New Issues of Two Jihadi Journals
Issue 12 of the Tala’i` Khurasan (Vanguards of Khurasan) is out. Several big names have written pieces, including Atiyyat Allah (we have to learn from our mistakes), Abu al-Walid al-Ansari (how past jihads failed), Abu Yahya al-Libi (fighting to restore the Sharia is the only way forward in Palestine), and Mustafa Abu al-Yazid (the meaning of piety and patience). It also includes a 9/11 anniversary article on al-Qaeda’s strategic reasons for attacking the U.S., an article on Jihadis released from prison in Afghanistan, and a summary of the most important operations in Afghanistan over the last four months. This month we also have a new journal published by al-Shabaab, the AQ-linked group in Somalia. Marisa thinks its publication means Shabab is growing stronger; that may be, but they can’t produce an attractive journal yet. The name of the journal, Millat Ibrahim (The Religious Community of Abraham), is an allusion