Pictures of smiling locals, tales of life-changing experiences, articles glorifying centuries of heritage and predicting a bright future: if the "caliphate" straddling Iraq and Syria had an airline, Dabiq would be its in-flight magazine. For **w, global jihad's latest English-language publishing endeavour is distributed online and the aircraft over Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's dominion are more likely to be warplanes and drones than commercial jets. In design, it strongly resembles the Inspire magazine published by Al Qaeda's franchise in the Arabian peninsula that disseminated bomb-making instructions and aimed to engender "lone wolf" militants, a goal achieved in 2013 with the Boston bomber brothers. The editorial emphasis in Dabiq, analysts say, is more on state-building than on incitement or operational issues.
07-10-2014, 02:01 PM
Dabiq: the smiling face of Iraq-Syria 'caliphate'
Pictures of smiling locals, tales of life-changing experiences, articles glorifying centuries of heritage and predicting a bright future: if the "caliphate" straddling Iraq and Syria had an airline, Dabiq would be its in-flight magazine. For **w, global jihad's latest English-language publishing endeavour is distributed online and the aircraft over Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's dominion are more likely to be warplanes and drones than commercial jets. In design, it strongly resembles the Inspire magazine published by Al Qaeda's franchise in the Arabian peninsula that disseminated bomb-making instructions and aimed to engender "lone wolf" militants, a goal achieved in 2013 with the Boston bomber brothers. The editorial emphasis in Dabiq, analysts say, is more on state-building than on incitement or operational issues.
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