle East Media Research Institute in Washington, D.C., which provided a review of the magazine.
"Al-Battar," according to MEMRI, is an alias of Sheikh Yousef Al-Ayyiri, an al-Qaida leader in Saudi Arabia who was killed last year in a clash with Saudi security forces. Al-Ayyiri also was a personal bodyguard to Osama bin Laden.
An editorial signed by Abu Thabit Al-Najdi says the periodical "is given as a gift to the youth of Islam whose hearts burn in support of the religion by means of jihad for the sake of Allah."
The magazine's introduction further explains its purpose:
"Because many of Islam's young people do not yet know how to bear arms, not to mention use them, and because the agents of the Cross [Western nations] are hobbling the Muslims and preventing them from planning [jihad] for the sake of Allah – your brothers the Mujahideen in the Arabian Peninsula have decided to publish this booklet to serve the Mujahid brother in his place of isolation, and he will do the exercises and act according to the military knowledge included within it. …"
The publication, declaring "these are times of jihad," says preparing for jihad "is a personal commandment that applies to every Muslim even when jihad [itself] is a commandment applying [only] to all Muslims as a community, and all the more so at this time, when [jihad] has become also a commandment applying to every Muslim personally with the aim of repelling the aggressive enemy who has invaded the Muslim land."
Another article, by Mu'aadh Mansour, is titled "The importance of military preparedness in sharia," or Islamic law."
Nifty! Not! The last line sounds like the threat a gang member gets if he tries to book