DISASTER WILDFIRE: Mandatory evacuations for the people in Spokane, Washington

Anyone that can translate the Arabic writing on the tweets above? I know a few years back there was an issue of a jihadist magazine that advocated setting fires.

INSPIRE Magazine from 2012




Al Qaeda Magazine Calls for Firebomb Campaign in US

Al Qaeda's "Inspire" magazine reappears, tells readers to fire bomb Montana
The latest addition gives readers advice on how to be an urban assassin and how to ignite an "ember bomb" in a US forest. It recommends Montana as a possible target.

"In America, there are more houses built in the [countryside] than in the cities," says the writer, who calls himself The AQ Chef, according to ABC. "It is difficult to choose a better place [than] in the valleys of Montana."


California Fusion Center Tests an Inspire Magazine Ember Bomb
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"Fire is one of the soldiers of Allah"
A Practical Test of the "Ember Bomb" as Described in Inspire, Issue 9
https://info.publicintelligence.net/STAC-EmberBombTest.pdf

'Unleash Hell': New Al Qaeda magazine describes in detail how to start huge forest fires across the U.S..with instructions on how to make 'ember bombs'

On May 31, 2012 the Department of Homeland Security issued a warning of, "Terrorist interest in the tactic of intentionally setting fires to cause casualties, economic damage, and resource depletion".

The warning was based off of latest issue of al Qaeda’s English magazine in the Arabian Peninsula, Inspire. The organization calls on its operatives and supporters to set forests on fire as part of its struggle against enemies of Islam. The magazine, which emphasizes that forest fires are a permitted combat method in Islam, provides relevant quotes from the Qur'an as proof. The magazine also includes detailed explanations on how to prepare incendiary bombs to set forests ablaze.

The fact that terrorists have used arson as a tactic is proven throughout other theatres of operations. Hizballah has ignited forest fires in Israel with an unprecedented 200 fires being set in Jerusalem in a single day.

Further, Alexander Bortnikov, the Head Russia’s Federal Security Service blamed Islamic terrorists for a spate of forest fires in Europe.

The reason behind the media blackout is because the president, not wanting to be seen as losing the "war on terror", fabricates a cover story.

Forbes Magazine stated that the reason the Obama administration lied about the attacks in Benghazi that killed an US Ambassador and three other Americans was because the, "Attack which left four Americans dead exposed the president’s flaccid diplomacy... Obama’s foreign policy is in shambles. Allies no longer trust us. Enemies no longer fear us".

And the same tactic was evident in the crippling forest fires that were seen on American soil during the summer of 2012. The official explanation given was that target shooters, an old stand-by enemy of gun control proponents, were responsible for setting the blazes that destroyed thousands of acres of land and hundreds of private residences.

But, what went unreported in the mainstream media was that an Islamic Jihadist group named Masadat al-Mujahideen claimed responsibility for the fires.

The statement they released included the following:

"Allah have granted a group of our brothers from the lions of Masadat Al-Mujahidin at 8:00 in the day before yesterday Thursday 25 Safar 1433 A.H. corresponding 19 January 2012 to set fire in the forests of Nevada in the Reno region.

And we by this great event and paradigm shift declare the following:

1. We declare our full responsibility of setting fire in the Nevada forests in America.

2. We declare widening the area of war and transferring it currently to inside America and soon to elsewhere."

This same jihadist group took credit for the 2013 Arizona wildfires that killed 19 firefighters:

"Masada al-Mujahideen Fulfilled its Promise and Attacked America Again After the Expiration of the Period with Fires that Achieved Historic Results.

We had previously announced an unconventional war against the occupation state of Israel, and then we escalated this war to reach its main supporter, America, so that it receives a major share of it, which will destroy their flora and fauna, with permission from Allah and then with our hands."

The statement further said that the group targeted the United States "in order to make it clear and to make it know we can reach it when we warn it, and to make it certain that our hands don't just reach it but also strike it."

In addition to claiming responsibility for fires in the US, the jihadist group has claimed credit for more than a dozen fires in Israel since 2010.

Contrary to the claims of Masadat al-Mujahideen, authorities have said that they believe the fires were started as a result of lighting

Palestinian Terror Group Claims Responsibility for Arizona Wildfires
A Palestinian jihadist group known as Masada al-Mujahideen took credit for the fires in a statement that was obtained and translated by Search for International Terrorist Entities (SITE) Intelligence Group, according to the Clarion Project.

The terror group claims that the fires are a reprisal for Israel’s "occupation" of what they say are Palestinian lands.

Nineteen firefighters have been killed while fighting the blaze.

"We had previously announced an unconventional war against the occupation state of Israel, and then we escalated this war to reach its main supporter, America, so that it receives a major share of it, which will destroy their flora and fauna, with permission from Allah and then with our hands," the group said, according to Clarion and SITE.

"In order to make it clear and to make it known that we can reach it when we warn it, and to make it certain that our hands don't just reach it but also strike it," the group reportedly said.

The group promises similar attacks in the future, stating that the Arizona fires "will not be the last, if America does not respond to our demands."

Clarion reported that al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for setting fires in several European nations.




Hezbollah set an unprecedented 200 fires in and around Jerusalem in a single day.

Alexander Bortnikov, the head of Russia's Federal Security Service, blamed Islamic terrorists for a spate of forest fires in Europe


2008
FOREST FIRE JIHAD

A terrorist website was discovered recently that carried a posting that called for “Forest Jihad.” The posting was listed on the Internet on Nov. 26 and reported in U.S. intelligence channels last week.

The statement, in Arabic, said that “summer has begun so do not forget the Forest Jihad.” The writer called on all Muslims in the United States, Europe, Russia and Australia to “start forest fires.”

The “Forest Jihad”
Already back in November 2007, radical Islamic forums spelled out the terrorists’ mindset in graphic terms. One of the Arabic web sites affiliated with Al Qaeda’s ideas, called “Al-Ikhlas Islamic Network”, posted a long and detailed message, in which it was argued that lighting fires is an effective form of action, justified in Islamic law under the "eye for an eye" doctrine. The posting instructs remembering the "Forest Jihad" during the summer months, noting that "fires cause economic damage and pollution, tie up security agencies and can take months to extinguish.” Imagine, if after all the losses caused by such an event, a jihadist organization were to claim responsibility for the forest fires," the website says, "you can hardly begin to imagine the level of fear that would take hold of people in the United States, Europe, Russia and Australia."

2009
Australian Wildfires Could Fuel 'Forest Jihad' Terrorists, Experts Say


Australia's Nightmare: Bushfire Jihad and Pyro-terrorism

2012
Jerusalem Authorities: 200 Arson Attacks in Past 2 Weeks


2013
Palestinian Terror Group Claims Credit for Arizona Wildfires That Killed Firefighters

https://clarionproject.org/palestinian-terror-group-claims-credit-arizona-wildfires/

Expert warns terrorists may be setting wildfires across American West

2016
Wildfires tear across Israel, Netanyahu calls arsonists 'terrorists'

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-fires-idUSKBN13J0YJ

2017
Inferno Terror: Forest Fires as the New Form of Terrorism

https://www.researchgate.net/public...ror_Forest_Fires_as_the_New_Form_of_Terrorism

2018
Arson terror from Gaza continues to devastate southern Israel

https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/ForeignPolic...-devastate-southern-Israel-8-August-2018.aspx

2019
ISIS Claims Escalating Use of Wildfire Arson as Terror Tactic

 
I’m seeing reports of arsonists in other areas as well. Guy throwing lit paper out of his vehicle was supposedly ran off the road by locals and held for police north of spokane Elk WA

On the Indian rez northwest of Spokane there’s supposedly a guy in an older Dodge lighting fires in the area - the casino burnt to the ground


I’m getting to where I hate the fire danger red flag warnings because that seems to be a calling card for arsonists
 
They arrest these people and the judges let them back on the street to do it again. Spokane is run my socialist/communist. I hate to say it looks like the people are getting what they voted for. I heard besides cutting police budgets they also cut the fire department budget.
 
They arrest these people and the judges let them back on the street to do it again. Spokane is run my socialist/communist. I hate to say it looks like the people are getting what they voted for. I heard besides cutting police budgets they also cut the fire department budget.

Fortunately in previous administrations before the feminist communist Lisa Brown got “elected” they put in big generators to keep water pressure during outages, just for this reason.

So Indian trails area never ran out of water unlike California where the hydrants were dry.
 
I will be heading up the area to visit my son in a few weeks when he gets back from his ship. It seems like every time I go thing in Spokane get worse. The parks and streets are full of people doing drugs. We were waking in the park downtown at the falls and a druggie was harassing tourists begging for money. I told my son if he does this to me, he is going over the edge and into the river. There was a cop there and he ignored the guy.
 
Just looked at flight24 and saw no large planes. 4 smaller planes were in a holding pattern, and it looked like another plane doing a survey of the area. Those bigger tanker planes should have been up. Also 1 Blackhawk helicopter heading in.
 
From Fantasy writer CJ Cherryh, she asked that this note be passed on. She is OK, but many of her neighbors are not. Like my household during the Oakland Hills Firestorm, her cars are packed with kitty cages to hand, just in case the fire makes another turn.
From facebook

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We are ok and still at home. The nearest evacuation-must-go zone is 10 blocks north and about as much on 2 other sides. Our street was an evacuation route and a steady stream of traffic. Our cars are still packed and kitty-cages are piled in the sunroom, but the 50 mph winds have died down and the air is clear where we are. The active fire seems to be west of us. We are going to lose a lot of beautiful woods and even more unhappily, many, many homes, plus some parks and golf courses....the business sector is intact, and the historic north hill houses are intact. Nature when she renews can be a pita, but we are alertly-ok and in our house, which I hope will become possible for many of those that have taken refuge in the public shelter---but many, many families have lost homes with precious little time to do more than run for it; a 50 mph gale driving a fire like that leaves no time even for packing in many instances.
Please share this letter freely; our means of communication are somewhat limited by the situation, and we gratefully acknowledge the many inquiries and wishes for our safety. We are as of this morning safe and the situation seems to be coming under control, with thanks to the organizations and individuals who are still working on this situation, and the firefighters, police and National Guard who have worked through the night to see others safe.
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They have arrested a suspect in the Old Trails fire. Convicted felon arrested for arson in connection with Old Trails Fire


SPOKANE, Wash - A convicted felon has been arrested on an arson charge, suspected of starting the fire that has now burned thousands of acres and hundreds of homes.
Spokane County Sheriff John Nowels made the announcement in a news conference Monday night.
A person reported seeing the man in the trees looking nervous, then 10 minutes later saw smoke rising from the area.

A man matching the description was questioned the day of the fire, but then released. He was in possession of waterproof matches and a butane lighter.
Piecing together evidence later, they positively identified the man and developed probable cause that the man was kneeling in the grass at the spot where the fire started.
The suspect, 37-year-old Aaron Farinacci, was arrested Monday night in the City of Spokane and is now being held on a $1 million bond.
The man arrested has a previous conviction for manslaughter in Arizona.
The Old Trails fire started Saturday afternoon near Airway Heights, then quickly pushed through Riverside State Park and into neighborhoods in north Spokane.

Hundreds of structures, including entire neighborhoods, have burned.
Thousands of people remain out of their homes due to widespread evacuation orders.
The fire is one of three burning in the Spokane area, considered to be the top fire priority in the nation.

The fires have burned more than 10,000 acres as of Monday evening.
Sheriff Nowels said there's no indication Farinacci had anything to do with the other fires burning in Spokane.
A man with the same name and age was accused of shooting his father to death in 2010 because he didn't want to wash the dishes.
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When I was about 5 another boy my age I did not know was brought to our house and I was told to watch him. He tried to set fire to the shanty and succeeded in setting the hedge on fire. Of course my alcoholic parents were upset with me.

Decades later I learn that that behavior in children is associated with sex abuse. I wonder if that carries over to adulthood and how much of what we see is the result of our children's abuse.

Shadow
 
It gets worse (the arsonist suspect):

MESA, Ariz. – Police says a 21-year-old Arizona man fatally shot his father then turned the gun on himself after they argued about the son doing the dishes.

Mesa police found Aaron Farinacci (fehr-ihn-AH'-chee) blocks from his parent's house with a gunshot wound to his chest. He was in critical condition Tuesday.

Police say the incident began just after 6 p.m. Monday when Aaron Farinacci argued with his father, Jeffrey Farinacci, then ran into his parent's bedroom and locked the door. Jeffrey Farinacci got a key and unlocked the door, and his wife then heard two shots. She told police her son pointed the gun at her as she went to investigate.

Police say Aaron Farinacci had gotten his father's handgun from the nightstand.

Jeffrey Farinacci died at the hospital.

 
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100% agree.
This thing blew up fast. I dont know when they issued the evacuation order, but people may have been at work. Those who were home had mere minutes to grab what they could, and if they weren't active preppers, I'll bet 95% had never even though about what they'd need in an evacuation, much less made lists AND at least mentally walked through the necessary steps.

STEP #1 SECURE ALL PETS! Carrier or crates for the cats, crates, or a strong, chew-proof leash and well fitted collar (a frightened dog can often slip out of a collar that has been fine during calmer times!)

I feel awful for anyone whose pet slipped outside while they were carrying babies or family mementos out to the car in a panic. Looki ang at some of those photos, that was a genuine firestorm. So tragic...

Summerthyme
 
This thing blew up fast. I dont know when they issued the evacuation order, but people may have been at work. Those who were home had mere minutes to grab what they could, and if they weren't active preppers, I'll bet 95% had never even though about what they'd need in an evacuation, much less made lists AND at least mentally walked through the necessary steps.

STEP #1 SECURE ALL PETS! Carrier or crates for the cats, crates, or a strong, chew-proof leash and well fitted collar (a frightened dog can often slip out of a collar that has been fine during calmer times!)

I feel awful for anyone whose pet slipped outside while they were carrying babies or family mementos out to the car in a panic. Looki ang at some of those photos, that was a genuine firestorm. So tragic...

Summerthyme
Exactly. I've seen many posts of people who were evacuating as their neighbor's house was flaming; no time at all. Many people weren't home, and couldn't get back in to get pets. One guy busted down barricades to get back to his two dogs, but for so many it was already too late. Some had to take the whole family, plus pick up grandpa & grandma, and wouldn't have room for all of the animals also. Some had to abandon their cars because the traffic was so tied up; a perfect time for pets to escape. Some couldn't find their pets in time, and livestock had to just be set free. I honestly think few if any just didn't care.
 
I was two hours away and there was zero chance I could help evacuate or even reach them.

There was only one road in or out, and that road would have been a death trap if fire went through there. Cars were only inching toward a few feet at a time. Everyone was sitting ducks stuck bumper to bumper for hours in a narrow road with no shoulders surrounded by pines, big pines growing over the road it would have been so hot!

1000’s of people would have died
 
When I was about 5 another boy my age I did not know was brought to our house and I was told to watch him. He tried to set fire to the shanty and succeeded in setting the hedge on fire. Of course my alcoholic parents were upset with me.

Decades later I learn that that behavior in children is associated with sex abuse. I wonder if that carries over to adulthood and how much of what we see is the result of our children's abuse.

Shadow
Fire starting in a young person is part of a "homicidal triad".. three behaviors that were observed in a huge percentage of serial killers. Fire starting, torturing or killing animals, and chronic bed-wetting. Each one wasn't especially noteworthy in itself...concerning, but often dealt with using therapy and behavior modification. But when boys did all three... it was bad news, and *often* escalated.

As far as your story, pathological fire starting can be related to any of several childhood trauma. It's generally a way of acting out, seeking attention they dont know how to ask for. If the boy you were asked to watch had a history of that kind of behavior (was that why he needed "watching"?), he definitely had issues.
But many young kids are fascinated with lighting fires. I know of two barns and one Amish house that burned down from small (5-7 or 8] children literally "playing with matches". So a single incident *may* not mean anything too serious.

(Obviously, I'm not talking about any sort they of actual deliberate arson...especially that results in wildfires. But the two kids who were lighting candles under the bed upstairs were just hiding their forbidden "experiment". It never occurred to them that they could have killed their mother and siblings who were working downstairs in the kitchen...)

Summerthyme (we forestalled potential kid/fire issues by letting them light the woodburning furnace with a lighter, and later a propane torch. We also taught them how to build campfires before they were four. Of course, the instructions included a LOT of safety rules)
 
Decades later I learn that that behavior in children is associated with sex abuse. I wonder if that carries over to adulthood and how much of what we see is the result of our children's abuse.

Shadow
Most of what I've read on the topic of sexual predation and particularly sex crimes against children bear that out.

I've always thought there had to be some deeply rooted causality in sex crimes in general because I couldn't believe someone woke up one day and just decided to rape or abuse any one, particularly children.
 
They have arrested a suspect in the Old Trails fire. Convicted felon arrested for arson in connection with Old Trails Fire


SPOKANE, Wash - A convicted felon has been arrested on an arson charge, suspected of starting the fire that has now burned thousands of acres and hundreds of homes.
Spokane County Sheriff John Nowels made the announcement in a news conference Monday night.
A person reported seeing the man in the trees looking nervous, then 10 minutes later saw smoke rising from the area.

A man matching the description was questioned the day of the fire, but then released. He was in possession of waterproof matches and a butane lighter.
Piecing together evidence later, they positively identified the man and developed probable cause that the man was kneeling in the grass at the spot where the fire started.
The suspect, 37-year-old Aaron Farinacci, was arrested Monday night in the City of Spokane and is now being held on a $1 million bond.
The man arrested has a previous conviction for manslaughter in Arizona.
The Old Trails fire started Saturday afternoon near Airway Heights, then quickly pushed through Riverside State Park and into neighborhoods in north Spokane.

Hundreds of structures, including entire neighborhoods, have burned.
Thousands of people remain out of their homes due to widespread evacuation orders.
The fire is one of three burning in the Spokane area, considered to be the top fire priority in the nation.

The fires have burned more than 10,000 acres as of Monday evening.
Sheriff Nowels said there's no indication Farinacci had anything to do with the other fires burning in Spokane.
A man with the same name and age was accused of shooting his father to death in 2010 because he didn't want to wash the dishes.
COPYRIGHT 2026 BY KXLY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED.

Good 24/7 news stream on the fires. Station KHQ.
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Caught that on local CBS3-WREG.

I bet a public defender/SJW Judge &/or DA colluded to get Farinacci off with some sort of psych plea followed by inadequete treatment and a rubber stamp return to freedom. Maybe one of our NM members could research the case and sentencing to clarify my supposition as I'm waiting for a colonoscopy.
 
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I just talked to a friend who lives in along RT 291 between Spokane and Suncrest The evacuated to their daughter house in the Suncrest area. The fire missed their house. It normally takes about 15 minutes between those places when driving. The main highway (291) is still closed. He had to go up through Airway Heights and take back roads. The trip took 1-1/2 hours. He doesn't expect the highway (291) to open till the end of the week at the earliest. At least he has power and water.
 
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