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“Assemble your bomb”: Al Qaeda calls for jihad attack on San Francisco tram

Apr 12, 2014 6:36 pm By Robert Spencer

Assemble your bombNot to worry, San Franciscans! The San Francisco City Council has come out firmly against “Islamophobia,” issuing a resolution denouncing Pamela Geller and our American Freedom Defense Initiative ads denouncing Sharia oppression of gays. Al Qaeda will see and be gratified, and let San Francisco live to another windy day! All is well! Party on!

“Al Qaeda runs photo of SFO tram: ‘Assemble your bomb,'” by Carla Marinucci for the San Francisco Chronicle, April 10 (thanks to Pamela Geller):

(04-10) 08:41 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — An al Qaeda magazine containing a photo of a people-mover train at San Francisco International Airport – along with a caption urging readers to “assemble your bomb” – has set off alarms on Capitol Hill as the one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings approaches.

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Dublin, told a homeland security hearing Wednesday that he was “disturbed” by the English-language spring edition of the al Qaeda publication Inspire, which features a darkened photo of a lone young man aboard what the congressman said had been identified as “a tram in San Francisco’s international airport.”

Printed with the photo, Swalwell noted, was a caption reading, “For how long will you live in tension? Instead of just sitting, having no solution, simply stand up. Pack your tools of destruction. Assemble your bomb, ready for detonation.”

Swalwell, a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, said he was especially concerned because “this is one of the largest international airports in the world, certainly one of the largest on the West Coast, and thousands of passengers a day use the tram to connect from BART to the airport.”
‘It does bring concern’

In a hearing marking the upcoming April 15 anniversary of the marathon bombings, which killed three people and injured 264, Swalwell asked former Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis whether the photo should concern Bay Area residents and law enforcement.

“It does bring concern to me,” said Davis, now a fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.

He said Inspire, published by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, targets an audience of young Muslim extremists worldwide.

“This kind of extremist propaganda on the Internet, if it’s not countered with something, does tend to create problems for us,” Davis said. “When you see that type of picture in there, when you read about the attacks on the infrastructure around the transformers in California that were sniped at … it’s hard to figure what is real and what isn’t real.”
San Jose attack

Davis referred to an April 16 attack on a PG&E substation in south San Jose, in which unknown shooters firing for nearly 20 minutes damaged more than a dozen transformers. The head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at the time, Jon Wellinghoff, called it “the most significant incident of domestic terrorism involving the grid that has ever occurred” in the country, although the FBI has said it does not believe the incident was the work of terrorists.

“We need to be vigilant,” Davis told Swalwell with regard to the SFO photo. “It’s clear there is a threat, and we need to really be aware of it, and do everything we can as a nation to respond.”

An official with the Transportation Security Administration, who asked not to be named, said Wednesday that the agency was aware of the photo but viewed it mostly as a “propaganda” piece rather than evidence of specific planning.

The official noted that the magazine did not refer specifically to SFO’s AirTrain people mover and said the picture was believed to be a “stock photo.”

“We’re not aware of any specific threats to the San Francisco area,” the official said.
Magazine’s message

Brian Michael Jenkins of the Mineta Transportation Institute in San Jose said authorities closely monitor Inspire, which “embraces a strategy of do-it-yourself terrorism … to inspire local jihadists to carry out actions – whatever they can do, wherever they are.”

Jenkins, director of the institute’s National Transportation Security Center and a counterterrorism expert at RAND Corp., said terrorists have targeted public-transportation systems in London, Madrid and elsewhere because they are generally “not looking to take on defended targets. They’re looking for easy targets with a high body count … to create a major disruptive publicity event.”

He said of the photo in Inspire, “It is not so much that al Qaeda is making a strategic decision about where to open the next front.”

More likely, “it is simply underscoring kinds of targets … and attempting to get the brothers to push back from the monitor and actually do something.”

Swalwell, in an interview, said, “I don’t believe that people should change their travel and commute patterns.”

But he added, “Be alert, note your surroundings, and appreciate that there are still people out there who wish to do us harm.”

No kidding, really? Still? Even in this Age of Obama?

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  1. veggiedog says

    Apr 12, 2014 at 6:43 pm

    Yup, go ahead, bomb the places that give you the most support, stupid asses.

    • Jay Boo says

      Apr 12, 2014 at 6:48 pm

      If only they would bomb NPR and the Hollywood Oscars.
      (disclaimer my above is figuratively speaking)

    • Shane says

      Apr 13, 2014 at 10:05 am

      If Muslims weren’t so stupid, they would have conquered the world centuries ago. Targeting Boston, a liberal dhimmi city, was another bad move.

      • Bradamante says

        Apr 13, 2014 at 11:08 am

        For sure. A number of liberals woke up after the Boston bombing, including me.

  2. Jay Boo says

    Apr 12, 2014 at 6:45 pm

    Misery loves company
    Followers of Islam walk around trying to fill their empty hearts and souls with hate and vanity.
    Just like miserable Muhammad.

  3. gerard says

    Apr 12, 2014 at 8:44 pm

    ..”and do everything we can as a nation to respond.”
    I’ll believe that when I see it.
    It’s obvious what needs to be done. If you have a problem with mosquitos, (Mosque-itos), you drain the swamp.
    Ban Islam.
    Job done.
    But they won’t do that. Instead they will continue to protect Islam and the Malaria will continue.

  4. Jay Boo says

    Apr 12, 2014 at 8:56 pm

    Assemble a depraved religion in the dark of a dirty cave and call yourself a prophet in order to rape, murder, and enslave.

    • gerard says

      Apr 12, 2014 at 10:04 pm

      If I may?..

      Assemble a depraved
      Religion
      In the dark
      Of a dirty cave
      And call yourself a prophet
      In order to rape
      Murder
      And enslave.

      • Jay Boo says

        Apr 12, 2014 at 10:26 pm

        Absolutely,
        Anything I post is to be shared in anyway to advance the good JW cause.

        • gerard says

          Apr 12, 2014 at 10:33 pm

          When I read your post I thought it would work well as a poem.

        • s.c. says

          Apr 14, 2014 at 6:07 pm

          if you are an epileptic
          have your uncle hide you in a cave, after you seizure
          he can proclaim you had a visit from an ark angel
          and that you are now a wonderful prophet then you can rob, rape babys, lie, and murder, all in the name of some imaginary god that never existed and if you are willing to let some other thieves share in the ill gotten gains you will be hailed as a magnificent prophet. might as well call yourself mohammad.

  5. Salah says

    Apr 13, 2014 at 2:02 am

    “..he was “disturbed” by the English-language spring edition of the al Qaeda publication Inspire.”

    Al Qaeda is operating from the White House, they just call themselves The Muslim Brotherhood!

    http://crossmuslims.blogspot.ca/2014/04/al-jazeera-busted-strong-bias-of-al.html

  6. Notta_allah_followa says

    Apr 13, 2014 at 4:37 am

    Maybe if we smear pig grease along the train tracks this death cult members will be repulsed like garlic to a vampire?

    All hail Mo-ham-head!

  7. JohnyAngel Advocacy Group says

    Apr 13, 2014 at 6:06 am

    Open borders and one-worldism=terror incidents will increase !

  8. duh_swami says

    Apr 13, 2014 at 6:46 am

    “This kind of extremist propaganda on the Internet, if it’s not countered with something…

    Try Jihadwatch.

    As we know, the political power in the bay area consists of the liberal minded who often live in a fantasy world. Sometimes they need someone to give them a good slap, while shouting, ‘snap out of it’ (that’s how they do it in the movies)…If they are paying attention, Al-Qaeda just gave them such a slap., and can slap them a lot harder at any time. They better get their priorities straight.
    Banning AFDI ads is a step in the wrong direction.

  9. questioning says

    Apr 13, 2014 at 1:57 pm

    note nothing is done about this. yet if i were to publish some sort of similar article, i would be arrested, all of my possessions confiscated, and i would be assumed guilty until proven innocent. BTW that is impossible since you cannot prove you did not do something.

    Why is this publication still being permitted in the us after committing a terrorist act such as this?

  10. MattHamilton says

    Apr 14, 2014 at 1:54 am

    Blessed to have left Davis California and the “Islamic Supremacists Next Door.” Yet having watched the developments of the pc crowd, Leland Yee and (if you haven’t heard or followed up on) the David Snyder bombmaking case at UC Davis (with convenient disposal of bombs, chemicals for making explosives, etc. by Snyder’s longtime friend and Davis resident Tashari El-Sheikh- currently out of the country)…..

    • eric says

      Apr 14, 2014 at 9:33 am

      and we all remember how well pacification by buying off the bully works don’t we ???????????

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 14, 2014 at 5:25 pm

      Hi, Matt. I well remember your disturbing story about your Muslim “neighbors” at the housing development in Davis.

      Your were treated horribly, both by the Mohammedans and by the clueless and appeasing powers that be.

      I’m glad you are finally well away from them, but have been concerned about how emboldened these Muslims must have been by the whole thing.

      I wonder who they’re bullying now…

      • MattHamilton says

        May 11, 2014 at 10:45 pm

        Thank you gravenimage. In the end, when filing papers requesting trial, the management company decided to “settle”. A few days later, the neighbor admitted (on tape) that her husband had lied throughout…. life is good outside of Davis and I hope the same for you where you are!

  11. gravenimage says

    Apr 14, 2014 at 5:18 pm

    “Assemble your bomb”: Al Qaeda calls for jihad attack on San Francisco tram
    …………………………

    I live here, and this is the *first* I’ve heard of this. Good God…

    More:

    Printed with the photo, Swalwell noted, was a caption reading, “For how long will you live in tension? Instead of just sitting, having no solution, simply stand up. Pack your tools of destruction. Assemble your bomb, ready for detonation.”
    …………………………

    “Standing up” in Islam is butchering civilian travelers.

    And what causes “tension” in Islam? Holding back from blowing up peaceful tram riders.

    How many pious Muslims will indeed feel “inspired” by this?

  12. Peer Zulqarnain Shah says

    Apr 14, 2014 at 11:23 pm

    Al Qaeda after the death of OBL is still impending danger for global security. The Salfi-Islamic Jihad theory is providing inspiration to the global jihdhists and also the current situation in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria providing open battle ground to Al Qaeda Core.
    Global Community should try to understand that by blaming Islam is not a solution, we should study carefully and in depth about the concept of Jihad not only in Islam but also in all major global religions. No religion in the world teaches violence and aggression towards the humanity, its the the followers who mislead the people by exploiting their emotions via religion to achieve their vested interests.

  13. Peer Zulqarnain Shah says

    Apr 14, 2014 at 11:31 pm

    Al Qaeda after the death of OBL is still impending danger for global security. The Salfi-Islamic Jihad theory is providing inspiration to the global jihdhists and also the current situation in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria providing open battle ground to Al Qaeda Core. The writings of Spencer like minded groups are providing rationalization to reasons to exploit the emotions of young Muslims to AQN by flaring the youngster. We should not provide opportunities and spaces to the terrorist organization to exploit the global security by recruiting the new Jihadis due to the one sided propaganda about their religion.

    • Champ ✿ says

      Apr 17, 2014 at 6:12 pm

      PZS wrote:

      The writings of Spencer like minded groups are providing rationalization to reasons to exploit the emotions of young Muslims to AQN by flaring the youngster. We should not provide opportunities and spaces to the terrorist organization to exploit the global security by recruiting the new Jihadis due to the one sided propaganda about their religion.

      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      In other words …

      S.t.o.p speaking the truth about islam and company or you will upset these “young muslims” even more!

      Since when has shifting the blame and walking on egg shells ever worked–under any circumstance? Never, that’s when!

      Confronting the enemy with the ugly truth is the path that freedom fighters *must* take. And the tender emotions of “young muslims”, and their lack of self-control, is the LEAST of our concerns. And if you don’t have anything truly productive to offer towards that end, then just go away.

      • Champ ✿ says

        Apr 17, 2014 at 6:17 pm

        The above advice from “PZS” is so WEAK and PATHETIC that it makes me wanna puke!!

  14. dumbledoresarmy says

    Apr 17, 2014 at 9:51 am

    Observe the mohammedan above, Peer Zulqarnain Shah, talking BS at a mile a minute in order to try to protect the Ummah, or Mohammedan Mob, from intelligent and sceptical scrutiny; to try to UNconnect all those dots that not just Mr Spencer but others, and all the regulars here, have long ago connected, between the contents of the Islamic canonical texts and the traditional, orthodox Islamic interpretations of those texts, and the behaviour of many, many, many Muslims, both past and present.

    and note that he claims Mr Spencer is spreading “one sided propaganda”.

    Nonsense.

    Mr Spencer is merely drawing attention to the facts.

    Note, further, that rather than blame 1001 ranting , raging, hissing and Infidel-cursing imams, sheikhs, mullahs, etc, both Sunni and Shiite, who may be seen in full living colour in the video clips translated by MEMRI every day of the week, week after week, month after month, year after year, our latest dementor PZS blames *Mr Spencer’s writings* for mohammedman mobsters’ possibly deciding to Go Jihad!!! (Never mind that Jihad went on, often mass-murderously, on three continents for thirteen centuries before Mr Spencer was even born, and that Mr Spencer’s writings cannot in any way be blamed for the September 11 attack, since at that stage Mr Spencer had not published even one book and this website did not exist; PZS hopes like hell that we will forget that sort of awkward little fact).

    Nah, all PZS is trying to push the idea that 1/ dirty Infidels talking truthfully about Jihad ’causes” jihad and 2/ resisting Jihad causes Jihad.

    In other words, PZS is peddling nonsense, lies, and plain old BS; in a last ditch attempt to confuse, intimidate and demoralise those Infidels who, coming to this website and/ or reading Mr Spencer’s books, have become or are likely to become unconfused, rationally angry (rather than fearful and despairing) and resolute.

    • s.c. says

      Apr 17, 2014 at 5:51 pm

      to the profit mohammad may piss be on him

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