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“Guess Who’s Back, Back Again, Sami’s Back, With Some Friends”

SNIPPET: “1. Samir Khan is back with his “Ignored Puzzle Pieces of Knowledge” website

2. His fly-by-night jihadist media operation, Al-Fursan Media, just released ‘Jihad Recollections’ – Issue 3

I urge our national-level leaders to think very hard about this magazine. It has become more than a free-speech issue – it is a national-security issue. This is the most advanced English-language jihadist publication currently in production. The authors know the movement as well or better than any government counterterrorism analyst. They are using this magazine not just to share thoughts but to actively steer and guide English-speaking Jihobbyists who do not have the kinds of local resources or teachers down the right path. This journal is designed to fulfill Abu Musab al-Suri’s call for global resistance through individual terrorism that is grounded in self-styled education made possible by educational materials. In other words, these magazine are a curricula for would-be Jihadis – it’s a course of instruction for Jihobbyists.

What I’ve found is that they are highly nuanced about the Al-Qaida personalities, internal discussions, emerging trends, ideological points of vulnerability, core doctrines, needs of the movement, etc.. That means that they are getting more bang for their proverbial buck with every al-Qaida release that comes out. A few years ago, the English-language jihobbyist movement was sloppy – unable to discriminate about the high-brow stuff versus the snuff. Now, thanks to publications like this, the English-language jihobby movement is directly tracking with (albeit a few weeks behind) the Arabic jihadi world.

Here’s my conclusion: the USG can not allow this kind of growth in jihadi sophistication to continue unabated in the United States. This is incitement of terrorism, no matter how many exculpatory qualifications they load up in their websites. It is a call to Americans, Canadians, Brits, Aussies and others not just to be smarter about al-Qaida, but to find new ways to BE AL-QAIDA.”

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http://jarretbrachman.net/?p=894

“Dear Usman,”

SNIPPET: “Readers, I received the following comment from a jihobbyist using the penname, “Usman dan Fodio” (a Californian’s nod to the founder of the Sokoto Caliphate in what is now Northern Nigeria) . He wrote me:

You surprise me with your U turns.
R u people paid to do that?
Two months back you were having a big smirk about Abu Abdullah as Sayf ‘doing stuff from his mom’s basement’ ,then you ventured into Tshirt selling to compete with him(watch your desperation)
,now you are clamouring about Samir’s return.
You tried to make ‘jihobbyists’ butt of all jokes,but they keep coming back,and u get desperate,wondering internet haganah and jawa report are enough or not to knock out these ‘jihobbyists’.
U kno wat is your problem?
Everything you ,the enemies of Islam do,is TOO LITTLE.

‘THEY WERE PLOTTING,BUT ALLAH TOO WAS PLOTTING.AND ALLAH IS THE BEST OF THE PLOTTERS.’

To answer him:”

SNIPPET: “6. Internet Haganah and Jawa Report are doing important work to monitor, track and shut down jihadist websites.

7. I am not an enemy of Islam. You are. Al-Qaida is. Your whole movement is. You are waging an insurgency against Islam from the inside-out. Like every deviant sect that has emerged throughout Islamic history, your ideology will run its course and you will collapse upon your own internal bankruptcy. I’m just trying to expedite your demise and mitigate the damage that you’re able to cause as you and your ilk try in vain to save your unredeemable souls from the fires of hell. Remember Allah…”