Defining Security Plan:

This is a set of coordinated, cohesive, and integrated measures that are related to a certain activity and designed to confuse and surprise the enemy,and if uncovered,to minimize the work loss as much as possible.

Importance of the Security Plan:

The work will be successful if Allah grants that.The more solid is the security plan, the more successful [the work ]and the fewer the losses.The less solid the security plan,the less successful [the work ]and the greater the losses.

Specifications of the Security Policy:

A number of conditions should be satisfied to help the security plan to succeed.These are:[It should be ]

 
A .realistic and based on fact so it would be credible to the enemy before and after the work.

B.coordinated,integrated,cohesive,and accurate,without any gaps,to provide the enemy [the impression of ]a continuous and linked chain of events.

C.simple so that the members can assimilate it.

D.creative.

E.flexible.

F.secretive.

The Method of Implementing the Security Plan:There should be a security plan for each activity that is subject to being uncovered by the enemy.For example,the brother who is charged with a certain mission might be arrested.It is,therefore, essential that a security plan be designed for him through which he will be able to deny any accusation.  Likewise, for the group assigned a collective mission,there should be a security plan to which all members are committed.Each member would then find out ,learn,and be trained in his role to ensure his assimilation of it..

In this lesson, we shall cover many examples of security plans related to certain matters:

1. Security plan for an individual mission. 2. Security plan for a group (important meeting). mission (assassination operation).3. Security plan for a group

1. Example of a security plan for an individual mission
(training in Afghanistan):

Prior to Departure: Traveling through an airport, the brother might be subjected to interrogation. It is essential that he be taught the answers to the following anticipated questions:

A. What are the reasons for your travel?

B. How did you get the money for travel?

C. How long is the travel period?

D. Who will meet you in the arrival country?

E. What will you be doing in the arrival country?

A. Why are you going to Pakistan?

B. Do you belong to an religious organizations? C.  How did you get the travel money?

D.  Who got you the visa to Pakistan?

E. What will you be doing in Pakistan?

F. With whom will you be staying in Pakistan?

A. Why did you come to Pakistan?

B. How long will you be spending in Pakistan?

C. With whom will you be staying?

Transit Country (Return):The brother should be taught the answers to the following questions:

A.What were you doing in Pakistan?

B.Are you a Jihad fighter?

C.Do you belong to religious organizations in your country?

D.Why did you come to our country in particular?

E.Whom will you be staying with now?

F.How long will you spend here?

Return Country (Returningto your Country):
 

A.What were you doing in the transit country?

B.Addresses and telephone numbers of those who hosted you during your stay?

C.Whom did you visit in your group,and for how long?

A.What were you doing in Pakistan or Afghanistan?

B.In which camp were you trained?

C .Who trained you?On what weapons were you trained?

D.Who assigned you to go to Afghanistan?

E.Whom will you contact in your country?

F.What are 'the tasks and missions that you intend to execute in your country?

G.Who else trained with you in Afghanistan?

H.How many of your countrymen are in that camp and in Afghanistan?

I.What are their names?

J.Who are the group commanders there [in Pakistan ]?Where dothey live and what do they do?

K.What things do the commanders talk about?

An Example of a Security Plan for a Group Mission (Important Meeting).The meeting is of two types:

A .A meeting held by those responsible for overt work.That
[meeting ]is held in many places (mosque,a p a r t m e n t ,...)
B. A meeting held by those responsible for covert work.  For that [meeting ],great effort on our part should be exercised to ensure its safety.  We shall discuss that meeting and what makes it secure from enemies spies.

The security plan for that meeting is divided into several stages:

A. Before the meeting, B. The meeting location, C. During the meeting, D. After the conclusion of meeting, E. In case security personnel storm the meeting place and capture one of the members.

A. Before the meeting: Here the meeting for covert work is divided into:

Meeting in a Stationary Location: A meeting where more than three members gather to discuss a plan or prepare for an activity.

Mobile Meeting (Encounter):A meeting among a small number of members, not more than three, to inform [one another ]of a certain issue.

Security Measures Necessary Prior to the Stationary Meeting :

1. Establishing a plan suitable for the members if any of them is arrested. It consists of:

Who is the owner of the apartment?
What was discussed in the meeting?
Who was with you? What was agreed upon?

2 .Specifying the timing of the meeting in such a way as not to raise suspicion of the members’ movements.

3 .Not allowing a long period of time between specifying the meeting time and the meeting itself.

4 .Securing the meeting location and the routes leading to it by the following:

a. Ensuring the security status via telephone.

b. Assigning members to monitor the place before and during the meeting.

c. Planting a member close to the nearest enemy security point (police station, security administration)to communicate the first sight of security movement.

d. Posting an armed guard to stop any attack and to give those meeting a chance to escape.

5 .Specifying what would happen in the event the police storm the place.

6 . Those members going to the meeting should
consider the following:

a. Ensuring that the enemy is not behind them while on the way to the meeting place.

b. Not heading directly to the meeting place but through secondary places.

c. Not going to the meeting place as a group but individually, with time gaps between them.

d. The clothing and appearance should be suitable for the meeting place.

e. If the brother uses public transportation, he should alight before or after the meeting location. In case he has a private car, he should park it in a secure place not near the location that allows him to maneuver quickly at any moment.

f. Verifying the proper cover for the documents he has with him.

g. If a member is armed, he should make sure that the weapon is in good working condition.

a. Is he sure that the enemy is not behind him nor at the meeting place?

b. Who will meet him?

c. Is there anything that might raise suspicion?

d. Is this the first appointment or the second (alternative, changed)?

e. Does he know the meeting place in detail?

f. Are his appearance and clothing suitable for the location where he will stand [meet]?

g. Is his weapon in good working condition?

h. What is the alternative for each action?

i. Not going directly to the person whom he would like to meet, Verifying the person's appearance and features.
 

1. Location-wise, it should be in the middle of a group of houses, not at the beginning.

2. Having many routes leading to that location.  That would assist entering and exiting in many ways.  Consequently, it makes surrounding the place difficult
and facilitates escaping from danger.

3. The location should not be close to suspicious locations ([where] individuals or establishments work
with the security [apparatus ]).

4 .It is preferable that the apartment be on the ground
floor and have a telephone.
 

1. The meeting location should be at the intersection of many roads where it is easy to come, go, and flee.

2 .

3 .The meeting should be held far from places where it is believed some of whose elements deal with the security apparatus (coffee shops).

4 .The place should not be crowded because that allows security personnel to go undetected.

5. It is necessary to have alternative locations and times.  That would make it difficult for security personnel to monitor the place.

B. During the Meeting: The following should be observed:
 

1. Establishing a security plan that consists of the following:

a. Proper cover for the members’ presence (students, for example, it is necessary to have books, notebooks,...)

b. Verifying that personal documents match the agreed-upon cover.

c. Not having written direction to the meeting place. If that is necessary, it should be coded.

d. Not having or leaving food or anything else that would reveal the presence of many people.

e. Surrounding the place with barb wire.  That depends on the importance of the meeting and if there are items that cannot be carried during escape.

C.  After the Conclusion of the Meeting:

1. Departing singly or in pairs, depending on the number of members present.

2. Not heading directly onto main roads but to secondary ones.

3. Not speaking about what was discussed in the meeting, during or after departure.

4. Removing all observers after the members depart.

5 .Not leaving anything that would lead [to the fact that ]there was anyone there except the owner.

1. Establishing a plan to repel the attack, which consists of the following:
 

a. Who will engage the enemy with bullets?

b. Who will flee with the important
documents and who will burn the rest?

c. Not heading directly to other organization locations.

d. Specifying the escape roads and Streets.

e. If the place is surrounded by barb wire, make sure all members have left.

Executing what was agreed upon with the brother in the security plan.

If the brother has important work position (commander, one who knows the arsenal locations,...), whatever is necessary should be done before the enemy discovers anything.

Instruct all members not to go to the meeting location.

Inform all members of the telephone number of that apartment in order to mislead the enemy.

An Example of a Security Plan for a Group Mission (assassinating an important person) [3]: Assassination is an operation of military means and basic security.  Therefore, it is essential that the commanders who establish plans related to assassination give attention to two issues:

First Issue: The importance of establishing a careful, systematic, and solid security plan to hide the operation from the enemy until the time of its execution, which would minimize the losses in case the executing party is discovered.

Second Issue: The importance of establishing a tactical plan for the assassination operation that consists of the operational factors themselves (members, weapons, hiding places ...)and factors of the operation (time, place).  In this example, we shall explain in detail the part related to the security plan.  The part related to operational tactics will be explained in the lesson on special operational tactics.

Security Plan for the Assassination Operation: The security plan must take into account the following matters:

A . The Commander: The security apparatus should not know his whereabouts and movements.  All security measures and arrangements related to members of the Military Organization (soldiers, commanders)apply to him.

B. The Members:

1. They are elements who are selected from various provinces and are suitable for the operation.

2. During the selection process, members should not know one another. They should not know the original planners of the operation.  In case they do, the commander should be notified.  He then should modify the plan.

3. They should be distributed as small groups (3 members)in apartments that are not known except to their proprietors.  They should also be given field names.

4 . During the selection process, consider whether their absence from their families and jobs would clearly attract attention.  We also apply to them all security measures related to the Organization's individuals (soldiers).

C. Method of Operating:

1. The matters of arming and financing should not be known by anyone except the commander.

2 . The apartments should not be rented under real names. They [the apartments ]should undergo all security measures related to the Military Organization's camps.

3. Prior to executing an operation,  falsified documents should be prepared for the participating individuals.

4 . The documents related to the operation should be. hidden in a secure place and burned immediately after the operation, and traces of the fire should be removed.

5 . The means of communication between the operation commander and the participating brothers should be established.

6 . Prior to the operation, apartments should be prepared to hide the brothers participating in it.  These apartments should not be known except to the commander and his soldiers.

7 . Reliable transportation means must be made available. It is essential that prior to the operation, these means are checked and properly maintained.

D.  Interrogation and Investigation: Prior to executing an operation, the commander should instruct his soldiers on what to say if they are captured. He should explain that more than once, in order to ensure that they have assimilated it.   They should, in turn, explain it back to the commander.  The commander should also sit with each of them individually (and go over ]the agreed-upon matters that would be brought up during the interrogation:

1. The one who conceived, planned, and executed this operation was a brother who has a record of those matters with the enemy.

2. During the interrogation, each brother would mention a story that suits his personal status and the province of his residence.  The story should be agreed upon with the commander.

3. Each brother who is subjected to interrogation and torture, should state all that he agreed upon with the commander and not deviate from it.  Coordination should be maintained with all brothers connected to the operation.

Note: The fictitious brother who the brothers say conceived, planned, trained, and executed the operation, should be sent away on a journey [outside the country ].

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