On December 29, 2023, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a 45-minute video titled “The Hidden Bomb – What America & The West Do Not Expect: Open-Source Jihad to Restore Palestine.” This video serves as a supplement to AQAP’s well-known Inspire magazine, originally published between 2010 and 2017. It contains source material for the instructional manual “The Hidden Bomb,” initially published in Inspire magazine’s 13th Issue on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2014.
The video includes content not covered in the original publication, encompassing changes in the original sequence and timing of the instructions, along with updates such as references to ongoing events, like the war in Gaza. Furthermore, it features images of contemporary leaders and introduces Elon Musk as an individual to be targeted.
Overall, this video serves as a practical and comprehensible guide for the assembly of an IED intended for use by a suicide bomber, designed to evade detection by existing means.
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