Crikey

It’s been a while since we last had a story about al-Qaeda expansion into New South Wales jails. However, yesterday’s Sun-Herald reported that Muslim prison inmates in New South Wales have been studying an al-Qaeda manual. And up to 40 inmates have apparently established:

…an internal organisational structure to maintain morale, resist interrogation and recruit members to Islam.

Hmmm … Where have we heard that before?

Oh, yes. In the San Francisco Chronicle last year! The Chronicle reported that detainees of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba had created:

…their own internal organizational structure to maintain morale, resist interrogation and recruit members…

Amazing. Not only did they both create “internal organizational structures” but they both have the exact same objectives listed in the exact same order. What are the chances of that?

The Sun-Herald continues:

The al-Qaeda training manual was first obtained by the CIA in 1996.

And in the San Francisco Chronicle last year:

The al-Qaeda training manual, obtained by the CIA in 1996…

The Sun-Herald today:

It suggests a 10-position leadership structure for members held in prison.

And in the San Francisco Chronicle last year:

…suggests a 10-position leadership structure for members held in prison

The Sun-Herald today:

The structure includes “barracks chief and deputies”, “greeters to meet and instruct new arrivals”, “welfare attendant to organise equitable distribution of goods from families and aid organisations” and “clergy”, presumably to attend to spiritual needs as well as to recruit new adherents to their faith, according to the CIA report.

And, finally, in the San Francisco Chronicle last year:

It includes “barracks chief and deputies,” “greeters to meet and instruct new arrivals,” “welfare attendant to organize equitable distribution of goods from families and aid organizations,” “morale officer to organize leisure time” and “clergy, presumably to attend to spiritual needs as well as to recruit new adherents to their faith,” according to the report.

This article appeared originally at Austrolabe.