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Al-Qaeda threatens jihad attacks on “vulnerable” US rail system: “It’s time we instill fear”

Aug 15, 2017 10:15 am By Christine Douglass-Williams

Al-Qaeda is renewing calls for jihad violence against America:

O Mujahideen, it is time that we instill fear and make them impose strict security measures to trains as they did with their Air transportation. Continue to bleed the American economy to more losses, increase the psychological warfare and make it worry, fear and weaken much more.

Maybe if we close our eyes and hold hands together in multicultural unity, we can just wish away the jihad threat to Western citizens and to Western civilization. As if the declaration of holy war against the West and repeated calls by the Islamic State were not bad enough, now al Qaeda has renewed its Islamic calls to “cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve” (Quran 8:12). The jihad group:

is urging its sympathizers and followers in the West to carry out mass casualty terrorist attacks, particularly against the “vulnerable” rail network in the United States.

In Boston trains, meanwhile, posters are warning people against “Islamophobia.”

“Al-Qaeda Threatens Attacks on ‘Vulnerable’ U.S. Rail System: ‘It Is Time That We Instill Fear’”, by Edwin Mora, Breitbart, August 14, 2017:

The Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), in the latest edition of its propaganda magazine Inspire, is urging its sympathizers and followers in the West to carry out mass casualty terrorist attacks, particularly against the “vulnerable” rail network in the United States.

In an article titled “Train Derail Operations,” al-Qaeda encourages jihadists to take advantage of the vulnerabilities of train routes in the West, noting that the operation does require “martyrdom” and therefore “can be repeated.”

AQAP called on its supporters to target “the lengthy unguarded tracks in the U.S., France, and the U.K. and to place obstacles that will cause trains to derail, striking fear in the hearts of the West as well as weakening their economies,” reports Foreign Desk (FD), adding that the jihadist group stressed that the derailing operation does not necessarily require the use of explosives.

“O Mujahideen, it is time that we instill fear and make them impose strict security measures to trains as they did with their Air transportation. Continue to bleed the American economy to more losses, increase the psychological warfare and make it worry, fear and weaken much more,” declares the al-Qaeda article.

“The simplicity of the [train derail] device’s design (no explosives required) as well as the notion that such an attack is not a martyrdom operation, but rather one that can be repeated over and over again are listed by the writer as advantages over other forms of lone-wolf attacks,” points out FD.

The magazine offers three options for would-be jihadists who decide to target rail systems in the West.

“They can directly target the train from ‘either inside or from outside,’ or target ‘the rail itself so as to derail the train,’ or assault train stations, which ‘are always crowded and cause major interruption towards the transportation system,’” reports the Long War Journal (LWJ).

Some of the advantages of derailing trains include being able to “hide your tracks from forensics after the operation,” argues AQAP in the article.

Inspire also provides an in-depth tutorial spanning 19 pages on how to derail trains that also includes a list of dozens of “vulnerable” train routes in the United States as potential targets.

AQAP has emerged as al-Qaeda’s most dangerous and potent threat against the United States.

However, Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists in Syria have benefited largely from the U.S.-led coalition mainly focusing on defeating the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in the Middle East.

Inspire, published since around 2010, is known for its “open source jihad” style — publishing step-by-step guides advising prospective terrorists on how to carry out attacks, often by using readily accessible materials and equipment.

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  1. Andy says

    Aug 15, 2017 at 11:38 am

    It is a big time shame what our countries have become because of political correctness, over 50 years now. There are so many soft targets for the moslem terrorists to chose from. You cannot bring in massive third world people into a first world nation and expect any kind of a good outcome.

    This deserves to be heard again: The Truth

  2. Westman says

    Aug 15, 2017 at 11:41 am

    Anyone with eyes to see the graffiti and gang tags on US freight trains would know the rail system is insecure as well as “vulnerable”. Because many large cities grew around the railways, the routes can carry nefarious objects into those cities without detection. It has been obvious since 9/11, yet the routine transportation security emphasis has been on air travel – perhaps as much for visible assurance that something is being done.

    Not even our borders have been secure. The Trump administration is requiring all cargo trucks from Mexico to be inspected after the Obama administration had only done random inspections for 8 years. It is putting a sizable dent in drug and people smuggling.

  3. moeped says

    Aug 15, 2017 at 12:04 pm

    If there were zero islam in the West, would al qaeda or isis attacks decrease?

    • Westman says

      Aug 15, 2017 at 12:49 pm

      Yes, they would decrease. We continually see networked support for radical attacks for ISIS and al-Qaeda within the West from radical Muslims. Few have been true “lone wolves”. Weapons have been found in Mosques, Imams sow unrest, and radical Muslims openly call for the overthrow of government by (the Amish?) and the replacement of democratic law by Sharia.

    • Santa Voorhees says

      Aug 15, 2017 at 12:52 pm

      Yeah, sure, they would decrease and even cease altogether if there were zero leftists retards.

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 15, 2017 at 4:10 pm

      Yes! Muslims do not belong in the West. No Muslims, no Jihad.

      We would still be vulnerable to attacks from the outside, but overall we would be *much* safer.

  4. davej says

    Aug 15, 2017 at 12:21 pm

    The security perimeter needs to be moved from airports to the borders. You cannot protect every street, stadium or mile of railroad track – that strategy is futile.

    If they mess with our trains we should drop a 100 ton locomotive on their headquarters.

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 15, 2017 at 4:32 pm

      Dave, the problem is that we already have Jihadists within the gates.

  5. somehistory says

    Aug 15, 2017 at 1:37 pm

    If the rails are hit, Amtrak and the companies that haul by freight should sue all moslum orgs, like cair, mpac,msa, etc. for what their members do and show it’s a conspiracy with al q and isis to destroy the economy and “instill fear.”

  6. Walter Sieruk says

    Aug 15, 2017 at 3:20 pm

    The jihadists of al Qaeda should know as an American that they strike me with no fear at all. About three weeks ago before discovering about al Qaeda train jihad threats I had purchased train trip, in October, to another city to spend time doing things that might have some value. The point being the trip is still scheduled and will not be cancelled after learning about the terror threats of al Qaeda . That’s what al Qaeda with its jihad -minded Muslims do best .Which is threaten kill and destroy . They never make make are create anything good or worthwhile , they just threaten destroy and murder. . Nevertheless, those deluded jihadists don’t intimidate me even me even a little bit. Not at all. Yet, enough about me, as Americans we should and must remember that for the United States to continue as a great power in the world in spite of the current threats of the Islamic terrorism by jihadist /Muslim terrorists who are operatives of Al Qaeda and other jihadists of other similar jihad terror entities. Americans then should have Vigilance, Conviction and, of course, Fortitude. As one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence had declared, Thomas Jefferson, “Let the eye of vigilance never be closed.” and “A conviction that we are right accomplishes half the difficulty of correcting wrong.” Likewise, Mr. Jefferson had also stated “Fortitude…teaches us to meet and surmount difficulties; not to fly from them.” So in other words we , as Americans ,should have learned keep moving on strongly with Vigilance, Conviction and Fortitude.

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 15, 2017 at 4:36 pm

      Thank you for those great quotes from Thomas Jefferson, Walter–I also have them in my commonplace book.

  7. gravenimage says

    Aug 15, 2017 at 3:58 pm

    Al-Qaeda threatens jihad attacks on “vulnerable” US rail system: “It’s time we instill fear”
    ……………………

    Yeah–because pious Muslims haven’t instilled enough fear in the “filthy Infidels”.

    It’s true–both passenger and freight railroads in the West are vulnerable to Jihad terrorism.

    • somehistory says

      Aug 15, 2017 at 4:30 pm

      Right after 3/11, Joe Biden had an interview and spoke of the possibility of terrorism on the rail lines and what he though should be done for security.

      Someone said later on he had an interest in the rails (money or votes) and that is the reason he wanted something done. . Whatever the case, what he recommended, didn’t happen.

      • gravenimage says

        Aug 15, 2017 at 5:03 pm

        Thanks for the reference, Somehistory. I am hardly an uncritical fan of Joe Biden, but he was perfectly correct here. The idea that our rail system is not of national concern is just ridiculous.

  8. Joe says

    Aug 15, 2017 at 6:11 pm

    “It’s time we instill fear”

    If you mistake my anger for fear you’re an idiot who will pay dearly one day.

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 15, 2017 at 9:49 pm

      +1

  9. pennant8 says

    Aug 15, 2017 at 6:19 pm

    It’s interesting that jihadists fully understand how much they have managed to muck up air travel and they are gloating about it. Ironically we now have a whole generation who have no life experience with air travel the way it used to be. They really don’t give much thought to the oppressive security procedures at our airports, they think this is the way it has always been. Even if they do make the connection between jihad and airport pat-downs, they don’t dare to say it out loud.

  10. Rolf Wittwer says

    Aug 15, 2017 at 7:29 pm

    I do hope very much, that if the limit of terrorattacks would have been reached, the acc. coordinates are quickly fixed to strike back in a non questionable way (GBU43B).

  11. Lydia says

    Aug 15, 2017 at 8:03 pm

    Well, I am not afraid.
    I am no more terrorized now than before.
    Not that they are not terrorizing more, of course they are.
    But I am not going to fear them.
    They won’t win.
    If I die a martyr, I win, if I live, I win too, so there!

  12. underbed cat says

    Aug 15, 2017 at 9:43 pm

    Ah….this is not new….I believe it has been targeted many years already is the U.S., either by derailment, or sabotage, just look at the derailments and mangled passenger rail cars that killed and injured many people…never could anyone say there is something quite unnatural for the many problems of unhooked oil tankers rolling into a small town and causing a fire and disaster, or trains being driven at high speeds, of train cars looking like a tangled mess or suddenly no brakes. Nope no one looked too far into it during the last administration maybe as if the mayors wanted it hushed up. I have seen derailments with no explosions. In the sixties, no explosions. for tanker cars that rolled off track and tipped over….the last few years there were some that I suspected had to be enhanced. Now military helicopters, jets and ships…we are in big trouble because the clever mischievous live among us.

  13. Geppetto says

    Aug 16, 2017 at 5:28 pm

    Inflicting massive, disproportionate pain and suffering on these hot beds of Islamic belligerents, on every occasion, from where they emanate from, will do more than any lofty, politically correct prognostications and confessions for whatever the hell offends these Islamic zealots. They profess to love death. Let’s let them experience the fear and terror that they boldly pronounce their intent to inflict on the west, and grant them what they claim they so fervently wish for. As for collateral damage, unfortunate and regrettable but the west is under siege and cannot allow a zealous, religious, political, cult, with absolutely no regard for the life of infidels, regardless of age or gender, to thrive and survive, while it writhes, agonizing in self doubt and guilt, emotions these savages have and still so effectively use against us.

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