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Al Qaeda’s English magazine fails to inspire

By Andy Rice
01 Jul 2010
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Al Qaeda launched an online propaganda magazine earlier this week - in English. It's called Inspire, and includes articles with titles such as "Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom". The magazine is perceived as an attempt to attract homegrown terrorists in the US and UK but, never mind its terrorist message, its its production values leave a lot to be desired. All but the first three pages of the magazines were nothing more than scrambled computer code. Read more: News24

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