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July 12, 2010

“Is North Carolina’s Samir Khan Behind New al Qaeda Magazine? Quotes Yousef al-Khattab (Updated, BUMPED)”

SNIPPET: “***Bumped***Scroll down for newer posts***”

SNIPPET: “But it’s more than just the layout and the fact that Sammy aborted his al Fursan project and has, in fact, left blogging altogether. Both of the publications seem to have an affinity for Yousef al Khattab and the small circle of his friends at Revolution Muslim and The Islamic Thinkers Society of New York.

For instance, one section of the new magazine quotes Khattab, “I love Osama bin Laden”. Here’s the screenshot:

The same section has a quote about the Islamic Thinkers Society of New York, “They’ve got an anti-Western, anti-democratic, anti-US, pro-al Qaeda message.” Here’s the screenshot.

Khattab, Revolution Muslim, and the Islamic Thinkers Society are clearly on the radar screen of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Since Samir is familiar with all of them, the simplest explanation for this is that he and his pals at the now defunct “The Ignored Pieces Puzzles of Knowledge” blog are behind Inspire magazine.”

SNIPPET: “It’s almost as if “Tarbiya” and Samir are keeping in contact .....

Let me also remind readers that Samir’s blog continues to operate on the servers of The Ansar al Mujhadeen English Forum (AMEF). A website dedicated to Salafi jihadism (al Qaeda types) but run by a number of Americans. Khan’s blog is the only blog hosted by the forum.

And the akhis from the Revolution Muslim blog take notice of the magazine, and post a lengthy disclaimer that they don’t necessarily endorse its veiws. Right, we believe that....

Also, Khan was an open admirer of Anwar al-Awlaki for years. Which would explain how the two became so chummy, and why Samir suddenly went silent last year.

The major news, so far, seems to have been that the magazine threatens the founder of Everybody Draw Mohammad Day. Radical Muslims threaten “blasphemer”? Yawn.

But if an American is behind an official al Qaeda magazine, that seems like an even bigger story. Especially since that American has been on the radar screen for years and years.

By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at July 12, 2010 11:02 PM”