Al-Qaeda has plans for its new recruits

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However, the recent placement of Ilyas Kashmiri as the chairman of its military committee will allow al-Qaeda to use commandos from the notorious 313 Brigade to launch attacks in Western countries as well as in India. The brigade comprises jihadis with extensive experience in Pakistan's Kashmir struggle with India.

In his interview with Asia Times Online, Ilyas mentioned the cartoons published in the Danish press, but only in passing as a reference to Western tyranny. He said, "We have been exposing all sorts of their victimization and tyranny. These nations have published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in order to humiliate all Muslims."

He would not be drawn on any of his plans. "I am not a traditional jihadi cleric who is involved in sloganeering. As a military commander, I would say every target has a specific time and reason, and the responses will be forthcoming accordingly."

In the interview, his first given to the English-language media, his emphasis was against India for the "liberation of Kashmir", although he said he had now expanded his struggle against America, which he referred to as "the big Satan", and its allies.

By utilizing the experienced Ilyas, al-Qaeda hopes to launch attacks that will create a backlash in the Muslim world against the West and boost the morale of the masses on the streets. The publisher of the Danish cartoons would have been a popular target, given the waves of demonstrations throughout the Muslim world at the publication of the cartoons. This especially as the Organization of Islamic Countries failed to take any popular steps, such as severing diplomatic ties or boycotting Danish products.

Ilyas' 313 Brigade is an elite group with stiff entry requirements - it takes more than just a good jihadi background to get in. Ilyas, who denies media reports that he was once part of a special services group of the Pakistani army, was a mujahid during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s and received top training in explosives and guerrilla operations in the air, on water and on land.

Recruits to 313 Brigade are required to undergo extensive training that includes spiritual awareness - members have to pray five times a day, plus additional prayers at midnight (Tahajud). They suffer sleep and food deprivation to toughen them and learn deep-water diving and survival skills, including orienteering and how to plan operations.

Once a jihad passes all tests, most of which Ilyas personally oversees, he is assigned for commando operations in Afghanistan - and from there, if al-Qaeda is to be believed - to the wider world.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KK03Df03.html

I don't know if this man is just making shit up. However, if he's not, there will be chaos in a lot of places.