AQAP issues guidance on suicide operations

2015-01-25T11:08:09-05:00

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/01/aqap_issues_guidelin.php

I am always amazed at how the leaders of these organizations are so hypocritical that they will influence the young to kill themselves, but the rewards of their own death are not held to the same standard.

AQAP issues guidelines for suicide operations | The Long War Journal

A senior sharia official in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Harith al Nadhari, sets forth guidelines for "martyrdom," or suicide, operations in a newly-released video. Al Nadhari's video, which is more than ten minutes long, was released by Al Malahem Media, AQAP's propaganda arm, via one of its official Twitter feeds. Tweets promoting the video include a hashtag in Arabic that reads, "#The Inviolability_of_Sacrosanct_Blood," meaning...

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 25 at 2015 1:55 PM

2015-01-25T13:55:54-05:00

I agree, sir. That's an interesting article. I remember years ago, in my Intro to Terrorism class, that part of their deal is that they want to influence the populace through violence, but they have to be careful not to step over a line and alienate the people who are already on their side. That seems to be at least part of what Nadhari is warning about in this article.