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The
Al Qaeda
Manual
The attached
manual was located by the Manchester (England) Metropolitan Police during
a search of
an al
Qaeda member’s
home. The manual was found in a computer file described as “the military
series” related to the “Declaration of Jihad.” The manual was
translated into English and was introduced earlier this year at the
embassy bombing trial in New York.
GOVERNMENT
1677-T
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IT
IS FORBIDDEN TO REMOVE
THIS FROM THE HOUSE
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DECLARATION OF JIHAD
[HOLY WAR]
AGAINST THE COUNTRY’S
TYRANTS MILITARY SERIES
[Emblem]: A drawing
of the globe emphasizing the Middle East and Africa with a sword through
the globe [On the emblem:] Military Studies in the Jihad [Holy War]
Against the Tyrants
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In the name of Allah, the merciful and compassionate
PRESENTATION
To those champions who avowed the truth day and night......And wrote
with their blood and sufferings these phrases...
-*-The confrontation that we are calling for with the
apostate regimes does not know Socratic debates..., Platonic
ideals...,
nor
Aristotelian diplomacy. But it knows the dialogue of bullets, the ideals
of assassination, bombing, and destruction, and the diplomacy of the cannon and machine-gun. ***...
Islamic
governments have never and will never be established through peaceful
solutions and cooperative councils. They are established as they [always]
have been by pen and gun by word and bullet by tongue and teeth
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In the name of Allah, the
merciful and compassionate
Belongs to the guesthouse Please do not
remove it from the house except
with permission.
[Emblem and signature, illegible]
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Pledge, O Sister
To the sister believer whose clothes the criminals have stripped off.
To the sister believer whose hair the oppressors have
shaved.
To the sister believer who's body has been abused by the human
dogs.
To the sister believer whose...
Pledge, O
Sister Covenant,
O Sister...to make
their women widows and their children orphans. Covenant, O Sister...to
make them desire
death and hate appointments and prestige. Covenant, O Sister... to
slaughter them like lambs and let the Nile, al-Asi, and Euphrates rivers flow with their blood.
Covenant, O
Sister... to be a pick of destruction for
every godless
and apostate regime. Covenant, O Sister... to
retaliate for you against every dog who touch you even with a bad
word.
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In the name of Allah, the merciful and compassionate Thanks be to Allah.
We thank him, turn to him, ask his forgiveness, and seek refuge in him
from our wicked souls and bad deeds. Whomever Allah enlightens will not be
misguided, and the deceiver will never be guided. I
declare that there is no god but
Allah alone; he has no partners. I
also declare
that Mohammed is his servant and prophet.
[Koranic verses]:
“O ye who
believe! Fear Allah as He should be feared, and die not except in a state
of Islam"
“O mankind!
Fear your guardian lord who created you from a single person. Created, out
of it, his mate, and from them twain scattered [like seeds] countless men
and women; fear Allah, through whom ye demand your mutual [rights], and be
heedful of the
wombs [that bore you]: for Allah ever watches over you."
"0 ye who
believe! Fear Allah, and make your utterance straight forward: That he may
make your conduct whole and sound and
forgive you your
sins. He that obeys Allah and his messenger, has already attained the
great victory." Afterward, The most truthful saying is the book of
Allah and the best guidance is that of Mohammed, God bless and keep him.
[Therefore,] the worst thing is to
introduce something new, for every novelty is an act of
heresy and each heresy is a deception.
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Introduction
Martyrs were killed, women were widowed, children were orphaned, men were
handcuffed, chaste women's heads were shaved, harlots' heads were crowned,
atrocities were inflicted on the innocent, gifts were given to the wicked,
virgins were raped on the prostitution alter...
After the fall of
our orthodox
caliphates on March 3, 1924 and after expelling the colonialists, our
Islamic nation was afflicted with apostate rulers who took over in the
Moslem nation. These .rulers turned out to be more infidel and criminal
than the colonialists themselves. Moslems have endured all kinds of harm,
oppression, and torture at their hands. Those
apostate rulers threw thousands of the Haraka Al-Islamyia (Islamic
Movement) youth in gloomy jails and detention centers that were equipped
with the most modern torture devices and [manned with] experts in
oppression and torture. Those youth had refused to move in the rulers'
orbit, obscure matters to the youth, and oppose the idea of rebelling
against the rulers. But they [the rulers] did not stop there; they started
to fragment the essence of the Islamic nation by trying to eradicate its
Moslem identity. Thus, they started spreading godless and atheistic views
among the youth. We found some that claimed that socialism was from Islam,
democracy was the [religious] council, and the prophet-God
bless and keep him-propagandized
communism.
Colonialism
and its followers, the apostate rulers, then started to openly
erect crusader centers, societies, and organizations like Masonic Lodges,
Lions and Rotary clubs, and foreign schools. They aimed at producing a
wasted generation that pursued everything that is western and produced
rulers, ministers, leaders, physicians, engineers, businessmen,
politicians, journalists, and information specialists. [Koranic verse:]
"And Allah's enemies plotted and planned, and Allah too
planned, and the
best of planners is Allah."
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They
[the rulers] tried, using every means and [kind of] seduction, to produce
a generation of young
men that did not know [anything] except what they [the rulers] want, did
not say except what they [the rulers] think about, did not live except
according to their [the rulers') way, and did not dress except in their
[the rulers'] clothes. However, majestic Allah turned their deception back
on them, as a large group of those young men who were
raised by them [the rulers] woke up from their sleep and returned to
Allah,
regretting and repenting.
The
young men returning to Allah realized that Islam is not just performing
rituals but a complete system: Religion and government, worship and Jihad
[holy war], ethics and dealing with people, and the Koran and sword. The
bitter situation that the nation has reached is a result of its divergence
from Allah's course and his righteous law for all places and times.
That [bitter situation] came about as a result of
its children's
love for the world, their loathing of death, and their abandonment of Jihad [holy war].
Unbelief is still the
same. It pushed
Abou Jahl-may Allah curse him-and
Kureish's
valiant infidels to battle the prophet -God
bless and keep him -and to torture his companions -may Allah's grace be on them. It
is the same
unbelief that drove Sadat, Hosni Mubarak,
Gadhafi, Hafez Assad, Saleh, Fahed -Allah's
curse be upon
the non-believing leaders -and
all the apostate Arab rulers to torture, kill, imprison, and torment
Moslems.
These young men
realized that an Islamic government would never be established except by
the bomb and rifle. Islam does not coincide or make a truce with unbelief,
but rather confronts it.
The
confrontation that Islam calls for with these godless and apostate
regimes, does not know Socratic debates, Platonic ideals nor Aristotelian
diplomacy. But it knows the dialogue of
bullets, the
ideals of assassination,
bombing, and destruction, and the diplomacy of the cannon and machine-gun.
The
young came to prepare themselves for Jihad [holy war], commanded by the
majestic Allah's order in the holy Koran.
[Koranic
verse:] "Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your
power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the
enemies of Allah and your enemies, and others besides whom ye may not
know, but whom Allah doth know."
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I present this humble effort to these
young Moslem men who are pure, believing, and fighting for the cause of
Allah. It is my contribution toward paving the road that leads to majestic
Allah and establishes a caliphate according to the prophecy.
According to Imam
Ahmad’s account, the prophet -God bless
and keep him -said,...
[A few
lines of Hadith verses, not translated]
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FIRST LESSON
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
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5-We
cannot resist this state of ignorance unless we unite our ranks, and adhere to our
religion. Without that, the establishment of religion would be a dream or
illusion that is impassible
to achieve or even imagine its achievement. Sheik Ibn Taimia -may
Allah have mercy on him -said,
"The interests of all Adam's children would not be realized in the
present life, nor in the next, except through assembly, cooperation, and
mutual assistance. Cooperation is for achieving their interests and mutual
assistance is for overcoming their adversities. That is why it has been
said, 'man is civilized
by nature.' Therefore, if they unite there will be favorable matters that
they do, and corrupting matters to avoid. They will be obedient to the
commandment of those goals and avoidant of
those
immoralities. It is necessary that all Adam's children obey."
He [Sheik Inb Taimia]
then says, "It should be understood that governing the people's
affairs is one of the greatest religious obligations. In fact, without it,
religion and world [affairs] could not be established. The interests of
Adam's children would not be achieved except in
assembly,
because of their mutual need. When they assemble, it is necessary to
[have] a leader. Allah's prophet -God
bless and keep him -even said, 'If three [people] come together let
them pick a leader.' He then necessitated the rule by one of a small,
non-essential travel assembly in order to draw attention to the remaining
types of assembly. Since Allah has obligated us to do good and avoid the
unlawful, that would not be done except through force and lording.
Likewise, the rest of what
he [God]
obligated [us with] would not be accomplished except by force and
lordship, be it Jihad
[holy war], justice, pilgrimage, assembly, holidays, support of the
oppressed, or the establishment of boundaries. That is why it has been
said, "the sultan is Allah's shadow on earth.'"
: The
book
"Tharwat Al-Sinam Fe
Al-Ta'at
wa Al-Nizam," byIbrahim Al-Masri, copying from Al-Fannawi Ibn Taimi's
collection, 28-380.
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Principles
of Military Organization:
Military Organization
has three main principles without which it cannot be established.
1. Military
Organization commander and advisory council
2. The soldiers
(individual members)
3. A clearly defined strategy
Military Organization
Requirements:
The
Military Organization dictates a number of requirements to assist it in confrontation and endurance. These are:
1. Forged documents and counterfeit currency
2.
Apartments and hiding places
3. Communication
means
4. Transportation
means
5.
Information
6. Arms
and ammunition
7. Transport
Missions
Required of the Military Organization:
The main mission for
which the Military Organization is responsible is:
The overthrow of
the godless
regimes and their replacement with an
Islamic regime. Other missions consist of the following:
1. Gathering
information about the enemy, the land, the installations, and the
neighbors.
2. Kidnapping enemy
personnel, documents, secrets, and arms.
3. Assassinating
enemy personnel as well as foreign tourists.
4. Freeing the brothers who are captured by the
enemy.
5. Spreading
rumors and writing statements that instigate people against the enemy.
6. Blasting and destroying the places of amusement,
immorality, and sin; not a vital target.
7. Blasting and destroying the embassies and
attacking vital economic centers.
8. Blasting
and destroying bridges leading into and out of the cities.
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Importance
of the Military Organization:
1. Removal
of those personalities that block the call's path.
[A
different handwriting:] All types of military and civilian intellectuals
and thinkers for the state.
2. Proper
utilization of the individuals' unused capabilities.
3.
Precision
in performing tasks, and using collective views on
completing a job
from all aspects, not just one.
4. Controlling
the work and not fragmenting it or
deviating from
it.
5. Achieving
long-term goals such as the establishment of an Islamic state and
short-term goals such as operations against enemy individuals and sectors.
6. Establishing
the conditions for possible confrontation with the regressive regimes and
their persistence.
7. Achieving
discipline in secrecy and through tasks.
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SECOND LESSON
NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS AND
CHARACTERISTICS FOR
THE ORGANIZATION’S MEMBER
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Necessary
Qualifications fro the Organization’s members 1-Islam:
The member of the Organization must be Moslem. How can an unbeliever,
someone from a revealed religion [Christian, Jew], a secular person, a
communist, etc. protect Islam and
Moslems
and defend their goals and secrets when he does not believe in that
religion [Islam]? The Israeli Army
requires
that
a fighter be of the Jewish religion. Likewise, the command leadership in
the Afghan and Russian armies requires
any
one with an officer’s position to be a member
of the communist party.
2-Commitment
to the Organization’s Ideology: This commitment frees the
Organization’s members from conceptional problems.
3-Maturity:
The requirements of
military work
are numerous, and a minor cannot perform them. The nature of hard and
continuous work in dangerous conditions requires a great
deal of psychological, mental, and intellectual fitness, which are not
usually found in a minor. It is reported that Ibn Omar
-may Allah be pleased with him -said, “During Ahad [battle] when I was fourteen
years of age, I was
submitted [as a volunteer] to the prophet -God
bless and keep him.
He refused me and did
not throw me in the battle. During Khandak [trench] Day [battle] when I
was fifteen years of age, I was also submitted to him, and he permitted me
[to fight].
4-Sacrifice:
He [the member] has to be willing to do the work and undergo martyrdom for
the purpose of achieving the goal and establishing the religion of
majestic Allah on earth.
5-Listening and Obedience: In the military, this is known
today as
discipline. It is expressed by how the member obeys the orders given to
him.
That is what our
religion urges. The Glorious says, “O, ye who believe! Obey Allah and obey the messenger and
those charged with authority among you.” In the story of Hazifa Ben
Al-Yaman -may Allah have mercy on him -who was exemplary in his obedience to Allah’s
messenger -Allah
bless and keep him. When he [Mohammed] -Allah
bless and keep him -sent him to spy on the Kureish and their allies
during their siege of Madina, Hazifa said, “As he [Mohammed] called me by
name to stand, he said, ‘Go get me information about
those people and do not alarm them about me.’
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As I
departed, I saw Abou Soufian and I placed an
arrow
in the bow. I
[then] remembered the words of the messenger -Allah
bless and keep him -'do not alarm them about me.' If I had shot I
would have hit him."
6-Keeping
Secrets and Concealing Information [This secrecy should be used] even with
the closest people, for deceiving the enemies is not easy. Allah says, "Even
though their plots were such that as to shake the hills! [Koranic
verse]." Allah's messenger -God
bless and keep him -says, "Seek Allah's help in doing your
affairs in secrecy.”
It was said
in the proverbs, "The hearts of freemen are the tombs of
secrets" and "Moslems' secrecy is faithfulness, and talking
about it is faithlessness." [Mohammed]
-God bless and keep him -used to keep work secrets from the closest people,
even from his wife A'isha-may Allah's grace be on her.
7. Free
of Illness The Military Organization's member must fulfill
this important requirement. Allah says, "There is no
blame for those
who are infirm, or ill, or who have no resources to spend.”
8.
Patience
[The
member] should have plenty of patience for [enduring] afflictions if he is
overcome by the enemies. Be should not abandon this great path and sell
himself and
his religion to
the enemies for his freedom. He should be patient in performing the work,
even if it lasts a long time.
9.
Tranquility and "Unflappability" [The member] should have a calm
personality that allows him to endure psychological traumas such as those
involving bloodshed, murder, arrest, imprisonment, and reverse
psychological traumas such as killing one or all
of his
Organization's comrades. [He should be able] to carry
out the work.
10. Intelligence
and Insight
When
the prophet -Allah
bless and keep him -sent Hazifa Ben Al-Yaman to spy on the polytheist
and [Hafiza] sat among them, Abou Soufian said, "Let each one of
you look at his
companion." Hazifa said to his companion, 'Who are you?" The
companion replied, “So-and-so son of so-and-so.”
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In
World War I, the German spy, Julius Seelber [PH]managed
to
enter Britain and work as a mail examiner due to
the
many
languages he had mastered. From the letters, he
succeeded
in obtaining important information and sent it
to
the
Germans. One of the letters that he checked was from a
lady
who had written to her brother's friend in
the fleet.
She
mentioned that her brother used to live with her until
he
was transferred to a secret project that involved
commercial
ships. When Seelber read that letter, he went
to
meet that young woman and blamed her for her loose
tongue
in talking about military secrets. He, skillfully,
managed
to draw out of her that her brother worked in a
secret
project for arming old commercial ships. These
ships
were to be used as decoys in the submarine war in
such
a way that they could come close to the submarines, as
they
appeared innocent. Suddenly, cannonballs would be
fired
from the ship's hidden cannons on top of the ships,
which
would destroy the submarines. 48
hours later that
secret
was handed to the Germans.
11.
Caution and
Prudence In his
battle against the king of To media [PHI, the Roman general Speer [PH]
sent an emissary to discuss with that king the matter of truce between the
two armies. In reality, he had sent him to learn about the To medians'
ability to fight. The general picked, Lilius [PH],
one of his
top commanders, for that task and sent with him some of his officers, disguised as slaves. During that mission, one of the
king's officers, Sifax [PH] pointed to one of the [disguised] slaves and
yelled, "That slave is a Roman officer I had met
in a neighboring city. He was wearing a Roman uniform." At that
point, Lilius used a clever trick and managed to divert the attention of
the To medians from that by turning to
the disguised
officer and quickly slapping him on the face a number of times. He
reprimanded him for wearing a Roman officer's uniform when he was a slave
and for claiming a status that he did not deserve.
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The officer accepted
the slaps quietly. He bowed his head in humility and shame, as slaves do.
Thus, Sifax men thought that officer was really a slave because they could not imagine that a Roman officer
would accept these hits without defending himself.
King Sifax prepared a
big feast for Lilius and his entourage and placed them in a house far away
from his camp so
they could not
learn about his fortifications. They [the Romans] made another clever
trick on top of the first one. They freed one of their horses and started
chasing him in and around the camp. After they learned about the extent of
the fortifications they caught the horse and, as planned, managed to abort
their mission about the truce agreement. Shortly after their return, the
Roman general attacked King Sifax' camp and burned the fortifications.
Sifax was forced to seek reconciliation.
B.
There was a secret agent who disguised himself as an American fur
merchant. As the agent was playing cards aboard a boat with some
passengers, one of the players asked him about his profession. He replied
that he was a "fur merchant." The women showed interest [in him]
and began asking the agent -the
disguised fur merchant –many questions about the types and prices of
fur. He
mentioned fur price figures that amazed the women. They started avoiding
and regarding him with suspicion, as though he were a thief, or crazy.
12.
Truthfulness and Counsel The Commander of the faithful, Omar Ibn
Al-Khattab –may Allah be pleased with him -asserted that this characteristic was vital in
those who gather information and work as spies against the Moslems'
enemies. He [Omar] sent a letter to Saad Ibn Abou Wakkas -may Allah be pleased with him -saying, “If you step foot on your enemies' land,
get spies on them. Choose those whom you count on for their truthfulness
and advice, whether Arabs
or inhabitants
of that land. Liars' accounts would not benefit you, even if some of them
were true; the deceiver is a spy against
you and not for you.
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13.
Ability to Observe and Analyze The Israeli Mossad received news that some
Palestinians were going to attack an Israeli El Al
airplane. That
plane was going to Rome with Golda Meir -Allah's
curse upon her -the
Prime Minister at the time, on board. The Palestinians had managed to use
a clever trick that allowed them to
wait for the
arrival of the plane without being questioned by anyone. They had beaten a
man who sold potatoes, kidnapped him, and hidden him. They made two holes
in the top of that peddler's cart and placed two tubes next to the chimney
through which two Russian-made "Strella" [PH] missiles could be
launched. The Mossad officers traveled the airport back and forth looking
for that lead them to the Palestinians. One officer passed the potato cart
twice without noticing anything. On his third time, he noticed three
chimneys, but only one of them was working with spoke coming out of it. He
quickly steered toward the cart and hit it hard. The cart overturned, and
the Palestinians were captured.'
14. Ability
to Act, Change Positions and Conceal Oneself
a. [An
example] is
what Noaim Ibn Masoud had done in his mission to cause agitation among the
tribes of Koraish,
those of Ghatfan, and the Jews of Koreitha. He would control his reactions
and managed to skillfully play his role. Without showing signs of
inconsistency, he would show his interest and zeal towards the Jews one
time and show his concern about the Koraish at another.
b. In
1960, a car driven by an American colonel collided with a truck. The
colonel lost consciousness, and while unconscious at the hospital, he
started speaking Russian fluently.
It was later discovered that the colonel was a Soviet spy who was planted
in the United States. He had fought in Korea in order to conceal his true
identity and to gather information and critical secrets. If not
for the collision, no one would
have suspected or
confronted him.
1.
This story is found in the book A'n Tarik Al-Khida' "By Way of
Deception Methods," by Victor Ostrovsky [PH]. The author claims that
the Mossad wants to kill him for writing that book. However, I
believe that the book was authorized by the Israeli
Mossad.
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THIRD LESSON COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY AND FORGED DOCUMENTS
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Financial
Security Precautions:
1.
Dividing operational funds into two parts: One part is to be
invested in projects that offer financial return, and the other is to be
saved and not spent except during operations.
2.
Not placing operational funds [all] in one place.
3.
Not telling the Organization members about the location of
the funds.
4.
Having proper
protection while carrying large amounts of money.
5.
Leaving the
money with non-members
and spending it as needed.
Forged
Documents (Identity Cards, Records Books, Passports)
The
following security precautions should be taken:
1.
Keeping the passport in a safe place so it would not be
seized by the security apparatus, and the brother it belongs to would have
to negotiate its return (I'll
give you your
passport if you give me information)
2.
All documents of the undercover brother, such as identity cards and
passport, should be falsified.
3.
When the
undercover brother is traveling with a certain identity card or passport,
he should know all pertinent [information] such as the name, profession,
and place of residence.
4.
The brother who has special work status (commander,
communication link,...)
should have more
than one identity card and passport. He should learn the contents of each,
the nature of the
[indicated] profession, and the dialect of the residence area listed in the document.
5.
The photograph of
the brother in
these documents should be without a beard. It is preferable that the
brother's public photograph [on these documents] be also without a beard.
If he already has one [document] showing a photograph with a beard, he
should replace it.
6.
When using an identity document in different names, no
more than one such document should be carried at one time.
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7. The validity of the falsified travel documents should always be
confirmed.
8. All falsification matters should be carried out through the command
and not haphazardly (procedure control)
9. Married brothers should not add their wives to their passports.
10.
When a brother
is carrying the forged passport of a
certain country,
he should not travel to that
country. It is easy to detect forgery at the airport, and the dialect of
the brother is different from that of the people from that country.
Security Precautions
Related to the Organizations’ Given
Names:
1. The
name given by the Organization [to the brother] should not be odd in
comparison with other names used around him.
2.
A
brother
should not have more than one name in the area where he lives {the
undercover work place)
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FOURTH
LESSON Organization
MILITARY BASES
"APARTMENTS
PLACES" -HIDING
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Definition
of Bases:
*
These are apartments, hiding places, command centers,
etc. in which secret operations are executed against the enemy.
These bases may be in
cities, and are [then] called homes or apartments. They may be in
mountainous, harsh terrain far from the enemy, and are [then] called
hiding places or bases.
During
the initial stages, the Military Organization usually uses apartments in
cities as places for launching assigned missions, such as collecting
information, observing members of the ruling regime, etc.
Hiding
places and bases in mountains and harsh terrain are used at later stages,
from which Jihad [holy war] groups are dispatched to execute assassination
operations of enemy individuals, bomb their centers, and capture their weapons. In some Arab
countries such as Egypt, where there are no mountains or harsh terrain, all stages of Jihad work would take place in cities. The opposite was
true in Afghanistan, where initially Jihad work was in the cities, then
the warriors shifted to mountains and harsh terrain. There, they started
battling the Communists.
Security Precautions
Related to Apartments:
1. Choosing the apartment carefully as far as the
location, the size for the work necessary (meetings, storage, arms,
fugitives, work preparation).
2. It
is preferable to rent apartments on the ground floor to facilitate escape
and digging of trenches.
3. Preparing
secret locations in the apartment for securing documents, records, arms,
and other important items.
4.
Preparing ways
of vacating the apartment in case of a
surprise attack
(stands, wooden ladders).
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5.
Under no circumstances should any one know about the apartment except
those who use it.
6. Providing
the necessary cover for the people who frequent the apartment (students,
workers, employees, etc.)
7. Avoiding
seclusion and isolation from the population and refraining
from going to the apartment at suspicious times.
8. It
is preferable to rent these apartments
using false names, appropriate cover, and non-Moslem appearance.
9. A
single brother should not rent more than one apartment in the same area,
from the same agent, or using the same rental office.
10. Care
should be exercised not to rent apartments that are known to the security
apparatus [such as] those used for immoral or prior Jihad activities.
11.
Avoiding police stations and government buildings. Apartments should not
be rented near those places.
12. When
renting these apartments, one should avoid isolated or deserted locations so
the enemy would not be able to
catch those living there easily.
13. It
is preferable to rent apartments in newly developed areas where people do
not know one another. Usually, in older quarters people know one another
and strangers are easily identified, especially since these quarters have
many informers.
14. Ensuring
that there is has been no surveillance prior to the members entering the
apartment.
15. Agreement
among those living in the apartment on
special ways of
knocking on the door and special signs prior to entry into the
building’s main gate to indicate to
those who wish
to enter that the place is safe and not being monitored. Such signs
include hanging out a towel, opening a curtain, placing a cushion in a
special way, etc.
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16. If
there is a telephone in the apartment, calls should be answered in an
agreed-upon manner among those who use the apartment. That would prevent
mistakes that would, otherwise, lead to revealing the names and nature of
the occupants.
17. For
apartments, replacing the locks and keys with new ones. As for the other
entities (camps,shops, mosques), appropriate security precautions should
be taken depending on the entity’s importance and role in the work.
18.
Apartments used for undercover work should not be visible from higher
apartments in order not to expose the nature of the
work.
19. In
a newer apartment, avoid talking loud because prefabricated ceilings and
walls [used in the apartments] do not have the same thickness as those in old
ones.
20. It
is necessary to have at hand documents supporting the undercover [member].
In the case of a physician, there should be an actual medical diploma,
membership in the [medical] union, the government permit, and the rest of
the routine procedures known in that country. 21. The cover should blend
well [with the environment]. For example, selecting a doctor’s clinic in
an area where there are clinics, or in a location suitable for it.
22.
The cover of those who frequent the location should
match the cover
of that location. For
example, a
common laborer should not enter a fancy hotel because that would be
suspicious and draw attention.
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