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The Molotov Cocktail is one of the easiest weapons to make; also one of the easiest to make relative to the high level of its effectiveness. For it consists simply of a mixture of two or three substances - Benzine and Alfalin [6] - and is easy to put together. This weapon has a number of distinguishing features:

- it is easy to practice with, in that it does not cause explosive noise. This means you can practice on it even close to inhabited areas;
- its ingredients are readily available, access to them cannot be restricted nor their importation prevented;
- it involves no significant expense; indeed they may be obtained more easily than the oppressor [government] apparatuses can obtain a single bullet.

It is also noted for its effectiveness against individuals, and against military machinery, which its fire can adhere to easily.

The above-mentioned mixture is placed in a bottle that can shatter easily, and a wick of ordinary cloth is inserted. The fighter sets fire to the wick so that it contacts the mixture inside, which scatters when the glass is shattered, so that it sticks to and burns what it comes into contact with.

We ask God to grant us power over the necks of the Crusaders and the Apostates [7], and grant us the means to massacre the enemies of The Faith. May God pray for and keep safe His servant and messenger Muhammad, his Family, Companions and Followers.

[6] Sic, in text. Possibly for ethyl or methyl alcohol.
[7] By which the author means Arab governments.

Anti-ship Warfare and Molotov Cocktails at the Siege of Acre, 1190

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