An Article Concerning the Aftermath of Rakan bin Williams’ Attack on the United States Presented by the Global Islamic Media Front

The Global Islamic Media Front, an al-Qaeda mouthpiece, recently distributed an article across several jihadist forums representing the last in the series concerning Rakan bin Williams, a “secret soldier of al-Qaeda ,� and his alleged coming attack. The document is structured to present the author’s views of the phases leading to bin Williams’ operation and the possible aftermath in a new order. The author, Seif Eddin al-Kinani, believes there to be a correlation between a comment from a speech made by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, calling for the implementation of “Usama’s provocation,� and the most recent audio message from Usama bin Laden. From this he argues that the attack has entered its operational phase.

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