'Make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom,' teaches al-Quaeda

An al-Qaeda magazine aims to recruit Americans to launch attacks in the United States with such articles as "make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom," a senior US lawmaker said Monday.

According to The Washington Post the first issue of Inspire was posted online late Sunday by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The English-language publication includes an article by Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical US-born Muslim cleric based in Yemen who is wanted by US authorities.

"The tables have turned and there is no rolling back of the worldwide jihad movement. On the eve of 9/11 it was Afghanistan alone. Today it is Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Somalia, North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the list is growing," writes Awlaki.

The publication also has messages from Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and an article on how to send and receive encrypted messages.

Rep. Peter Hoekstra (Mich.), the top Republican on the House intelligence committee, called it "an unfortunately well-done magazine" and "a virtual how-to guide for becoming a terrorist."