Year: 2011

As-Saḥāb Media presents a new video message from al-Qā’idah's Abū Yaḥyā al-Lībī: "Algeria and the Battle of Patience"

Posted on by Aaron Y. Zelin

UPDATE 10/31/11 8:30 AM: Click here for an English translation of the below Arabic video message.
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UPDATE 10/19/11 7:52 PM: Here is an Arabic transcription of the below video message:

Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Abū Yaḥyā al-Lībī — “Algeria and the Battle of Patience”
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NOTE: It appears that AQ is focusing on Algeria now since they have yet to bear any fruit from Tunisia, Egypt, or Libya. In Zawahiri’s video message released last week he stated:

As I congratulated our people in Libya on their victory over the tyrant, I call upon
our people in Algeria to follow their footsteps. Oh lions of Algeria, here are your brothers
in Tunisia and also in Libya have sent the two tyrants to the wasteland of history; why
aren’t you revolting on your tyrant? Oh lions of Algeria: you have given the best of
examples in sacrifice, resistance, jihad and defiance, so why are you silent before the
corrupt oppressors who are fighting your Shari’ah, communicating with Israel and stealing
the food bite from the mouths of your children to use it for corruption, and turn the
Algeria of jihad and defiance to a service agency to safeguard the interests of America
and France in the Maghrib and the coast of the Mediterranean.
Oh lions of Algeria and its free and zealous people in it, oh soldiers of Islam in its
western (the Maghrib) trench: the Muslim Ummah and all the oppressed in
the world are waiting for you to offer a jihadi example and resistance model in
resisting the corruptive tyrants. Take the help of Allah and take off in the face of this
tyrannical and abusive regime that has spilled your blood and wasted your money and
violated your honors.

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al-Katāi'b Media presents a new statement from Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn: "On Kenya's Invasion and Claims of Kidnappings"

Posted on by Aaron Y. Zelin


Harakat Al-Shabaab Al Mujahideen hereby categorically denies all charges pertaining to the kidnapping of tourists and aid workers from inside Kenya. The allegations put forward by the Kenyan authorities with regard to the recent kidnappings are, at best, unfounded and, apart from the mere conjectural corroborations, not substantiated with any verifiable evidence. They are not in any way, shape or form attributable to Harakat Al-Shabaab Al Mujahideen.
The Kenyan authorities have for a long period of time been aggressively seeking to enter Somalia and the allegations that Harakat Al-Shabaab Al Mujahideen poses a significant threat to the Kenyan population simply acts as a flimsy pretext for the Kenyan military’s incursion into the Somali border. Kenya has been forcibly recruiting refugees and training militia along the border for several years and has also been heavily involved in Somalia’s political affairs – both internal and external. The recent incursion of Kenyan troops into Somali territory, however, not only highlights Kenya’s imprudence in sending her non combat-tested troops to become entangled in Somalia’s intricate web of war, but also a wilful negligence towards her citizens.
The Kenyan public must understand that the impetuous decision by their troops to cross the border into Somalia will not be without severe repercussions. The bloody battles that will ensue as a result of this incursion will most likely disrupt the social equilibrium and imperil the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians; and with war consequently comes a significant loss of lives, instability, destruction to the local economy and a critical lack of security.
Therefore, we call upon the Kenya public to think about their safety and their livelihoods and urge their government to immediately withdraw their troops from Somalia. We have experienced decades of war and instability in our country and fully understand the costs and the consequences of the conflicts. Do not let the flames of this war spill over into your country, thereby destroying the notion of safety and stability that you have enjoyed for years. Do not entrust your fate and the fate of your country to a few sabre-rattling politicians. It is your government and the choice is in your hands.
Press Office
Harakat Al-Shabaab Al Mujahideen
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