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The 2012 “Al-Qaeda eco-terrorism report” refers to a U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Situational Information Report / Criminal Activity Alert issued by the FBI’s Denver Division (dated May 7, 2012, and circulated shortly thereafter). It warned law enforcement and public safety officials about Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) using its English-language propaganda magazine Inspire (Issue 9, released May 2012) to encourage lone-wolf jihadists in the West—particularly the United States—to start forest wildfires as a low-tech form of terrorism. publicintelligence.net info.publicintelligence.net publicintelligence.net This was not a formal Al-Qaeda “eco-terrorism report” produced by the group itself, but rather an FBI intelligence bulletin highlighting AQAP’s propaganda as a potential pyro-terrorism (fire-based environmental sabotage) threat. It fits the broader category of “eco-terrorism” or environmental jihad in the sense of deliberately weaponizing wildfires to cause economic damage, property destruction, and panic—similar to how some analysts describe deliberate arson of natural resources. wildfiretoday.com abcnews.com Key Details from the FBI Report and Inspire Magazine • Magazine Context: Inspire Issue 9 (one of two issues released in May 2012, the first since the deaths of Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan in a 2011 U.S. drone strike) included an “Open Source Jihad” section. The relevant article, titled “It Is of Your Freedom to Ignite a Firebomb,” was authored under the pseudonym “The AQ Chef.” It provided step-by-step instructions for building and deploying simple incendiary devices called “ember bombs.” abcnews.go.com • Tactical Instructions: • Conditions for success: Look for dryness combined with high winds. Target specific fire-prone setups like pinewood forests, crown fires (where flames spread through treetops), or steep slopes (fires spread faster uphill). • Device construction: Use quick-igniting material (e.g., about 1/3 liter of gasoline) soaked into slow-burning foam, ignited by a simple timer. • Deployment: Place ~30 ember bombs in the tops of trees, roughly one-third into the forest and positioned against the wind direction to maximize spread. publicintelligence.net info.publicintelligence.net • Target Recommendations: The article specifically highlighted the United States (with a map/diagram of combustible U.S. areas in the magazine) and suggested Montana’s valleys due to rapid growth of homes in forested/rural areas: “In America, there are more houses built in the [countryside] than in the cities. It is difficult to choose a better place [than] in the valleys of Montana.” abcnews.go.com • Broader Goal: Frame the attacks as jihad to damage the U.S. economy and infrastructure through environmental destruction, aligning with AQAP’s push for simple, “open source” lone-wolf operations that anyone could carry out without traveling overseas. abcnews.com The FBI report was issued specifically to alert partners in wildfire-prone areas (e.g., Colorado, with notes on mountain pine beetle damage and dry conditions creating ideal crown-fire risks). It emphasized raising awareness rather than indicating an imminent plotted attack. info.publicintelligence.net Aftermath and Impact • No major linked attacks: There were no confirmed large-scale U.S. wildfires directly attributed to this Inspire guidance. U.S. officials (including CAL FIRE) later tested the described “ember bomb” and deemed it “highly impractical” in some evaluations. ioes.ucla.edu • Ongoing Context: AQAP had previously promoted similar low-tech ideas in Inspire (e.g., pressure-cooker bombs, vehicle rammings). This wildfire call was part of a pattern encouraging “forest jihad” or pyro-terrorism. Later groups like ISIS occasionally echoed similar ideas, but the 2012 Inspire episode was the most prominent Al-Qaeda-specific example. ctc.westpoint.edu

Daniela Bonamico, fresh from her flight from Turkey paid by Canadian tax dollars, already starts with the outlandish claims that: -She was in a concentration camp -There were flotilla members who were shot & stabbed -A flashbang was thrown in her cell that "sliced me open." -All Israelis are terrorists. -Blames Canada 100% for her kidnap & "torture." -That @Israel & its 10 million citizens will cease to exist in the near future. -Calling for Intifada at the airport. This was all done under approval & protection of @TorontoPearson Airport authority who decided their airport was a political stage to call for murder of Israelis rather than a place to transport Canadians. We are sure places like @CBC and @CTV will eat this up and not look at Daniela Bonamico's heavy digital footprint of being one of the most prominent Jew haters in Canada.