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News, analysis and primary sources on extremism and national securityEXCLUSIVE: OMAR HAMMAMI REVEALS WHY SHABAB WANTS TO KILL HIM Full story by J.M. Berger at Foreign Policy PANEL: INFILTRATION AND SURVEILLANCEJ.M. Berger took part in a panel at the New America Foundation with Pulitzer Prize winners Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman of the Associated Press to discuss the effects and effectiveness of infiltration and surveillance tactics against homegrown extremists. Panel: Infiltration and surveillance For this event, J.M. Berger wrote a 30-page report on the FBI's infiltration of the white supremacist movement during the 1990s, which includes extensive detail on undercover operations and how Timothy McVeigh crossed the investigation's path. PATCON: Case study of an infiltration FROM INSPIRE TO ABBOTTABAD Osama bin Laden's letters and files released this week helped flesh out a picture of how Al Qaeda uses the Internet, while two new issues of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's English-language Inspire magazine were released. One of the issues was created prior to the September 2011 death of American Al Qaeda members Anwar Awlaki and Samir Khan. The other was produced after.
INTELWIRE ANALYSIS: The Abbottabad Documents INTELWIRE ANALYSIS: AQAP Vows Inspire Will Continue OKC BOMBING ANNIVERSARY   An FBI undercover program known as PATCON spent more than two years collecting intelligence on the Patriot movement, without producing a single conviction. Timothy McVeigh was in contact with members of the targeted groups at the time of the investigation, but those links escaped notice, even after the Oklahoma City bombing.
Full story by J.M. Berger at Foreign Policy PATCON will be examined in more detail in a forthcoming report by J.M. Berger for the New America Foundation, which looks at the double-edged sword of infiltration techniques and raises questions about how undercover agents and informants should be used in light of current controversies. AL QAEDA'S NEW YORK "SCARE" An Al Qaeda enthusiast posted a picture of New York City with the phrase "Al Qaeda: Coming Soon Again in New York" to the Ansar Al-Mujahideen Arabic forum, which is where terrorist trolls have been hanging out while their elite forums are offline. But you can table your alarm. Analysis by J.M. Berger | New York Times story citing INTELWIRE AMERICAN JIHADI OMAR HAMMAMI HIDES OUT WITH FRIEND AFTER RIFT WITH AL SHABAB Hammami appeared to be hiding out at the home of fellow American Shabab member Cabdulaahi Ahmed Faarax, according to an image analysis by INTELWIRE. Read more by J.M. Berger Previously: Unreleased audio shows Hammami trying to fill Awlaki's shoes THE BOY WHO CRIED 'LONE WOLF' Friday's arrest of a would-be suicide bomber in Washington, D.C. led to a fresh paroxysm of analysis in the media on the ominous threat of lone wolf terrorism on U.S. soil.
The problem is that Amine El-Khalifi wasn't alone. He was in contact with men he believed were part of Al Qaeda, and those men handed him a complete (but inert) suicide vest and an automatic weapon to carry out his attack. The fact those men were FBI undercover agents is beside the point. If someone claiming to work for Al Qaeda hands you a fully assembled bomb for your attack, you're not a lone wolf. Read more by J.M. Berger at Foreign Policy AL QAEDA'S YOUNG AMERICANS
Al Shabab supporters rally in Mogadishu to celebrate merger with Al Qaeda Hundreds of Somalis gathered on the outskirts of Mogadishu on Feb. 13 to celebrate the union of al Qaeda with its Somali cousin, the insurgent-terrorist group al-Shabab. But the mainstream media hasn't quite figured out what to make of the news, first announced last week, that the two groups had officially merged. Many reporters were already accustomed to thinking of them as the same group. Others grasped at straws to fit the news into the "al Qaeda is losing" narrative -- dominant ever since Osama bin Laden was killed last May. They might have done better with a simple headline: "Dozens of Americans Join al Qaeda." Read more by J.M. Berger at Foreign Policy INTERVIEW WITH AN ONLINE JIHADIST
Terrorist use of the Internet is a hot topic these days, but it's often discussed in very broad terms, as if the Internet itself is the story, rather than the people who use it. Abu Suleiman Al Nasser is the alias used by one of the self-professed cyber-jihadists who frequent online message boards used by Islamist terrorists and Al Qaeda sympathizers. He spoke with INTELWIRE about what he does and why.
Click here to read more Previously: Interview with controversial preacher Bilal Philips MONSTERS AND CHILDREN: HOW POLITICIANS TALK ABOUT MUSLIMS AND ISLAM The power centers in American politics, both left and right, have grown increasingly counterproductive in their attitudes toward Muslim Americans. On the right, Muslims are treated largely as monsters, a seething mass of people who do not share American values and could, at any moment, establish a Taliban-style theocracy right here in the United States. On the left, Muslims are treated as children who cannot be left to their own devices, who must be carefully tutored in proper behavior but not made to feel like they are singled out.
Read the story by J.M. Berger at Foreign Policy For more about homegrown violent extremism, check out J.M. Berger's new book, Jihad Joe: Americans Who Go to War in the Name of Islam, on sale everywhere. Labels: CVE, homegrown-terrorism
AWLAKI'S CONSTANTS: AN ENDURING WORK A U.S. drone killed Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi on Sept. 30, 2011, but his greatest contribution to Al Qaeda's cause lives on. Awlaki's six-hour audio lecture "Constants on the Path of Jihad" may be the single most influential work of jihadist incitement in the English language.
Awlaki's translation of "Constants" into English has become a classic of radicalization in the West, not just because of Awlaki's formidable language skills, but also his creative interpretation of the original text with expanded religious stories and real-life examples. Read the full article at the CTC Sentinel |
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Click here for more INTELWIRE Sourcebooks NEWS ALERTSJIHAD JOE Jihad Joe: Americans Who Go To War In The Name Of Islam, the new book by INTELWIRE's J.M. Berger, is now available in both Kindle and hardcover editions. Order today!
Jihad Joe is the first comprehensive history of the American jihadist movement, from 1979 through the present. Click here to read more about the critical acclaim Jihad Joe has earned so far, including from the New York Times, Publisher's Weekly, Redstate.com and more. EXCLUSIVES Documents: Sirhan Sirhan Claims Second Shooter, Hypno-Programming in RFK Assassination New York Pipe Bomb Suspect Linked to Revolution Muslim The Utility of Lone Wolves Interview with Online Jihadist Abu Suleiman Al Nasser A Way Forward for CVE: The Five Ds How Terrorists Use The Internet: Just Like You PATCON: The FBI's Secret War on the Militia Movement Interview About Jihad With Controversial Cleric Bilal Philips Forgeries on the Jihadist Forums U.S. Gave Millions To Charity Linked To Al Qaeda, Anwar Awlaki State Department Secretly Met With Followers of Blind Sheikh State Department Put 'Political Pressure' On FBI To Deport Brother-in-Law Of Osama Bin Laden In 1995 FBI Records Reveal Details Of Nixon-Era Racial Profiling Program Targeting Arabs Gaza Flotilla Official Was Foreign Fighter in Bosnia War U.S. Had 'High Confidence' Of UBL Attack In June 2001 Behind the Handshake: The Rumsfeld-Saddam Meeting |
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