IS backers taught how to kill
Terror ‘ guide book’
ISLAMIC State supporters are circulating a new online dossier with detailed instructions on how to form sleeper cells to launch local terror attacks.
Released in late March and titled How to Survive in the West, the guide explains how to be a “double- agent” by hiding your true identity in public, homemade bomb recipes and what legal weapons to train with for firearms training.
“In simple terms, from this guide book – you will learn how to become a sleeper- cell which activates at the right time when the Ummah ( global Islamic nation) needs you,” the unknown author says.
Terrorism experts agree despite the guide’s simple language “it gives a lot of concern”.
“It supports the concern about the growth of this domestic threat and kids getting enough skills to become a vi- able threat,” Clarke Jones, a terrorism and radicalisation expert from the Australian National University, said.
A bomb similar to a recipe contained in the guide was used in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.
The dossier also looks to teach would- be homegrown terrorists how to inflict the most damage with weapons such as homemade crossbows, slingshots, air rifles and knives.
“It’s a very comprehensive one and an all- in- one document that helps those who do want to do damage to learn identity forgery to bomb making,” David Malet, the author of Foreign Fighters and a terrorism expert from the University of Melbourne, said.
Homegrown jihadi Jake Bilardi blogged shortly before his death of his plans to attack- cafes and shopping centres using knives and hand grenades. He changed his mind and headed to Iraq about August 2014, where he would ultimately die on March 11 this year after he carried out a suicide mission in Ramadi that reportedly killed 10 people.
“I’m concerned about the level of detail and information it’s giving to people without the knowledge on where they can buy these materials, and how they can buy simple stuff and put it together that can be quite lethal,” Dr Jones said.