Counterterrorism Research Library Yemen AQ in Yemen: Will of Martyr Raed al-Harbi
AQ in Yemen: Will of Martyr Raed al-Harbi
Last Updated (Tuesday, 05 January 2010 13:00) Written by Laith Alkhouri Sunday, 06 December 2009 00:00
“Raed al-Harbi (Abu Omar al-Najdi) was from Harb Tribe; a tribe that, for long, fought the tyrants by supporting the mujahideen in the Arabian Peninsula until many people from this tribe were imprisoned. Raed migrated to the land of victory and jihad and crossed the borders of the colonialists atop his camel for nine hours, and he joined Jund al-Yemen group and fought with them until many of them died. His desire was to go to Iraq to join the soldiers of the Islamic State of Iraq—may Allah endear it—and over which his brother was martyred by executing a martyrdom operation. And when he found men who seek to reach what the heroes of the Islamic State of Iraq intend to reach, he said: ‘life is when you live it and death if when you die; do you seek to establish the Islamic State...
