Al Qaeda Issues English-Language Magazine

[HuffingtonPost]

RIYADH, March 2 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda in the Arabian  Peninsula (AQAP), the Islamist movement's most active branch,  has released an English-language magazine advising would-be  militants on how to torch parked cars and cause traffic  accidents.                

The magazine, released on militant websites, also warns  France to pull back from Mali and lists 11 public figures in the  West, including author Salman Rushdie, who it says are "wanted  dead or alive for crimes against Islam".                

AQAP, based in the impoverished, lawless state of Yemen, has  previously plotted to bring down international airliners and is  seen by Western governments as a danger to oil-producing Gulf  states and major crude shipment routes.                

In a section entitled "open source jihad", the magazine  gives tips on how to set fire to parked cars, including advice  such as "don't get petrol on yourself", and suggests spilling  oil on road bends to cause crashes.                

An editorial in the magazine warned France to end its  military intervention in Mali, citing the U.S. experiences in  Afghanistan and Iraq, which it said made "them bite their  fingertips in regret".                

The magazine also called on militants to attack 11 public  figures in the West, including Rushdie, whose 1988 novel The  Satanic Verses was seen by many Muslims as blasphemous.                

Among others are Dutch politician Geert Wilders and  Canadian-Somalian activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali, both strong critics  of Islam, and U.S. pastor Terry Jones, who staged a public  burning of copies of the Koran.      (Reporting by Angus McDowall; editing by Andrew Roche)

Via: HuffingtonPost