Jihad Recollections / Issue 1

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http://counterterrorismblog.org/2009/05/nefa_foundation_report_shabaab.php
“NEFA Foundation Report: “Shabaab al-Mujahideen - Migration and Jihad in the Horn of Africa.””
By Evan Kohlmann
(May 5, 2009)

http://www.nefafoundation.org/reports.html#shabaab0509

http://www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/FeaturedDocs/nefashabaabreport0509.pdf

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Blog:

Click on the link to read the whole blog entry and view graphics.

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/197542.php

May 05, 2009

“Shabaab’s al Qaeda and GIMF Connections”

SNIPPET: “NEFA’s “Shabaab al-Mujahideen: Migration and Jihad in the Horn of Africa” [PDF] is destined to be an invaluable resource in the hands of counter-terror analysts. If you don’t have a copy and you are a serious researcher then you need to get it.

I would especially point out the chapters outlining the connections of Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, Osama bin Laden, and the Black Hawk Down incident which al Qaeda claims responsibility (although the point remains controversial just to how deep their involvement was). As we’ve pointed out in recent weeks, Aweys — designated a foreign terrorist by the U.S. State Department — is now a leading figure in the State Department backed government. Troubling, no?

Also, the chapter showing the al-Shabaab propaganda strategy is informative. As it happens, the report quotes Samir Khan’s (quoted as “inshallahshaheed”) reaction to the loss of several Shabaab websites. You’re welcome.

The report further notes that Shabaab has designated the European based Global Islamc Media Front (GIMF) as their official media outlet. GIMF today is to Shabaab what al-Furqan was to the Islamic State of Iraq or what as-Sahab is to al Qaeda in Asia.

Samir Khan. GIMF. Why do those two things seem to have a common thread in my mind? Oh, yeah.”

Blog:

http://www.makingsenseofjihad.com/jihad_media/

http://www.makingsenseofjihad.com/2009/05/feel-the-love.html

“Feel the Love”

SNIPPET: “The Pest excitedly posted this earlier today. It’s a GIMF translation of an article/whatever by that most prolific of online jihadi “sheikhs,” Atiatallah. According to the ansarnet.info forum post, it’s a translation of an Arabic post/article from November 2008. The “sheikh” supposedly died a few years ago in Iraq, but that apparently hasn’t stopped him from posting to jihadi forums.

The following text comes from the first page of the translation, and crystalizes the global Salafist-Jihadist image (caricature, actually) of their mortal enemy, ie. the United States:”

Off Topic, but interesting.

Quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2247748/posts

GIMF Urges Islamists to Post Al-Sahab Films on German-Speaking Forums
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ^ | Posted May 6, 2009 | n/a
Posted on May 9, 2009 3:25:24 PM PDT by Cindy

GIMF Urges Islamists to Post Al-Sahab Films on German-Speaking Forums

The Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF) has announced a campaign for posting German…

(Excerpt) Read more at thememriblog.org ...

http://www.affaritaliani.it/politica/usa-obama-terrorismo-al-qaeda110509.html

POLITICA
“Gli Stati Uniti sono arrivati alla fine!”
Lunedí 11.05.2009 08:36

SNIPPET: “Un cattivo scherzo? No, si tratta della nuova rivista di Al Qaeda che ha già messo il panico addosso a milioni di statunitensi. Il noto esperto di terrorismo, Steve Emerson, autore del libro “The terrorist living among us” (I terroristi che vivono tra di noi) ha affermato che la rivista è proposta non per gli inglesi, non per i tedeschi ma esclusivamente per gli statunitensi. Lo scopo? Convertire gli americani all’islamismo.

Si tratta di una rivista ‘patinata’ che è stata definita il “Vanity Fair” di Al Qaeda. Si scopre così che gli uomini di Al Qaeda sono anche ottimi giornalisti. E così la feroce macchina propagandistica dell’Islam è entrata nelle case americane di prepotenza, ma con stile. Un altro esperto di terrorismo, Jarret Brachman, aumenta la dose dicendo: “I giornalisti di Al Qaeda conoscono il mestiere e i lettori americani rimangono come imbambolati dinnanzi allo sgargiante lavoro giornalistico certamente superiore, più incisivo di quello inglese”.”

“Jihad Recollections” è pubblicato dalla “Al Farsan Media Foundation”, ma inutili sono state le ricerche per rintracciare la fondazione.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2252446/posts

Jihad Recollections - Issue #2 [PROPAGANDA]
Scribd.com ^ | Al-Fursan Media Productions
Posted on May 16, 2009 5:55:24 PM PDT by Cindy

“Jihad Recollections - Issue # 2 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Ever Merciful Al-Fursan Media Productions Presents Jihad Recollections / Issue no. 2

SNIPPET: “[ Obamaturk: The Secular Phenomenon ]”

SNIPPET: “Your brothers in Al-Fursan Media Productions May 2009 / Jumada al-Awwal 1430H”

SNIPPET: “73 Pages

DATE ADDED

05/16/2009”

DOCUMENT DETAILS - QUOTE:

http://www.scribd.com/docinfo/15508071?access_key=key-p4jtwgkqbgc51b1xpos

SNIPPET: “Document Details for Jihad Recollections - Issue # 2 Metadata Title Jihad Recollections - Issue # 2 Description In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Ever Merciful Al-Fursan Media Productions Presents Jihad Recollections / Issue no. 2 [ Obamaturk: The Secular Phenomenon ] {And the honor belongs to Allah, His Messenger and the Believers, but the Hypocrites know not} 63:8 Do not forget us in your sincere Du’a Your brothers in Al-Fursan Media Productions May 2009 / Jumada al-Awwal 1430H”

SNIPPET: “Categories Magazines & Newspapers Type Upload Date Sat May 16 11:25:16 -0500 2009 Filetype .pdf Language English Copyright Audio Not Available Beginning of Text Jihad Recollections | May 2009 1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, The Ever Merciful A ll the praises and thanks belong to Allah alone. Our first issue has received a lot of attention from both the jihadi community as well as the non-jihadi’s including some prominent academics. The fruits are much more than what we expected, and we repeat that the deserving praise is to Allah alone.... (more)”

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Al-Fursan Media:: Jihad Recollections issue no. 2 - “Obamaturk: The Secular Phenomenon” May 16, 2009

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4 posted on May 16, 2009 6:04:30 PM PDT by Cindy

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Al-Fursan Media: Jihad Recollections no. 2 - “Obamaturk: The Secular Phenomenon”

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ummahmedia.wordpress.com/2009/05/16/522/

Jihad Recollections no. 2 – “Obamaturk: The Secular Phenomenon”
May 16, 2009 by ummahmedia

9 posted on May 17, 2009 2:17:08 AM PDT by Cindy

Blog:

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/197651.php

May 17, 2009

“Sammy and Joey Release Jihad Recollections #2”

SNIPPET: “Update: More analysis from Laura Mansfield who points out this quote from a section on how the al-Qaeda supporter should treat new recruits AKA reverts.

Now, I know the disbelieving media outlets will look at this list and make up some childish statement such as, ‘Jihadists devise strategic list to make converts into terrorists’. My advice to them is: if you have a problem with Jihad, then you have a problem with our religion. Jihad is not just a strategic means to a greater political goal for us, but it is also an act of worship which Allah loves and sanctions.

Call us terrorists or fanatics; we don’t care because this is our religion and we are proud to be on the side of the virtuous”

Quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2252446/posts?page=13#13

Blog:

jarretbrachman.net/jrecollections2.pdf

jarretbrachman.net/?p=571

JIHAD RECOLLECTIONS 2 OUT NOW

“Al-Fursan did it again. Jihad Recollections: Part Deux, in all 61 MB, is available for download now…. HERE”

SNIPPET: “I never made it past posting on page 6 or so of the first one - to be honest, I just got bored.

I also got side-tracked with taking on one of the author’s and his friend in a debate.

Lucky me, Abu Abdullah as-Sayf makes his second appearance in this edition, so hopefully I’ll have more unkind things to say about his writing. “

13 posted on May 19, 2009 10:52:59 AM PDT by Cindy

QUOTE:

http://milnewsca.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/pro-taliban-propaganda-blog-offline/

20 MAY 09...4:33
Pro-Taliban Propaganda Blog Offline
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The Ignored Puzzle Pieces of Knowledge, the pro-Taliban terrorist blog that brought you such helpful posts on issues such as how to build a nicer jihadi blog, has been offline since early Tuesday (19 May 09). It doesn’t seem to be available via archive.org, either.

It appears, though that the other parts of the thabaat.net Group – a main home page, an online English-language forum posting all kinds of jihadi pronouncements and comment, and a parallel forum in Dutch – are still working.

A quick WHOIS search indicates the domain is registered in Belgium, but hosted in Russia.

Quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2252446/posts?page=14#14

Blog:

http://jarretbrachman.net/?p=587

“CT Investigative Insights from “Savvy Irhabi””

SNIPPET: “Traditionally, we think of the’ jihadi ego’ as being bad for us. Its the brazen arrogance of Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, for instance, that led him to think of ramming commercial jets into our buildings. It’s the unbridled cockiness of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi that helped him believe that his ragtag band of thugs could seize control of a country. These men may or may not accomplish their extravagant objectives, but they sure raise hell in the process of living out their Hitlerian fantasies of grandeur.

In the case of Jihadi Recollections 2, however, the ‘jihadi ego’ is actually quite helpful. I tend to view this kind of writing, particularly from Western jihadis, in two ways. First, I take it at face-value. These guys are really trying to “instill” an “intellectual culture” among the jihadi community. And it’s the best initiative that I’ve seen in English to date. They know the right guys to discuss, they get how to leverage us against ourselves. There is no doubt that they’ve been keenly studying As-Sahab over the past four years and are now feeling their jihadi legs, so to speak.

Second, I see mags like Jihadi Recollections 2 as an existentially cathartic activity - one that helps them justify themselves and one another. Western jihadis tend to have a compulsive need to document their trans-epistemological journey and prove to some abstract ‘other’ that they are authentic ‘Muslims.’ (It’s probably because they know on some Freudian subconcious level just how deviant they are being). It’s a fascinating process to observe however, (Daniel Maldanado’s blog, Adam Gadahn’s biographical letter about his conversion, the Toronto boyz’s online poetry, Badr al-Harbi/Nasr al-Dawsari’s thousands of online postings, etc..) The problem for them, however, is that this need to incessantly profess their brilliance is inherently subversive to their goals, that is if we simply listened and used it against them.

I’ll demonstrate with an article published in JR2 by “Savvy Irhabi” (irhabi meaning terrorist) - Savvy Irhabi writes an article on global media jihad that tries to distill the various ‘lessons learned’ and ‘protocols’ floating around the jihadist web world about ‘the jihadi media enterprise.’ In the process of strutting his jihadi stuff for all his friends to see, Savvy sheds some important light on how al-Qaida supporters in the West interact with al-Qaida media. In my thinking, these are great investigative insights for law enforcement on what to look for in their CT cases.”

14 posted on May 20, 2009 2:43:54 PM PDT by Cindy

Blog:

http://occident.blogspot.com/2009/05/jihad-recollections-2-armchair-jihadi.html

FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2009
“Jihad Recollections #2: Armchair Jihadi Publishing “Chic” & ‘History’ that Never Was”

SNIPPET: “FROM THE SERIES OF RESEARCH NOTES FROM MY CURRENT PROJECT, “The Art of the Martyr & Mujahid,” (All Material Copyrighted) :

A few days later than originally promised, here is the first in a very brief series of analytical notes on select articles in the recently released second issue of the glossy English-language cyber journal Jihad Recollections. The journal is produced by a staff of U.S.-based, self-styled armchair jihadis (though they’re more like cheerleaders), whose self-promotion has more than a few hints of self-importance and delusions of grandeur. All joking aside, I do not mean to downplay the potential motivational influence that this, and other cyber journals, may have on mobilizing armchair “warriors” to become actual militants. However, having said this, the Jihad Recollections staff missed very simple copy editing mistakes, such as using “jihadi’s” (singular possessive) when they meant to use the non-possessive plural, “jihadis.” Since they seem to have the graphics and design under control (though JR will not be winning any design prizes any time soon), the mysterious “editors” may want to invest some resources in improving the copy editing.”

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Previously...

http://occident.blogspot.com/2009/05/second-issue-of-jihad-recollections.html

SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2009
“Second Issue of ‘Jihad Recollections’, English-language Jihadi Journal, Published Today”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4BItquziNI

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revolution.thabaat.net/?p=1268

Spy Factory: The NSA May 24, 2009

Posted by admin in : United States of Losers, Videos , trackback

It’s amazing how Allah gave so much power to the NSA, but didn’t give them enough power to tackle some of the al-Qaa’idah fighters that were in their own backyard, planning the invasion that would change the world forever.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3721457,00.html

“The Jihadist’s guide to the galaxy”

SNIPPET: “As online indoctrination spreads to the relatively untapped American market, we take closer look at the darker alleys of the Internet”

Niv Lillian, Nir Boms
Published: 05.25.09, 19:24 / Israel News

SNIPPET: “I see 16, 17-year-olds who have been indoctrinated on the Internet turn up on the battlefield,” says US Army Brigadier-General John Custer. And as head of intelligence for the US Central Command, he should know. “We capture them; we kill them every day in Iraq, in Afghanistan.”

But while the use of the Internet as a recruiting tool is old news in the Middle East, experts are now warning that jihadist websites aimed at young Americans have made the jump from amateurish to dangerously sophisticated.

As with any new product in an oversaturated market, the polished online publication aimed to tap into an overlooked niche. And from the worried reviews of terrorism experts, ‘Jihad Recollections’ may well have succeeded in doing just that.”

http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/006504.html

26 May 2009
“JARRET BRACHMAN VS. THE SAVVY JIHADI
Some thoughts:”

SNIPPET: “5. It amazes me that after all this time these guys still think that we are after the sites and not the people who run the sites. Achtung! We are not after your websites, we are after YOU.”

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Previously...

http://jarretbrachman.net/?p=587

“CT Investigative Insights from ‘Savvy Irhabi’”

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