Yemen

Last Updated (Tuesday, 30 March 2010 23:59) Written by Laith Alkhouri Tuesday, 30 March 2010 23:45

On March 18, 2010, Al‐Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) released “News Report 25”

summarizing an array of recent “victories over the apostate children of France”, which

include the “death and injury of more than 112 apostates, including 7 officers.” For

example, in one operation, the “mujahideen detonated a bomb against a group of

apostates in the al‐Marj region in ‘Ein as‐Sapt’ municipality in Sateef province. They

killed two…from the civil guards and during the efforts to aid the wounded, the bombs of

the mujahideen were waiting, as one guard died and another was injured.” In another

operation, AQIM claimed to have “looted a sum of money from the treasury of the

apostates totaling 255 million Santim.”

On March 18, 2010, Al‐Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) released “News Report 25”summarizing an array of recent “victories over the apostate children of France”, which include the “death and injury of more than 112 apostates, including 7 officers.” For example, in one operation, the “mujahideen detonated a bomb against a group of apostates in the al‐Marj region in ‘Ein as‐Sapt’ municipality in Sateef province. They killed two…from the civil guards and during the efforts to aid the wounded, the bombs of the mujahideen were waiting, as one guard died and another was injured.” In another operation, AQIM claimed to have “looted a sum of money from the treasury of the apostates totaling 255 million Santim.”

Issue #12 of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula’s Magazine Sada al-Malahem: “The Huthis: Rafidites with a Zaidi Mask” (Released Feb. 14, 2010)

Last Updated (Tuesday, 30 March 2010 23:45) Written by Laith Alkhouri Monday, 29 March 2010 20:42

Al‐Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has released the 12th issue of its magazine, Sada al‐Malahem, which includes an article titled “The Huthis: Rafidites with a Zaidi Mask.” In the article, the author discusses the history of Zaidism on the Arabian Peninsula and especially in Yemen, and its eventual mutation that was “true in word but empty in intention” under al‐Huthi. Connecting the Huthis to Iranian interests in the region, the author asserts that “with enormous Iranian funds sent to Huthis, they have purchased weapons and secretly prepared trenches.” The author alleges that “the Shiites are America’s alternative for the rulers in the region. The alliance of the rafidites with the Americans is something only a fool would deny.” The author also writes, “the real cause of the fighting between the Yemeni and Saudi regimes and the Huthis was made clear previously: it is a battle of interests. It is an Iranian‐Gulf struggle in which the cover of sect is used to achieve a greater Persian state, as some Iranian clerics have acknowledged.”

Anwar al-Awlaki: “Western Jihad is Here to Stay”

Last Updated (Friday, 26 March 2010 14:40) Written by Laith Alkhouri Tuesday, 23 March 2010 10:15

The NEFA Foundation has obtained a transcript of a new communication from Yemeni-American cleric Shaykh Anwar al-Awlaki titled “Western Jihad is Here to Stay.” In the message, al-Awlaki stated, “The Jihad movement has not only survived but is expanding. Isn't it ironic that the two capitals of the war against Islam, Washington D.C. and London have also become among the centers of Western Jihad? Jihad is becoming as American as apple pie and as British as afternoon tea..” He added, “The US has spent billions to protect its airlines but they couldn't prevent Umar Farouk [Abdulmutallab], and the West has been profiling until ‘Jihad Jane’, shattered whatever trust was left in the value of profiling. A blond, blue-eyed, small framed, middle-aged female. It couldn't get any further from your typical ‘terrorist’ profile.”

AQAP: "Towards the Life of Dignity"

Last Updated (Tuesday, 02 March 2010 20:54) Written by Laith Alkhouri Monday, 01 March 2010 12:19

Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has released a new video, titled, “Towards a Life of Dignity.” In the video, the top commander of AQAP, Abu Basir al-Wahishi, assails Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, noting that “when he first took the podium of the presidency…[he] boasted about democracy and…Western law, but we have never seen any benevolence from him.. Al-Wahishi urges his fellow Muslims to “establish the rule of Allah’s sharia.” Al-Wahishi’s deputy, Saeed al-Shehri (a/k/a Abu Sufian al-Azdi), also appears in the video, promising “confrontation and defiance to establish the Sharia of Allah and support our brothers in Palestine.”

AQAP: "Nidal's Project in the Resistance"

Last Updated (Monday, 22 February 2010 11:36) Written by Laith Alkhouri Monday, 22 February 2010 11:32

Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has released the 12th issue of its magazine, Sada al-Malahem, which includes an article titled "Nidal’s Project in the Resistance". The article discusses the November 5, 2009 attack at Fort Hood by U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan. According to AQAP, “The individual jihad model that Nidal represents is suitable for the upcoming period as security measures are being tightened. The individual operation is harder to discover and easier to execute.” AQAP also criticizes American Muslim organizations, such as the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Muslim Public Affairs Council, for their “commentary on the works of the mujahideen.” AQAP counsels that “Muslims in the West are faced with two choices, either to migrate from there or wage jihad within."