[DonQ]

I would honestly have supposed that (a) the Scout handbook in English would have limited readership among Al-Qaeda's troops, (b) there are Boy Scout publications already available in Arabic so banning the British edition wouldn't have any effect, and (c) although the British Boy Scout book might give British boys a little information on living in the wild - there aren't too many places in the British Isles that are more than an hour's walk from a town or city - there must be better books in Britain, such as Army manuals left over from WW2.

[JoeFromSidney]

there are Boy Scout publications already available in Arabic so banning the British edition wouldn't have any effect,

Once when I was visiting a town in southern Turkey I took a walk along the beach after dinner. I came to a sunken concrete court, apparently used for basketball. Right in the middle of it was what looked like a Council Fire, ready to be lit. I went closer, and sure enough, there was a group of Turkish boys in Scout uniforms sitting nearby. Yes, I know a Council Fire when I see one. My command of Turkish wasn't that good, so I didn't try to chat with them, but I found it interesting that Turkish Boy Scouts have some of the same traditions as American Boy Scouts.