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The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder reports that the first-ever English-language magazine purportedly written by al-Qaeda officials has surfaced in the vibrant online jihadi community. The magazine, "Inspire," contains such violent (and unintentionally, one assumes, humorous) tips as "how to make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom." If the magazine is real, it raises an interesting question: What exactly happens at the Inspire editorial meetings? A number of foreign affairs journalists, combining their knowledge of terrorism with their experience at editorial meetings, are venturing a few guesses.

"What if we put Osama on the cover of every issue? Worked for Oprah." #inspireeditorialmeetingsless than a minute ago via webpaul mcleary
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Can we get a fatwa on what constitutes a halal sports section? It can't just be bouzkashi!  #inspireeditorialmeetingsless than a minute ago via webAlexander Lobov
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How can we fact check whether the "bomb in the kitchen of your mom" recipe works? #inspireeditorialmeetingsless than a minute ago via HootSuiteAfPak Channel
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"I dunno, I feel like this 'The Jihadi case for Israel' piece is just sort of contrarian for its own sake..." #inspireeditorialmeetingsless than a minute ago via webCharles Homans
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"I'm sorry, Ayman, but we're can't publish your piece on Yemeni basketweaving as jihad. It's too in the weeds." #inspireeditorialmeetingsless than a minute ago via webBlake Hounshell
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"AP or Chicago Manual of Style? Which one is under the thumb of the global Zionist conspiracy?"  #inspireeditorialmeetingsless than a minute ago via webpaul mcleary
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"Yeah, I didn't like the hed either, but Osama's really attached to it. He thinks that pun is hilarious." #inspireeditorialmeetingsless than a minute ago via webCharles Homans
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"You know we should really get Mark Thiessen to do a guest op-ed." #inspireeditorialmeetingsless than a minute ago via webMichael Cohen
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"Did you pick up the phone or did you just pull this quote from Zawahiri's press release?" #inspireeditorialmeetingsless than a minute ago via websethdmichaels
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I'm looking forward to the spinoff, al Qat Fancyless than a minute ago via webCharles Homans
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