03.16.17

Otto Skorzeny would have frowned on SEAL Team 6

Posted in Bombing Paupers, Culture of Lickspittle, War On Terror at 12:38 pm by George Smith

After World War II, Hitler’s top commando, Otto Skorzeny — the man who rescued Il Duce, became a globe-trotting businessman and general purpose p.r. man and re-entry resource for old Nazi soldiers. He even promoted movie-making on them to slight success. While a biographical war movie about himself was deep-sixed, Skorzeny was successful in helping […]

02.09.13

al Qaeda? Oh yeah, them

Posted in Cyberterrorism at 3:02 pm by George Smith

Al Qaeda’s propaganda arm recently announced the release of a “encryption plugin” for use by its jihadis. When you’re finally to that, fifteen years after the encryption debates, you can see how far behind and failing the terrorist organization is. The encryption plug-in is potentially linked to an alleged al Qaeda “resurgence,” one the vast […]

06.27.12

Remembering recent al Qaeda funny books

Posted in Crazy Weapons, Culture of Lickspittle, War On Terror at 8:24 am by George Smith

Earlier this year, on the publication of al Qaeda’s magazine, Inspire: Inspire magazine, while not meant to be an al Qaeda joke, has always been easy to brush off. It’s been an example of how al Qaeda has had a serious problem with recruitment filled as it is with wishful thinkers and fantasies on terror […]

05.03.12

al Qaeda Epic Fail

Posted in Bioterrorism, War On Terror at 10:45 am by George Smith

Inspire magazine, while not meant to be an al Qaeda joke, has always been easy to brush off. It’s been an example of how al Qaeda has had a serious problem with recruitment filled as it is with wishful thinkers and fantasies on terror that will never come true. Al Qaeda, for practical purposes, is […]

06.03.11

Brag about your trivial plan against al Qaeda to US newspapers

Posted in Cyberterrorism, War On Terror at 12:46 pm by George Smith

UPDATED What do you do when people don’t notice your cyberspace offensive against al Qaeda? You leak it to the US press a long time after it amounted to very little. From Reuters today: Spies hacked into an al Qaeda website to replace instructions on how to build a bomb with recipes for making cupcakes, […]

01.21.11

al Qaeda Comic Book 4

Posted in War On Terror at 10:48 am by George Smith

The fourth issue of Inspire, al Qaeda’s glossy pdf magazine has arrived. A couple excerpts show what I think. From “Facing aerial bombardment in jihad“: “Getting injured in jihad is probable and should be expected, whether large or small.” “The explosions come in various sizes.” “Don’t be overworked about getting injured in jihad though. Many […]

11.29.10

Inspire mag dubs UPS plot Operation Hemorrhage

Posted in War On Terror at 3:46 pm by George Smith

DD has written that al Qaeda has grokked to the fact it doesn’t have to be successful in its bomb plots. Simply having a failed one is enough to instill a paroxysm of security measures which inevitably have little or nothing to offer whatever the next plot — often failed — will try and bring […]

07.02.10

Inspired: Media amnesia on history of amateurish, dodgy terror pubs

Posted in Extremism, War On Terror at 9:34 am by George Smith

The alleged ‘publication’ of al Qaeda’s English-language Inspire .pdf brought on a media convulsion notable for its collective amnesia. The publication itself was, outside from the first three pages, a negligible download. The contents page continues an established tradition of clumsy and/or unintentionally funny bits re the much repeated article (which does not exist in […]

06.26.09

Rule Number One: Always blame China, then Russia

Posted in Cyberterrorism, War On Terror at 4:53 pm by George Smith

Today, a collection of items again having to do with the tradition of blaming China and its mighty but hard-to-see cyberwarriors. For example, when you want to build a cyber-attack force, blame the Chinese for starting a cyber-arms race, hacking into US utility companies, cyber-spying and installing backdoors and hidden boobytrap software switches in everything. […]

06.03.09

Al Qaeda Bonehead, Bioterror Dunce

Posted in Bioterrorism, War On Terror at 2:47 pm by George Smith

Al Qaeda men continue to show ignorance on even simple things while trying to scare us into believing they’re ready to launch bioterror strikes. The wishful thinking doesn’t fool people in the know. But it does give some news agencies material to keep their boogeyman stories fresh. “U.S. counterterrorism officials have authenticated a video by […]

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