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On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 10:21:32 AM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > [[ It's RAMITDOWN - CRAMITUP season again. ]]] > > > > http://www.rightsidenews.com/world/islamic-terrorism/ramadan-isis-and-aq-intention-to-act/ > > > Ramadan: ISIS and AQ Intention to Act? > > Posted on: *May 31, 2016* > > By Stephen Coughlin | Unconstrained Analytics > <http://unconstrainedanalytics.org/> > > This message is not being put out to raise alarm bells too loudly but > simply to point out unfolding activities that call for heightened awareness. > > It is highly relevant that both ISIS and AQ put out messages within days > of each – May 20 and 21 – other that provide possible indicators of near > term intention to act. The ISIS broadcast occurred in the context of a > *Twitter* build up that indicates the exercising of a C3 node that > focused on *Ramadan* and/or events leading to *Ramadan*. > > This year, *Ramadan* begins June 6. Al Qaeda released its most current > edition, Issue 15, of *Inspire Magazine*. *Inspire* posted dates > suggesting *Memorial Day* (30 May) or *Independence Day* (July 4) as > possible attack dates. *Memorial Day* is one week in advance of *Ramadan* and > qualifies as an event leading up to *Ramadan*. > > This timing and closeness of release of these two activities should cause > some measure of heightened awareness that something maybe up over the > period of the next week starting with *Memorial Day* and leading through > *Ramadan*. As the form of attacks that we’ve seen by ISIS over the recent > past – Paris, Belgium, etc – line up with the types of jihad advocated by > al-Qaeda in Inspire should raise awareness of some form of functional > crossover. > > A brief review is in order. Of note in this discussion, both al-Qeada and > ISIS are self-identified *Wahhabi* entities and use similar language that > uniquely identifies them as such. While not wanting to overly raise the > alarm bells, I do think we have indicators of possible future activity that > warrants increased vigilance. > > Reviewing the ISIS speech by the official spokesman of the Islamic State, > the Mujahid Shaykh Abu Muhammad al-‘Adnani ash-Shami, on 20 May 2016, it is > noteworthy that his call was directed specifically at *Wahhabis* ( > *Wahhabis* dislike the term *Wahhabi* and use the term *Muwahhidin*) and > used terms associated with *takfirism* to designate competing Islamic > players. > > We fight in obedience to Allah and to become closer to Him. And victory is > that we live in the might of our religion or die upon it. It is the same, > whether Allah blesses us with consolidation or we move into the bare, open > desert, displaced and pursued. It is the same, whether one of us is carried > off to prison as a captive, or spends the night with his family, safe and > sound. It is the same, whether we are unharmed and take ghanimah or we are > wounded or killed, as victory – according to us – is to live as > *muwahhidin*, to disbelieve in taghut, to fulfill wala and bara, and to > establish the [11 / 12] religion. If this exists, then we are already, and > under all circumstances, victorious. This is the reality, by Allah, and not > mere slogans. Those who were truthful soldiers and leaders of the State > wrote this with their blood. Whoever thinks otherwise, even if he is in our > ranks, is not of us. He will inevitably be cast out or leave, even after > some time. (11-12) > > O slaves of Allah, O *muwahhiddin*! If the tawaghit have shut the door of > hijrah in your faces, then open the door of jihad in theirs. Make your deed > a source of their regret. Truly, the smallest act you do in their lands is > more beloved to us than the biggest act done here; it is more effective for > us and more harmful to them. If one of you wishes and strives to reach the > lands of the Islamic State, then each of us wishes to be in your place to > make examples of the crusaders, day and night, scaring them [12 / 13] and > terrorizing them, until every neighbor fears his neighbor. If one of you is > unable, then do not make light of throwing a stone at a crusader in his > land, and do not underestimate any deed, as its consequences are great for > the mujahidin and its effect is noxious to the disbelievers. (12-13) > > It has reached us that some of you do not act due to their incapacity to > reach military targets, or their finding fault with targeting those who are > called “civilians,” so they leave harming them, doubting the permissibility > thereof. Know that inside the lands of the belligerent crusaders, there is > no sanctity of blood and no existence of those called “innocents.” This is > not the venue for mentioning all of the evidences, for the list is too > long; the least of which is dealing with them in just, as their warplanes > do not distinguish between one who is armed and another who is unarmed, nor > between a man and a woman. Know that your targeting those who are called > “civilians” is more beloved to us and more effective, as it is more > harmful, painful, and a greater deterrent to them. So go forth, O > *muwahhidin* everywhere! It might be that you attain great reward or > even shahadah during *Ramadan*. (13) > > Three times Adnani made reference to *Ramadan* where at least one > reference could be interpreted to mean events leading to *Ramadan*. > > *Ramadan* has come near, and it is the month of raids and jihad, the > month of conquest (12) > > So go forth, O *muwahhidin* everywhere! It might be that you attain great > reward or even shahadah during *Ramadan*.(13) > > O Allah! Let us reach *Ramadan*, (13) > > Since *Inspire Magazine*’s original edition, AQ has has fostered > individual jihad as the preferred form of warfare. Issue 15 of *Inspire*, > Spring 2016, 21 May 2016 continues this by policy in “Lone Jihad: Between > Strategy and Tactics” on page 43 (PDF page 22) with a play on words > relating the CVE replacement term “Lone Wolf” preferred by the FBI and DHS. > > The doctrinal nature of Individual Jihad and how it executes was first > briefed at USCENTCOM Forward in 2005. Individual Jihad is a self-contained > self-executing C3 model capable of generating confusion and surprise. > > This activity ties in with the recent Twitter activity where individual > ISIS member around the world chimed-in with pictures of texts communicating > a message in Arabic that occurred in anticipation of ISIS spokesman > Adnani’s broadcast last week: > > From #Saudi <https://twitter.com/hashtag/Saudi?src=hash>, #Turkey > <https://twitter.com/hashtag/Turkey?src=hash> & #USA > <https://twitter.com/hashtag/USA?src=hash> they are also waiting for the > #ISIS <https://twitter.com/hashtag/ISIS?src=hash> Caliph Abu Bakr > al-Baghdadi’s speech.. pic.twitter.com/ws8mTAWyl7 > <https://t.co/ws8mTAWyl7> > > — Rami (@RamiAlLolah) May 21, 2016 > <https://twitter.com/RamiAlLolah/status/734058512435798016> > > See *this <https://twitter.com/RamiAlLolah/status/734058512435798016>* > and *this > <https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86?src=hash>*. > > See also attached Twitter screen shot below. > > That the Islamic term of art “Individual Jihad” and its replacement term > “Lone Wolf” are synonymous was first briefed in June 2010. > > [image: Description: Individual Jihad] > > > > From the *Inspire Magazine* article: > > *Firstly: Definition of Lone Jihãd:* > > It is a term made up of two parts: > > *The first is Jihãd:* It is to make every effort to strive, and to endure > in fighting the enemy. > > *The second is fardy (Individually):* and what is intended by *Lone Jihad* is > that the brother should implement jihad, as we have defined, but > individually and independently in the land of the kuffar without having to > report to the Mujahideen leadership. And this individualism and > independence is the main reason for it (*Lone Jihad*) to be termed as a *Lone > Wolf *attack. (Issue 15, *Inspire Magazine*, Spring 2016, 43 [22]) > > Issue 15 of *Inspire* dedicates a substantial amount of space to the role > of assassinations and the building of bombs to achieve that objective. > > Of great concern is the possible posting of planned attack dates. On PDF > page 7 of Issue 15 of *Inspire*, a picture of a collage appears of what > seem random postings and writings. > > [image: Description: page 7 of Issue 15 of Inspire] > <http://www.rightsidenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/INS-spr2016-pg7.jpg> > > Click to enlarge > > As the page is an image, there can be no word search to locate any of the > text in the image. This is similar to what occurred last Saturday with the > ISIS inspired *Twitter* campaign. In the *Inspire* image, in what looks > to be scribblings on a Post-it Note, is a note stating “Confirm May 30, > July 4” followed by two lines that were crossed out, followed by a line of > text stating “please burn after reading” (see attached PDF image). This > suggests the possibility of AQ inspired jihadi attacks as soon are *Memorial > Day* weekend. > > SOURCE: UNCONSTRAINED ANALYTICS > <http://unconstrainedanalytics.org/isis-aq-intention-to-act/> > > *Stephen Coughlin* is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy > and a Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute. His book *Catastrophic > Failure: Blindfolding America in the Face of Jihad > <http://unconstrainedanalytics.org/books/catastrophic-failure-blindfolding-america-in-the-face-of-jihad/>* > was released > in 2015. > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmZDhzMmdwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NjQ3ODg1Njg-> > > > > [image: Yahoo! 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