The following is research published today, from the MEMRI Special Dispatch Series, TV Monitor Project, and Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor.
Special Dispatch No. 4501—Morocco/Al-Qaeda/Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor/Indoctrination of Children/Women's Topics Exclusive: Moroccan Twins Sanaa and Iman Laghrissi, Recruited To Al-Qaeda at Age 13, Talk About Their Indoctrination and Say: 'We Looked Upon Osama Bin Laden as a Father Figure'Note to media and government: For a full copy of this report/video, send an email with the title of the report in the subject line to media@memri.org. Please include your name, title, and organization in your email. Following are excerpts from a report on Moroccan twins Sanaa and Iman Laghrissi, who were recruited to Al-Qaeda at age 13. The report aired on Al-Arabiya TV on December 31, 2011: To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/3267.htm.
Iman Laghrissi: "The main event that rocked my world was when [my sister and I] joined an extremist group, a terrorist group."
Sanaa Laghrissi: "My sister and I were [trained] to carry out operations. We were supposed to carry out operations, but we also did the planning. Either we would have blown ourselves up or detonated a remote-controlled bomb. We were not supposed to just plant a bomb somewhere."
To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/6090.htm. To view this report, you must be a paying member of the Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Project (JTTM). For membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject line.
Special Dispatch No. 4500—Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Al-Qaeda's E-Magazine For Women Encourages Them To Disseminate Ideology of Jihad and Martyrdom
On February 5, 2012, Al-Qaeda's media company, Al-Fajr, distributed the second issue of its e-magazine for women, Al-Shamikha, through a number of jihadi websites, roughly a year after the first issue appeared. The magazine, which is produced by the media company Al-Shamikha Media Foundation, targets a female audience of all ages, namely the wives, mothers, and daughters ofmujahedeen, with the color pink featured prominently. Most of its content is penned by women, who use epithets rather than their real names. The articles in the magazine focus, among other issues, on glorifying jihad and the mujahedeen; the role of the mujahidat (female mujahedeen) in supporting the mujahedeen and spreading the ideology of jihad and martyrdom; debunking media claims that the mujahedeen kill innocent people, including other Muslims whom they accuse of heresy (takfir); and emphasizing that a steadfast commitment to Islamic principles will ultimately bring about victory for Islam, with worldwide implementation of shari'a. Following is an overview of the main issues addressed in the second issue, as well as excerpts from an article on marriage to a mujahid, from another containing advice on disseminating the ideology of jihad and martyrdom among the Muslims, from a Chechen mujahid's letter to his mother, and from another mujahid's last testament, addressed to his daughter, the last item being archival. To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/6089.htm. To view this report, you must be a paying member of the Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Project (JTTM). For membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject line.
Child Suicide Bombers Retrained By Pakistan Following Pardon and Release By Afghan Government
Two 10-year-old would-be suicide bombers – who had been pardoned by Afghan President Hamid Karzai but retrained in Pakistan and sent back to Afghanistan to carry out terror attacks – have been captured in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, according to an Afghan website. To read the full report, visit http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=5768¶m=UPP. To view this report, you must be a paying member of the Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Project (JTTM). For membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject line.
Special Dispatch No. 4499—South Asia Studies Project Chained Students Freed At Islamic Seminary in Pakistan
On the night of December 12, 2011, police raided a madrassa (Islamic seminary) in Karachi and freed dozens of youth and children who were being kept chained at a madrassa. Most of the students are from Peshawar and other areas of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/6088.htm. | |
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