Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri: “Days with the Imam, Episode 1”

Written by Administrator Monday, 21 November 2011 15:52

On November 15, 2011, Al-Qaida's As-Sahab Media released a new recording of Al-Qaida's top leader Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri titled, "Days With the Imam, Part 1." As Zawahiri explained: “The brothers…asked me to speak about some of my memories with the Shaykh, Imam, reviver and mujahid, restorer of jihad in this time, lion of Islam, Shaykh Usama bin Laden…and to explain the human side of his life that perhaps the general Muslims weren’t exposed to….I requested from the brothers that my talk would be sequencing, meaning, what the mind would offer, as the memories with the Shaykh [Usama bin Laden] are numerous…” According to Zawahiri, Tora Bora "revealed the great cowardice of the Crusaders...they were scared to approach the frontline to fight 300 Islamic lions." In his view, U.S. failure at Tora Bora in 2001 "was the reason that Usama Bin Laden would leave to continue his struggle and jihad afterward." While under siege at Tora Bora, bin Laden reportedly “insisted on recording this speech in this image that you saw to fulfill loyalty to those 19” 9/11 hijackers. Zawahiri also describes the moment when he learned his family had been killed: “my wife had been killed, my son killed and my daughter killed, and he mentioned to me that my three brothers were killed, and many of their families and children had been killed. I retreated and prayed to Allah the Almighty to help me.”

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