Islamic State supporters have converted a series of al-Qaeda lectures on operational guidelines into a 12-chapter, 63-page English-language handbook for lone-wolf jihadists.The tips in “Safety and Security Guidelines for Lone Wolf Mujahideen,” with hazy artwork of New York City in flames on the cover, were released in Arabic a few years back by al-Qaeda’s al-Fajr Media Center. The ISIS translators said they “tried to adapt it and pick what’s important and leave what’s not relevant for an individual Mujahid and small groups.” They also added updates to account for current technology.“We thought a lot of non-Arabic speaking brothers would find it interesting and may apply it in their blessed operations,” add the translators in their foreword, stressing that lone wolves should also be reading al-Qaeda’s Inspire magazine and ISIS’ Dabiq.The handbook tells jihadists to draw upon the lessons of 9/11 when considering the element of surprise. “The US never thought we would hit them at home… Even the brothers that did the operation didn’t think it will be something of that magnitude… The only one that knew were the pilots. Why? To secure the operation. If one of the brothers gets caught and interrogated, he can’t say anything that will endanger the operation.”
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