** ** AQAP releases 10th copy of Inspire; features Adam Gadahn****
from The Long War Journal**** http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2013/03/aqap_releases_10th_c.php**** ** ** ** ** Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has released the 10th edition of Inspire,* *** its English language propaganda magazine that is marketed to Westerners. The **** magazine features an article by Adam Gadahn, the American traitor who works* *** with al Qaeda's core leadership cadre in Pakistan.**** ** ** AQAP released the current addition of Inspire "nine months after the release **** of the eighth and ninth issues" of the magazine, the SITE Intelligence Group **** noted. SITE obtained a copy of Inspire, which was released yesterday on**** Jihadist Internet forums.**** ** ** The latest edition of Inspire focused on al Qaeda's view of the so-called*** * Arab Spring. Inspire promoted two articles on the topic that are written by* *** Gadahn and Yahya Ibrahim, a cleric who has been featured in the magazine in* *** the past.**** ** ** Both Gadahn and Ibrahim focus on al Qaeda's ability to capitalize on the**** Arab Spring. Gadahn calls for the US to end all involvement in the upheavals **** in the Middle East, and says a failure to do so "will result in a backlash** ** which will make you regret the day you put your hands where they don't**** belong."**** ** ** Gadahn also advises jihadists in the West to continue "direct engagement**** [attacks] at home and abroad with America and its NATO parents, particularly **** France and Britain."**** ** ** "The enemies' economic and military hemorrhage must not stop until the day** ** comes when the people of the West are forced to make a choice: either the*** * continuation of the Crusade against the Muslims and the continuation of**** their backing Israel, or the continuation of viable governments and basic*** * public services," Gadahn writes.**** ** ** Ibrahim focuses on the assaults on the US Consulate in Benghazi and the US** ** embassies in Egypt, Tunisia, and Yemen in September 2012. Jihadists raised** ** al Qaeda's flag at the US installations, and killed the US's ambassador to** ** Libya and three personnel in Benghazi. Ibrahim notes that the so-called**** protesters chanted "Obama! Obama! we are all Osama!" He also claims that**** despite bin Laden's death at the hands of US special operations forces in*** * May 2011, bin Laden continues to inspire old and new jihadists alike.**** ** ** The release of the latest edition of Inspire shows that al Qaeda's core in** ** Pakistan is not cut off from its affiliates, and that AQAP retains the**** ability to produce the magazine despite the loss of two Americans who were** ** thought to be important to its continuation.**** ** ** AQAP touted Gadahn's article as an "exclusive," which means the group was*** * either able to contact Gadahn to solicit and receive it, or that Gadahn**** contacted the publishers of Inspire to offer the article. Gadahn is believed **** to be based in Pakistan and is known to work with As Sahab, al Qaeda's**** primary propaganda production outfit. He also releases propaganda via As**** Sahab on occasion.**** ** ** The Obama administration has claimed that al Qaeda's "core" leadership cadre **** in Pakistan is cut off and disconnected and isolated from its affiliates,*** * and that the terror group is on the verge of defeat. But as Gadahn's latest* *** article and numerous propaganda tapes and communiques by al Qaeda emir Ayman **** al Zawahiri and other top leaders show, the terror group is intact and**** capable of producing propaganda and communicating with its affiliates**** worldwide.**** ** ** Additionally, it was unclear if AQAP would continue to produce Inspire after **** the deaths of American jihadists Samir Khan and Anwar al Awlaki, both of**** whom are thought to have greatly influenced the magazine's publication. Al** ** Awlaki and Khan were killed in a US drone strike in Yemen in September 2011. **** As the release of the 10th edition of Inspire shows, AQAP clearly maintains* *** the capacity to produce the magazine, and still remains committed to**** attacking the West.**** ** ** ==========================================**** (F)AIR USE NOTICE: All original content and/or articles and graphics in this **** message are copyrighted, unless specifically noted otherwise. All rights to* *** these copyrighted items are reserved. Articles and graphics have been placed **** within for educational and discussion purposes only, in compliance with**** "Fair Use" criteria established in Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976. **** The principle of "Fair Use" was established as law by Section 107 of The**** Copyright Act of 1976. 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