It’s Cosmo for killers.
Long Island Al Qaeda plotter Marcos Alonso Zea collected a frightening collection of terror tomes – including a magazine featuring pieces like “AQ Chef: Destroying Buildings,” a first-person article called “Why Did I Choose Al Qaeda,” and exclusive interviews with celebrity bombers, according to documents filed in federal court.
Court papers also reveal that the 2011 issue of Inspire magazine provided self-help articles – including tips on “Training with an AK.”
Zea is a co-defendant along with Long Island terror pal Justin Kaliebe, 18, who was arrested at JFK in January as he prepared to travel to Oman and eventually to Yemen to join a terror group, prosecutors said.
“His goal was to travel overseas to wage violent jihad against Yemeni and U.S. forces opposed to Al Qaeda,” Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch said after Kaliebe pleaded guilty to terror raps in June.
He is awaiting sentencing and faces up to 30 years in prison.
Prosecutors revealed that Zea’s online searches painted him as a demented “do-it-yourselfer.”
His disturbing Internet queries included “How to make a flamethrower,” “How to make disposable silencers,” and “The AR-15 Complete User Guide,” according to the filing.
Kaliebe, a Bay Shore teen of Jewish and Italian descent went by the name of Umar Abdul Rahman as he prepared himself to wage war on his enemies with an Al Qaeda group in the Arabian Peninsula, prosecutors said.
Kaliebe – who first interacted with undercover agents at a Long Island local mosque when he was 16 – became mesmerized by radical cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki as his radicalization progressed, prosecutors said.