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‘Al Qaeda Airlines Magazine’: The Most Disturbingly Clinical Guide to Jihad You’ll See

“Al Qaeda Airlines Magazine.” The name sounds like a bad joke from Saturday Night Live. You can almost imagine Seth Meyers dressed in a fake Jihadi uniform, sitting on a plane, reading the first issue, while a faux-Arab accented voice over makes terrible puns.

But as it turns out, this concept is no joke, and the real Al Qaeda Airlines Magazine is anything but funny. The magazine, which is published by online terrorist writer Abdallah Dhu Al-Bajadin and disseminated online as a PDF, is now on its second issue. And much as you might expect from a magazine published by terrorists for terrorists, its subject matter is confined entirely to maximizing the effectiveness of terrorism. Indeed, based on scans of the second issue obtained by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), the thing appears to be a serialized “how-to” guide for would-be mass murderers in the name of Islamic Jihad.

Unnerving Al Qaeda Airlines Magazine Functions as a How To For Jihadists on Tactics and Explosive Building

The disturbingly innocuous cover

According to MEMRI’s report on the magazine, the second issue is broken into two sections – one analyzing past Al Qaeda attacks as a learning exercise in avoiding mistakes, and the other functioning as a guide to making homemade explosives. Of the section analyzing past Al Qaeda attacks, MEMRI says this:

Dhu Al-Bajadin identifies two stages in Al-Qaeda’s attacks on Western targets since the 9/11 attacks: the first wave, he says, consisted of large-scale bombings such as the Bali, Madrid and London bombings, and other bombing attempts including that of shoe-bomber Richard Reid. The second wave consisted of bombing attempts carried out by AQAP since 2009.

Dhu Al-Bajadin provides a summary of each attack in both English and Arabic, accompanied by illustrations; photos of the Al-Qaeda attackers, cell members and scenes of the attacks; and every detail or diagram he was able to find about the attacks on Wikipedia or in press reports. He then goes on to list the merits of the methods used in each attack, such as the type of explosive used, the various tactics employed by cell members etc.

He also lists the mistakes made by the perpetrators of the attacks, as he sees them. For example, regarding Richard Reid’s attempt to bomb an aircraft using a shoe-bomb, Dhu Al-Bajadin discusses the use of a powerful explosive PETN (pentaerythritol trinitrate), and the innovative manner in which the explosives were concealed. He also notes Reid’s conspicuous attire and the fact that he had worn his shoes for a long period of time prior to boarding the aircraft he planned to bomb as aspects that led to the failure of his attack.

Unnerving Al Qaeda Airlines Magazine Functions as a How To For Jihadists on Tactics and Explosive Building

A photo of the London bombing used for illustrative purposes in the magazine

As you can see, this analysis is detached to the point of being clinical, almost as if teaching the reader to do something as mundane as unclogging a toilet, rather than cause the deaths of thousands. It is emblematic of a movement that clearly sees nothing whatsoever wrong with what it is doing, but that instead takes its moral rectitude for granted.

Things get more chilling still when you get to the section describing the process of making homemade explosives and toxins. To begin with, there are photos like the one below, showing how to make the explosive pentaerythritol trinitrate (PETN):

Unnerving Al Qaeda Airlines Magazine Functions as a How To For Jihadists on Tactics and Explosive BuildingAnd then this description of the section from MEMRI:

Dhu Al-Bajadin devotes much attention to the explosives used in each attack, describing their various merits and advantages. He devotes a large segment of the magazine to PETN, providing explanations about the explosive as well as a guide to manufacturing it, replete with diagrams, quantities and illustrations. The explanations are mostly in English, with some in Arabic.

Another “how to” section in the magazine provides a guide to producing acetone peroxide, copied out of an explosives-manufacturing manual written by Al-Qaeda explosives expert Abu Khabab Al-Masri.[2] This guide is likewise accompanied by illustrations and diagrams.

Again, note the owners’ manual style of this otherwise highly disturbing instructional section.

However, hard as it may seem to believe, there may be a bright side to this. If Al Qaeda’s means of publicizing chemical creation is through the publication of internet PDF “magazines” so easily downloaded that even think tanks can get ahold of them, this says nothing good about their concept of cybersecurity. Unfortunately, the danger of this kind of distribution is even more clear – having the recipes for explosives go viral can only end in those explosives being misused.

Comments (39)

  • Arshloch
    Posted on May 18, 2012 at 1:16pm

    No one can reason with a wild animal, so stop the PC operations and follow the only method of winning any war. Kill every feral beast and pay no attention to ‘collateral damage’. The ‘innocent civilian’ garbage does not wash. The local populace is the breeding stock for more terrorists; remove the breeding stock, along with the active animals, and the problem will be solved. Case in point, General Pershing’s solution in the spanish american war.

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  • docgreen
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 2:26pm

    @baddoggy
    Yep, see you don’t understand this is a global takeover. Islam! How many time have we heard muslim moderate schools teaching love? Then when they get into these schools, guess what their books teach? Hate and Jahad! http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/155610

    Toronto Islamic School Being Probed for Jihad Curriculum

    An Islamic school in Toronto is under police investigation for comparing Judaism to Nazism and teaching violent Jihad.

    Yes moderate until their plans reach a certain point. Then its transformation and into Sharia Law! Maybe you haven’t read enough, but they have plans for this! Its all set for Global takeover of islam.
    And yet we have people like yourself thinking, they’re peaceful. Honor killings? Oh thats right, the parents go to a moderate mosque. When you see them wearing the Hijab, thats parents teaching islamic hate! After that you find them teaching they’re kids with hate and Islam is the only way. Its all pre planned!….. Its the Trojan Horse.

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  • docgreen
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 2:16pm

    I never go a chance to put this in my blog. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/155610

    Toronto Islamic School Being Probed for Jihad Curriculum

    An Islamic school in Toronto is under police investigation for comparing Judaism to Nazism and teaching violent Jihad.

    Yep people start asking how close these schools are to ours and what they’re teaching! I love to hear people say these schools are just like others. If they Only had known the Terrorist Camp is next door. Please think about this, how many times have you heard this same thing about these schools teaching Hate and Jihad? Every Madrassa taeches the same thing, the proofs in the books. Hate and Jihad!………….

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  • docgreen
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 2:08pm

    I would love to hear from Blazers who say that we have moderate muslims! This story proves you wrong. Like I said, it all depends on where they’re at in their Conversion of the World to Islam. Yes not all muslims are radical. However depending on where their at in this plan, changes how they are. All muslim schools teach the same thing, another interesting point. How do American College Schools have mosques next door? Well, start with something called Chairing. Saudi Arabia pays millions for these mosques to be built close to the school. At the same time these schools accept the money. After the money, the mosque brings in instructors whom they claim is moderate and has the qualifications to teach. No questions asked; isn’t it funny this is how they spread islam, with out people realizing the true enemy just built a maddrassa next door? One that teaches hate, terrorism, Sharia, the trojan horse. Yep our University’s have been greedy taking money and installing Imams whom have Radical Terrorists Views. Moderate? People their moderate because they haven’t got to the stage of killing yet! Its all over our Campuses, and we’re more worried about money, and how much. And they just built a Terrorist Camp, next door! So when the bombings start who do you think they’ll go after? Our Youth? Yep, one more step to Jihad!

    http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/15561

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  • sjohn70037
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 12:50pm

    I’ll put this right next to my copy of muslim A$$wipe Review where you can read about which Koran passages are best for cleaning up after…

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  • Baja
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 9:07am

    Is Billy Ayers the editor?

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  • dadsrootbeer
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 8:58am

    Once again Obammy is proven right, “Islam is the religion of peace”.

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  • Ayla_me
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 8:33am

    Where is the nationalized condemnation by Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Clinton, or ANYONE??? So many people make fun, but I personally, am not laughing. Many, many will die because of this. It’s not funny, people!

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  • Athinkerinaseaoflibs
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 7:02am

    Wait Wait, But this is a peaceful religion–How could it be?

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  • Individualism
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 6:24am

    probably written by FBI or CIA for false flag attack.

    Report Post » Individualism  
  • possom
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 12:51am

    HAH obama finally got his own magazine!

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    • docgreen
      Posted on May 17, 2012 at 3:18am

      Well if they can have a magazine about explosives, I say we make one with cartoons of the prophet mahammad, burning the koran, and last turning their homelands into a glass parking lot! People we shouldn’t give this Satanic Cult any room in the US! We shouldn’t allow it, just like we wouldn’t let people print mein kampf! It should be outlawed by all nations! Just heard something on 700 club. There saying they’re worried about all the rich leaving! There has allready been run on Banks over there! OMG its coming! Also two stories that you need to be aware of.

      http://www.wnd.com/2012/05/will-obama-impose-martial-law/

      http://www.prophecyinthenews.com/
      Please watch the 16th’s video. You may find it interesting to know our military are over in Jordon right now called “Eager Lion” in Jordon. 19 different countries practicing for an Unconventional War! Any military know what this means? Is it Biological, Chemical, Nuclear? The only Country not invited to play war games, Israel! So the Middle East is about to go to War!…

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    • docgreen
      Posted on May 17, 2012 at 3:30am

      Their worried about all the Rich people leaving Greece, was what I meant to say! There’s been a run on banks with people trying to get their money out! It’s started, just sit back and watch obama’s New World Order rush in. Once one falls its going to be like dominoes; first Greece, Spain others in the EU and then start to watch larger countries!

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  • HorseCrazy
    Posted on May 17, 2012 at 12:37am

    seriously with all the hackers no one can hack these online magazines and put malicious destructive codes in them that stop the spread of this propoganda and dangerous material? really? step it up CIA

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  • Hrothgar
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 11:52pm

    I got a copy for my Kindle, I love it. It will make the Oprah book club for sure.

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  • zoro51
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 11:43pm

    murdering muslums they dont care whom yu are they will KILL you thier so called religion is MAN MADE CULT of hate n death th4ey will beat women rape them beat eldferly strap boms to you they dont care whom htey kill there IS no heave for MUSLUMS onlu HJELL thier so called false god allah is a stone idol NOT REAL.. MUSLUMS MURDER FACT N TRUTH

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  • weknewbetter
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:24pm

    I you really want to end the muslim threat, all we need to do is close our borders. Ban all muslims from entering our country. Remove all muslims living here, and send them back to what ever country they want. problem solved.

    to bad most of you are to weak will for the task.

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    • Uranium Wedge
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:37pm

      Jihad?
      More like JiGay.

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:42pm

      Seriously? You really want to throw out American Muslims too? You think all Muslims are from another country? You think all Muslims are bad? A lot of them here dont even follow the religion, they are just like Christians that dont go to Church. They sit around watching American Idol and playing with their iPhone…Yea…kick ‘em all out…That is just stupid.

      Profiling is fime. You can control people very well with it…But kicking everyone out? geeeeeeeeee

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    • therealconservative
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 11:19pm

      The post above Baddoggy, is from a PX Hero and tax dodger (liberal).

      Report Post » therealconservative  
    • NeoFan
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 11:37pm

      I find this magazine very Christaphobic.

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    • philipzhao
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 11:44pm

      A much better solution: make all Americans mulims and all muslims Americans !

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    • Hrothgar
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 11:57pm

      Send them a fruit basket and a Hallmark card. That should patch things up with those crazy Jihadists.

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    • TheEDGE
      Posted on May 17, 2012 at 12:17am

      Neofan- Yeah, there’s a lot of that going around now.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on May 17, 2012 at 12:19am

      Each… Enemy Within… and their Supporters & Defenders… are potential Terrorists!

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    • archangel265
      Posted on May 17, 2012 at 3:04pm

      In a couple of weeks Tampa,fla.,is hosting the national convention of the Muslim Brotherhood.sometime in August Atlanta,Ga.,is hositng the international convention for the same group.And guess who the Mayor of Atlanta is Kasim reed,and their COO is dariyi Faqooqi.T.hese people have sold out their country for the price of a convention center

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  • therealconservative
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:13pm

    Is this from a Al Qaeda website or a Ron Paul website.

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  • moussiagilda
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:07pm

    Jihad doesn’t even exist any more. You know why? Because it’s pathetic. Totally pathetic.

    Kathleen is sitting next to me unburdening her soul. How she has suffered, working for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She loves Prosser. Says he’s a cool guy.

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  • dealer@678
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:07pm

    Fluke those muslims. Fluke em

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  • db321
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:05pm

    What is Al Qaeda waiting for. No need to hold back – Al Qaeda has a Teflon coating with the Obama Administration and his Liberal News Media – Al Qaeda is Free to tell American’s everything they ever wanted to tell us and nobody is going to do anything about it. I beginning to believe Al Qaeda is weak – they lack the marbles to expose what they really want to do to the men, women and children of America.

    Al Qaeda – Obama and the his Media are giving you a Free Pass – Spit it out you Cowards!

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