New Al-Qaeda Manual Launched Online

Jan. 19, 2004

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: Al-Qaeda issued a chilling new call to arms to recruits who remain undetected by security agencies, according to The Observer newspaper. In a terrorist manual published on the internet, Osama bin Laden said: "After Iraq and Afghanistan will come the Crusader invasion of Saudi Arabia. All fighters all over the world must be ready."

The manual was masterminded by Saif al-Adel, the organization's third most senior man and the only terrorist other than bin Laden and his partner Ayman al-Zawahiri to have a $25 million reward on his head.

It is directed at new volunteers who are "below the radar" of counter-terrorist authorities and who cannot break cover to undergo formal training in terrorist techniques. Like bin Laden, Zawahiri is quoted in the publication, called "The Base of the Vanguard". Other writers on the website encourage the use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

The appearance of the manual - the January issue of what promises to be a monthly publication - is considered a major boost to Al-Qaeda's propaganda effort. Articles include the testimony of a 'martyred' suicide bomber and pages of technical advice on physical training, security counter-measures for operational terrorist cells and the use of light weapons.

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