Proof That Al-qaeda Is Real and Very, Very Dangerous: Group Releases First English-language Glossy Mag Called “Inspire”… Read A Special Message From Everyone’s Favorite Scary Terrorists Osama and Al-Zawahari… Learn How To “make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom”… But Don’t Get Too Excited, Because The CIA Got Lazy And Only Produced The First Three Pages, As That’s All You Need For Fake News… [HT: Benjamin] - By

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Proof That Al-qaeda Is Real and Very, Very Dangerous: Group Releases First English-language Glossy Mag Called “Inspire”… Read A Special Message From Everyone’s Favorite Scary Terrorists Osama and Al-Zawahari… Learn How To “make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom”… But Don’t Get Too Excited, Because The CIA Got Lazy And Only Produced The First Three Pages, As That’s All You Need For Fake News… [HT: Benjamin]

www.theatlantic.com -- As the U.S. struggles to manage its efforts to influence opinion about Al Qaeda abroad, Al Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula has produced its first English-language propaganda magazine.It's called "Inspire," and you can read parts of it below. A U.S. official said early this morning that the magazine appears to be authentic."Inspire" includes a "message to the people of Yemen" directly transcribed from Ayman Al-Zawahari, Al Qaeda's second in command, a message from Osama Bin Laden on "how to save the earth," and the cover includes a quotation from Anwar Al-Awlaki, the American born cleric who is believed to be directly connected to the attempt to destroy an airplane over Detroit by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on Christmas Day. (The director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Michael Leiter, made that disclosure at a security forum in Aspen, CO, Fox News reported.)

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1. Bob | July 4th, 2010 at 9:17 am
Haha, oh wow! Yeah, that’s comically fake. “Your mom”, “The AQ Chef”? And the PDF just happened to have a malicious payload? Please.
Absolute confirmation would come i)if the PDF turns out to exploit some other 0day vulnerability and/or ii)if the bomb recipe is ineffective or would blow up the maker.