Nearly two months before Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab allegedly smuggled a home-made incendiary device onto Northwest Flight 253 and tried to blow it up over Detroit on Christmas Day, al Qaeda’s official magazine in Yemen printed an article calling upon members of the shadowy jihadi network to use stealth tactics to attack aircraft and airports, according to a translation by terror expert Evan Kohlmann.
The article, which came out in the Oct. 29 edition of Sada al-Malahim—the official Internet-distributed publication of al Qaeda in Yemen—was written by that company's top commander, Abu Basir al-Wahinshi. Titled “War is a Trick,” it appeared on page 8, advising “would-be al Qaeda members on how to utilize all available weapons to kill ‘apostates’ and Western nationals,” says Kohlmann, who released a translation of the article on Saturday.
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