You just can’t make this stuff up.
A fumbling article in an English-language Al-Qaida publication is urging wanna-be terrorists to set wildfires in Montana. Here’s the write-up, including the obligatory tough-talking response from local law enforcement . . .
Terrorists who want to strike fear in the hearts of Americans would do well to set wildfires in Montana, al-Qaida advises in the most recent issue of its English-language magazine, Inspire.
“It is difficult to choose a better place other than in the valleys of Montana where the population increases rapidly,” Inspire’s “AQ Chef” columnist writes.
The magazine disappeared for a while after its founders, Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan, were killed last year in a U.S. missile strike.
But it recently reappeared online, its grammatically challenged cover urging “It is of your freedom to ignite a firebomb.” Inside, the AQ Chef gives three pages detailing the recipe for an “ember bomb” – along with the suggestion to deploy such bombs in Montana.
Bonus: For extra-snarky commentary on this story, see the Huffington Post’s take on the subject.