ISIS posts job ad for press officers, teachers and bomb makers
A job advertisement has surfaced online aimed at supporters of the Islamic State who do not wish to fight on the front lines.
Omar Hussain, a British jihadist who fled the UK to join the Islamic State in Syria, has posted 10 positions that the terrorist organization is looking to fill.
Writing on behalf of the group under the name Abu Sa’eed Al-Britani, the devout ISIS member explains that while not wanting to be a soldier is a “sign of weak faith,” there is still much work to be done even if you’re afraid to kill or wage jihad, the Independent reports.
Number one on the list of available occupations is press officer, needed for the so-called ISIS “media center.” This “internal media” position would provide support from the masses as Western news outlets continue to release loads of “negative propaganda” against the group, Al-Britani said.
Another post that he said needed to be filled is the role of schoolteacher. This person would ultimately be in charge of instructing the “next generation … the correct Islamic teachings.”
“Imagine the reward in nurturing a child upon tawheed (oneness with God) and jihad (holy struggle)!” Al-Britani said. “All his efforts and deeds he does due to you teaching him will earn you huge rewards. And many of these children are the sons and daughters of Mujahedeen and martyrs.”
ISIS Forum Features Manual On How To Build Bombs, Blow Up Planes
A guide with detailed instructions about how to make bombs and sneak them past airport security is featured on a prominent forum
A manual explaining how to build bombs and slip them past airport security was posted on a main ISIS forum several months before the recent downing of a Russian passenger plane.
“Any security system, be it human or mechanical, has weak points that can be breached as long as you know their details and mechanisms,” said the guide, which Vocativ discovered using our deep web technology.
The manual was originally published in Al-Qaeda’s “Inspire” English-language magazine in December, then posted to the ISIS forum, in Arabic, in March. A forum administrator deliberately made the guide the lead post in a forum section dedicated to technical know-how for jihadists seeking to commit acts of violence. It remains unclear, however, if the manual was placed in the section’s top spot before or after the Metrojet plane came down over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Saturday.
But as of Thursday, the guide was prominently positioned on the ISIS forum, and discussion about the manual was active — showing just how easy it is for ISIS-affiliated jihadists to access information about building and using homemade explosives to blow up an aircraft.
The guide is thorough, listing what is says are every measure and action needed to blow up a plane. It details how to make homemade explosives using acetone, potassium chlorate and other chemicals. It explains how to carry a bomb successfully through airport security, including past metal detectors, scent detectors and frisking and screening machines. It gives specifics about the “best” place to put a bomb on plane.
It also includes information about American, British and French airlines, and offers final instructions for jihadists after they board a plane with a bomb. “Relax, do not become tense,” it says. “At this stage you have achieved a great success even if the plane is not blown up.”
ISIS has insisted for days that it is responsible for taking down the Metrojet flight flying over the Sinai, killing all 224 people on board. It has not provided details on how it might have carried out such a devastating operation.
U.S. and British officials have said the aircraft may have been downed by an explosive device. On Thursday, Britain said there was a “significant possibility” that ISIS’ branch in Egypt was behind a suspected bomb attack, Reuters reported.
