The Al Qaeda Manual (continued)

UK/BM-56 TRANSLATION

NINTH LESSON
SECURITY PLAN

Defining Security Plan:

This is a set of coordinated, cohesive, and integrated measures that are related to a certain activity and designed to confuse and surprise the enemy, and if uncovered, to minimize the work loss as much as possible.

Importance of the Security Plan:

The work will be successful if Allah grants that. The more solid is the security plan, the more successful [the work] and the fewer the losses. The less solid the security plan, the less successful [the work] and the greater the losses.

Specifications of the Security Policy:

A number of conditions should be satisfied to help the security plan to succeed. These are:[It should be]

	A.		Realistic and based on fact so it would be credible to the enemy before and after the work.
	B.		Coordinated, integrated, cohesive, and accurate, without any gaps, to provide the enemy [the impression of] a continuous and linked chain of events.
	C.		Simple so that the members can assimilate it.
	D.		Creative.
	E.		Flexible.
	F.		Secretive.

The Method of Implementing the Security Plan: There should be a security plan for each activity that is subject to being uncovered by the enemy. For example, the brother who is charged with a certain mission might be arrested. It is, therefore, essential that a security plan be designed for him through which he will be able to deny any accusation. Likewise, for the group assigned a collective mission, there should be a security plan to which all members are committed. Each member would then find out ,learn, and be trained in his role to ensure his assimilation of it.

In this lesson, we shall cover many examples of security plans related to certain matters:

1. Security plan for an individual mission.
2. Security plan for a group (important meeting). mission (assassination operation).
3. Security plan for a group

1. Example of a security plan for an individual mission (training in Afghanistan):

Prior to Departure: Traveling through an airport, the brother might be subjected to interrogation. It is essential that he be taught the answers to the following anticipated questions:

	A.		What are the reasons for your travel?
	B.		How did you get the money for travel?
	C.		How long is the travel period?
	D.		Who will meet you in the arrival country?
	E.		What will you be doing in the arrival country?

(There are different degrees of interrogation)
During Travel (transit country): The brother should be taught the answers to the following questions:

	A.		Why are you going to Pakistan?
	B.		Do you belong to a religious organization?
	C.		How did you get the travel money?
	D.		Who got you the visa to Pakistan?
	E.		What will you be doing in Pakistan?
	F.		With whom will you be staying in Pakistan?

Arrival Country (Pakistan): The brother should be taught the answers to the following questions:

	A.		Why did you come to Pakistan?
	B.		How long will you be spending in Pakistan?
	C.		With whom will you be staying?

Transit Country (Return): The brother should be taught the answers to the following questions:

	A.		What were you doing in Pakistan?
	B.		Are you a Jihad fighter?
	C.		Do you belong to religious organizations in your country?
	D.		Why did you come to our country in particular?
	E.		Whom will you be staying with now?
	F.		How long will you spend here?

Return Country (Returning to your Country):

	A.		What were you doing in the transit country?
	B.		Addresses and telephone numbers of those who hosted you during your stay?
	C.		Whom did you visit in your group, and for how long?

	A.		What were you doing in Pakistan or Afghanistan?
	B.		In which camp were you trained?
	C.		Who trained you? On what weapons were you trained?
	D.		Who assigned you to go to Afghanistan?
	E.		Whom will you contact in your country?
	F.		What are 'the tasks and missions that you intend to execute in your country?
	G.		Who else trained with you in Afghanistan?
	H.		How many of your countrymen are in that camp and in Afghanistan?
	I.		What are their names?
	J.		Who are the group commanders there [in Pakistan] Where do they live and what do they do?
	K.		What things do the commanders talk about?

An Example of a Security Plan for a Group Mission (Important Meeting). The meeting is of two types:

A. A meeting held by those responsible for overt work. That [meeting] is held in many places (mosque, a p a r t m e n t ,...)
B. A meeting held by those responsible for covert work. For that [meeting], great effort on our part should be exercised to ensure its safety. We shall discuss that meeting and what makes it secure from enemies spies.

The security plan for that meeting is divided into several stages:

A. Before the meeting: Here the meeting for covert work is divided into:

Meeting in a Stationary Location: A meeting where more than three members gather to discuss a plan or prepare for an activity.

Mobile Meeting (Encounter): A meeting among a small number of members, not more than three, to inform [one another] of a certain issue.

Security Measures Necessary Prior to the Stationary Meeting:

	1.		Establishing a plan suitable for the members if any of them is arrested. It consists of: Who is the owner of the apartment? What was discussed in the meeting? Who was with you? What was agreed upon?
	2.		Specifying the timing of the meeting in such a way as not to raise suspicion of the members’ movements.
	3.		Not allowing a long period of time between specifying the meeting time and the meeting itself.
	4.		Securing the meeting location and the routes leading to it by the following:
			a.   Ensuring the security status via telephone.   b.   Assigning members to monitor the place before and during the meeting.   c. Planting a member close to the nearest enemy security point (police station, security administration) to communicate the first sight of security movement.   d.   Posting an armed guard to stop any attack and to give those meeting a chance to escape.
	5.		Specifying what would happen in the event the police storm the place.
	6.		Those members going to the meeting should consider the following:
			a.   Ensuring that the enemy is not behind them while on the way to the meeting place.   b.   Not heading directly to the meeting place but through secondary places.   c. Not going to the meeting place as a group but individually, with time gaps between them.   d.   The clothing and appearance should be suitable for the meeting place.   e.   If the brother uses public transportation, he should alight before or after the meeting location. In case he has a private car, he should park it in a secure place not near the location that allows him to maneuver quickly at any moment.   f.   Verifying the proper cover for the documents he has with him.   g.   If a member is armed, he should make sure that the weapon is in good working condition.

Necessary Security Measures Prior to the Mobile Meeting:
When a brother goes to a certain meeting (mobile meeting), he should review these things:

	a.		Is he sure that the enemy is not behind him nor at the meeting place?
	b.		Who will meet him?
	c.		Is there anything that might raise suspicion?
	d.		Is this the first appointment or the second (alternative, changed)?
	e.		Does he know the meeting place in detail?
	f.		Are his appearance and clothing suitable for the location where he will stand [meet]?
	g.		Is his weapon in good working condition?
	h.		What is the alternative for each action?
	i.		Not going directly to the person whom he would like to meet, Verifying the person's appearance and features.