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Ansar al-Sharia: Statement Regarding the Withdrawal from Rada'a, Yemen
Written by Administrator Friday, 27 January 2012 11:23
On January 25, 2012, Ansar al-Sharia issued a statement explaining the group’s rationale for withdrawing from the Yemeni city of Rada’a. According to the statement, the group “agreed to leave” Rada’a on the condition that city authorities establish a tribal committee to enforce Sharia law, permit Ansar al-Sharia to operate freely, and release more than a dozen prisoners from custody. The statement closed with a warning that if the demands were not met, Ansar al-Sharia “[reserved the] right to take the action” against the violators of the agreement.
Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula Statement on the Death of Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan
Written by Administrator Monday, 10 October 2011 10:32
On October 10, 2011, Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) issued a statement confirming the "martyrdom" of U.S. nationals Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan. According to the statement: "The Americans killed the scholar Shaykh Anwar al-Awlaqi and Samir Khan, but they did not prove any crime they committed and they never presented any proof against them from their laws of unjust freedom. So, where is the freedom, justice, human rights and respect of freedoms they boast of? Did America become so suffocated that it contradicted...these principles it claims it established its country on?" AQAP further warned, "The blood of the Shaykh [al-Awlaki] and his companions will not have been spilled in vain...Our knights will...take revenge soon." The statement from AQAP made no mention of master bombmaker Ibrahim al-Assiri, who was also rumored killed in the same drone missile strike.
Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula Claims Credit for the Killing of 130 Yemeni Security Forces in Zinjibar
Written by Administrator Saturday, 01 October 2011 10:14
On September 30, 2011, Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula released a communication claiming credit for the killing of 130 Yemeni security forces in Zinjibar. The communiqué also reported on “the most important military operations in Abyan province.”
Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula Claims “Martyrdom Operation on the Den of the Houthis”
Written by Administrator Thursday, 15 September 2011 23:44
On September 11, 2011, Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula released a statement claiming responsibility for a “martyrdom operation” “on the den of the Houthis in al-Matamma city in al-Jawf, on Monday, 15th of Ramadan, 1432 Hijri, where a huge number of fighters from ‘The Death Squad’ special forces that came from Saada to al-Jawf to participate in war on our people in these regions were present.” According to the communiqué, “Allah allowed the killing of more than 100 of them, and hundreds of them were injured. And this operation took place almost after 6 months of continuous battles the Houthis had been launching, aiming to control the regions of the Sunnis in al-Jawf.”
Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula’s “And Martyrs to be Taken from Amongst You”: “Martyr Hani Shaalan” (a.k.a. Salman al-Sanaani)
Written by Administrator Thursday, 08 September 2011 08:36
On August 30, 2011, Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula’s al-Malahem Media released the third episode of its video series "And Martyrs to be Taken from Amongst You," featuring former Guantanamo Bay prisoner "Hani Shaalan" (a.k.a. Salman al-Sanaani), who was reportedly killed in an American air strike in southern Yemen. He had “fought against the Americans and their apostate agents during their advancement to Tora Bora Mountains”; after his release from Guantanamo Bay, “he took off again toward his brothers as a Mujahid for the cause of Allah.”
Read more...
- AQAP: Message from Shaykh Abu Basir al-Wahishi Endorses Ayman al-Zawahiri as Emir
- AQAP’s Al-Malahem Media: “Peninsula Martyrs Series, Issue #6 – Biography of Abu Yaqin al-Qassimi (a/k/a Fahd bin Saleh al-Jutaili)
- Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) Mourns the Death of Usama Bin Laden
- Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula: “Biography of the Martyr, the Commander Jamil al-Anbari (aka Abu Saber al-Abyani)”
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