Al-Qaida ‘tips’ on killing Americans

YEMEN’S al-Qaida of the Arabian Peninsula has published chilling tips on how to kill Americans in its second edition of the English online magazine Inspire.

The 74-page issue advises would-be militants to open fire “at a crowded restaurant in Washington DC, at lunch hour”, in the hope of “knocking out a few government employees”.

Renegade American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki penned two of the articles, according to the SITE Intelligence Group.

Awlaki is on a US government kill-or-capture list for his alleged role in the attempted Detroit plane bombing last Christmas.

Another American, Samir Khan, describes how he went from online jihadist in North Carolina to full-time terrorist in Yemen, in his article “I Am Proud to be a Traitor to America”.

The SITE group says it tracks and analyses the global jihadist network and terrorism financing.

The article, which came in time for the 10th anniversary of the USS Cole bombing, showed the group “is not under significant pressure”, says Brookings Institution terror expert Bruce Riedel.

Al-Qaida suicide bombers attacked the US destroyer in a Yemeni port on October 12, 2000, killing 17 American sailors.

In the introduction to the magazine, it says: “You haven’t seen anything yet.”