Inmates studying al-Qaeda manual. Again.

It’s been a while since we last had a story about al-Qaeda expansion into New South Wales jails. However, today the Sun-Herald reports that Muslim prison inmates in New South Wales have been studying an al-Qaeda manual. And up to 40 inmates have apparently established…

…an internal organisational structure to maintain morale, resist interrogation and recruit members to Islam.

Hmmm… Where have we heard that before?

Oh, yes. In the San Francisco Chronicle last year! The Chronicle reported that detainees of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba had created…

…their own internal organizational structure to maintain morale, resist interrogation and recruit members…

Amazing. Not only did they both create “internal organizational structures” but they both have the exact same objectives listed in the exact same order. What are the chances of that?

The Sun-Herald continues:

The al-Qaeda training manual was first obtained by the CIA in 1996.

And in the San Francisco Chronicle last year:

The al Qaeda training manual, obtained by the CIA in 1996…

The Sun-Herald today:

It suggests a 10-position leadership structure for members held in prison.

And in the San Francisco Chronicle last year:

…suggests a 10-position leadership structure for members held in prison

The Sun-Herald today:

The structure includes “barracks chief and deputies”, “greeters to meet and instruct new arrivals”, “welfare attendant to organise equitable distribution of goods from families and aid organisations” and “clergy”, presumably to attend to spiritual needs as well as to recruit new adherents to their faith, according to the CIA report.

And, finally, in the San Francisco Chronicle last year:

It includes “barracks chief and deputies,” “greeters to meet and instruct new arrivals,” “welfare attendant to organize equitable distribution of goods from families and aid organizations,” “morale officer to organize leisure time” and “clergy, presumably to attend to spiritual needs as well as to recruit new adherents to their faith,” according to the report.

17 comments ↓

#1 Noor Hammad on 12.02.07 at 6:49 am

A valuable piece of sleuthing Austrolabe. Where’s ABC’s Media Watch when you need them.

This just highlights how sad Australia’s media is….they cant even plagiarise properly.

Noor Hammad

#2 dawood on 12.02.07 at 8:35 am

And the manual has been in the hands of the CIA over ten years… since 1996. You would think that if such an organisation is real, they would at least have a newer edition? :o/

#3 Abdullah on 12.02.07 at 10:12 am

Hilarious.

#4 Noor Hammad on 12.02.07 at 4:17 pm

I think the more salient point is that they’ve had the ‘manual’ since 1996 yet they still haven’t worked out how to stop Al Qaeda. Perhaps someone needs to have a browse through that ‘manual’ again.

Noor Hammad

#5 khanfactor.com » Inmates studying al-Qaeda manual. Again. on 12.03.07 at 3:16 pm

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#6 Sudanese Teddy -please ignore my corn-fed trolling arse on 12.03.07 at 10:57 pm

I love how Muslims read a blatant plagiarism article like this and go to extreme lengths to point out the very obvious stupidity. They then email every Muslim they know and post links all over Muslim forums with almost palpable joy. But if you want to discuss a VALID article about executing a lady for naming a Teddy Bear ‘Mohummed’ those very same Muslims will hide in cyberspace waiting for the dust to settle. Muslim forums shut that topic down and swept it swiftly under the carpet. We don’t want to highlight ANY Muslim stupidity do we now?

#7 Sara Tancredi on 12.03.07 at 11:10 pm

I love how Muslims read a blatant plagiarism article like this and go to extreme lengths to point out the very obvious stupidity.

It’s clearly NOT blatant plagiarism though, is it? Hence the need for the post, Einstein. And as for “palpable joy”, I detected none in the piece, but there’s clearly a case of sour grapes on your part. Get kicked off a forum, did ya? Don’t worry. Time heals all wounds.

Muslim forums shut that topic down and swept it swiftly under the carpet. We don’t want to highlight ANY Muslim stupidity do we now?

The Sudanese teddy bear topic hasn’t been swept under the carpet on this site, so why don’t you go and whinge to those forums of which you speak?

P.S: Learn how to spell. It’s “Mohammed” or “Mohammad”, or even “Muhammad” not “Mohummed”.

#8 Umm Ammara on 12.04.07 at 6:41 am

Assalamualaikum

Well done for spotting this.
Have you forwarded it to Media Watch? I think that someone, somewhere in the Murdoch empire should be made accountable for this sort of garbage.
Wassalam

#9 Sudanese Teddy Bear on 12.04.07 at 10:13 am

Sara says “It’s clearly NOT blatant plagiarism though, is it?”

think that is the single dumbest comment I’ve ever read on the internet. haha!!!!! This Sun-Herald article is THE definition of blatant plagiarism!! dah!!

wait wait wait just a minute,,,, I need to think like a Muslim reading the article. ok, I think I’ve got it. Not plagiarism,,,, You must be talking about an elaborate anti-Muslim WESTERN CONSPIRACY!! yeah. All this talk of Muslims plotting carnage is some fabrication on world wide scale. Got ya. yeah, just a coincidence that those Muslims got arrested in Australia, Canada, Britain, USA, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Spain, Denmark, Holland, Germany for murderous terror plots. All some big WESTERN CONSPIRACY. I’ve finally solved the riddle!! lets all go and protest. CONSPIRACY CONSPIRACY CONSPIRACY. I feel better already.

hey, don’t whine and moan about me being here rattling a few cages. Your problem for taking the bait, hook, line and sinker. got ya good!

oh, and in case you hadn’t noticed,,,,, I really couldn’t give a flying fat fig how to spell the name of a dusty Sudanese Teddy Bear. personally, I would have named the bear AISHA,,,,, a more appropriate name for the 6-7 year old age group don’t you think?,,, wink wink nudge nudge!! haha!!

#10 Sudanese Teddy on 12.04.07 at 10:16 am

“Well done for spotting this.Have you forwarded it to Media Watch?”

Sammy, Sammy, Sammy,,,, you follow the link here as well?

#11 Sara Tancredi on 12.04.07 at 12:44 pm

hey, don’t whine and moan about me being here rattling a few cages. Your problem for taking the bait, hook, line and sinker. got ya good!

Ohhhh…. OMG LOLOLOL ROFL LMAO, you’re so funny!

You think you’re good at trolling? You’re an amateur, mate.

As for the article being the definition of “blatant plagiarism”, for it to be blatant you would have to know the moment you’ve read it that it’s been plagiarised. I suppose there’s just no end to your genius, is there? As for the middle section of your rambling, I switched off because I prefer insults that are meant to be like, totally, hilarious, to actually be, like, totally hilarious!

But seriously, you keep it up and soon you’ll be eligible for an elite Trolling force somewhere on the net.

#12 Irfan on 12.04.07 at 12:55 pm

If you’ve been kicked out from one of the Islamic forums, you must REALLY be an idiot.

#13 Sudanese Teddy on 12.04.07 at 6:04 pm

Assalamualaikum

Sara, that hole you are digging is getting deeper and deeeeeeeper. Stop digging now before you can’t crawl out.

reminder below

“San Fran Chronicle” last year
suggests a 10-position leadership structure for members held in prison

“Sun-Herald” this year
suggests a 10-position leadership structure for members held in prison

ya seriously think this isn’t blatant plagiarism?

ROFLMAO!!!!!!

other people here would love to point out the error in your logic. But their hatred towards a non-believer has got in the way of sense and logic. That tends to happen in certain religions we won’t mention.

bait, hook, line, sinker.

Wassalam

#14 Umm Ammara on 12.04.07 at 6:36 pm

Who is Sammy?

#15 Sara Tancredi on 12.04.07 at 9:06 pm

Hi STD,

It’s blatant because it has been set out for you, you genius. Of course it’s “blatant” when someone else has put all the evidence of the plagiarism before you.

As for your trolling efforts, the best trollers are the ones who don’t write like Angry Anderson on crack.

But keep up the efforts. I believe in you.

#16 Sudanese Teddy Bear on 12.04.07 at 9:58 pm

Angry Anderson on crack,,, ok, you’ve got me there,,, LOL. very nicely done. you have flattened me with quality humour!

As a huge fan of AA & Rose Tattoo I must declare you the victor and will withdraw to dust off some classic RT vinyl!

#17 Sherrilynne Starkie on 12.09.07 at 11:09 pm

Well spotted. The journo should lose his job for this.

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