Palestinian Al-Qaida Swears Oath to Mullah Omar

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Last Updated (Monday, 29 November 1999 19:00) Written by Evan Kohlmann Monday, 15 August 2005 19:00

A previously unknown group calling itself the "Al-Qaida-Palestine Frontier Jihad Brigades"--responsible for at least one rocket attack on Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip--has issued a detailed political platform and has sworn a bayat (oath of allegiance) to Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar. According to a statement issued by the group, "we also pledge our allegiance to the leader of the Islamic army and the global jihad Abu Abdullah Usama Bin Laden. Should he order us to join him, then we will and we will not abandon him until we reach the heart of America. Let him order us—the commanders and the soldiers—to do whatever he desires and we shall obey his orders."

- Aug. 9 political platform of the Frontier Jihad Brigades
- Aug. 15 oath of allegiance to Mullah Mohammed Omar