Inspire: AQAP explains its thinking behind the cargo planes bomb plot
AQAP boasts that the bombs were designed to be detonated either mid-flight or once they reached two Jewish institutions in Chicago. Even though the bombs were detected before they could be detonated, AQAP claims the operation was a success.
The cover of Inspire features “$4,200” in big, bold characters. AQAP’s terrorists say this is the sum they spent on the operation. AQAP claims that for this small amount it has forced the West to spend billions of dollars in additional security, thereby making the operation effective even though no one was killed.