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AQIS Magazine Urges Muslim Pilots to Crash Aircraft into U.S. Bases

archive.li · October 13, 2026

CSPII Commentary: Nawa-i-Ghazwa-e-Hind , widely identified as Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent’s Urdu-language magazine, praises the Omani pilot who tried to crash a Flydubai aircraft on September 30, calling him a true believer and mujahid. It tells Muslim commercial pilots to use their aircraft as weapons and military pilots to crash bomb- and missile-laden planes into the U.S. bases.

Flydubai Captain: Co-Pilot Asked to Pray, Then Struck Him With Axe — Al-Qaeda Propaganda Calls for More Attacks

Breitbart · October 4, 2026

The captain of the Flydubai jet targeted in Wednesday’s attempted hijacking said his co-pilot asked to pray just minutes before striking him from behind with a cockpit crash axe, as new evidence revealed the suspect’s apparent affinity for al-Qaeda and pro-al-Qaeda propaganda calling for further attacks on aircraft carrying Americans and Israelis. The post Flydubai Captain: Co-Pilot Asked to Pray, Then Struck Him With Axe — Al-Qaeda Propaganda Calls for More Attacks appeared first on Breitbart .