And now, the one-man Al-Qaeda cell

A strategy indistinguishable from the Freelance Jihadist. "One-man cell, the new face of Al Qaeda terror," from ANI , August 15 (thanks to Mackie): Washington , Aug 15 (ANI): The creation of one-man cell seems to be the new strategy of Al Qaeda terrorists. According to the FOX News, intelligence officials have discovered an online Al Qaeda manual that prescribes that group leaders should training new recruits to operate as smaller cells around the globe. The manual, called Method for Building the Personality of a Terrorist Mujahid and written by an Islamist forum contributor nicknamed “Shamil al-Baghdadi,” encourages militant followers to stop focusing on pulling off attacks on the scale of 9-11 and to start executing numerous smaller attacks. If for some reason the mission fails, the Jihadi must not abort, but instead carry on alone, as a one-man cell, the paper quotes New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly as saying while quoting from the manual. ...