Terror Textbook: Step-By-Step Guide To Jihad

"Sky News has obtained a manual for terrorist training camps, not
yet published in Afghanistan, which gives an extraordinary insight into
the mind of the militant.


The manual is 150 pages long and has a glossy cover.

It is packed full of information for the terrorist with detailed
diagrams on how to build bombs, how to identify different weapons and
even the ethics of fighting jihad (holy war).
The author has an Iranian name and it is written in Pashto with excerpts from the Quran in Arabic.

There is a symbol on the back cover of two hands shaking. One is
American and one is Saudi Arabian - the symbol adopted by al Qaeda.



We are told by our contact that this is the text book used by al Qaeda,
the Taliban and Hizb-e-Islami and probably any number of other militant
groups believed to be training on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

It is certainly illegal and unlawful and extremely rare. I was told
I was the only person outside the close-knit terrorist publishing group
who had one.

It is a mine of information. There are 10 chapters which examine everything you would need to know about being a jihadi.

There are chapters on the ethics and rules of jihad, different kinds
of fighting, security and intelligence, tactics, maps of fighting and
weapons.
There are at least three chapters on making different bombs
including improvised explosive devices (IEDs), as the military calls
them - roadside bombs.

In this chapter, the author talks about the care taken when building an IED and how it is essential to use good batteries.

There is even a picture of an Energiser battery as an example of a good brand.

"Set yourself up some distance from the bomb," the author says.

"If you are in a built-up area, the remote control will work up to 1km away but a lot further in open spaces, up to 4km away."

The terrorist is told he has to punch in security numbers and a
password into the remote for it to work and that is it better to attack
slow-moving military vehicles, which are going over speed bumps or
inclines.

It is an astonishing insight and an indication of just how sophisticated and detailed the militant operation has become."


Cracking bit of advice that......

Nice cover too....I'm sure i covered one of me schoolbooks with that wallpaper in the 70's...

I guess they are not computer literate enough to know they can get all this and more on the net.

It may also be better in book form in a hole in the middle of the Afghan desert than trying get an Internet connection........




Especially if they decide go with Virgin Broadband...!

"Set yourself up some distance from the bomb," the author says.


Now that's what I call some good advice