The United States government has claimed both symbolic and strategic victories from using drone aircraft in their war on terrorism. The CIA and military have flown thousands of surveillance missions and made hundreds of bombing strikes assassinating thousands of militants, and at times–inadvertently–civilians. The militants, it turns out, were making preparations of their own.

A 22-point list detailing tactics and countermeasures to take against suspected drone operations was found by the Associated Press in a building previously occupied by Al Qaeda of the Islamic Maghreb. According to the AP, the list was originally published to an jihadist forum two years ago. This is the AP’s slightly clunky translation; it also provides the original document in arabic (pdf).