Category: Al-Katāi’b Media

Al-Katāi'b Media presents a new statement from Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn: "Blowing Up a Car Belonging to the Crusader Ethiopian Army in a Border Ambush"

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
تفجير سيارة تابعة للجيش الحبشي الصليبي في كمين على الحدود 5/5/1432
الحمدُ لله ربّ العالمين والصّلاة والسّلام على نبيّنا محمّد و على آله وصحبه أجمعين أما بعد:
وقعت سيارة جيب تابعة للقوات الصليبية الإثيوبية يوم السبت 05 جمادى الأولى 1432 هـ الموافق لـ 09/04/2011 ، في كمين بعبوة ناسفة نصبتها كتائب المجاهدين التابعة لولاية باي وبكول الإسلامية، كانت المنطقة تشهد تحركات عسكرية للأحباش وبعد متابعة تمكن المجاهدون من زرع العبوة للسيارة المستهدفة، وقد أدى الانفجار إلى تدمير السيارة بالكامل وسقط معظم من كان على متنها بين جريح وقتيل ،ثـم أجهزَ المجاهدون على من نجا منهم وانسحبوا سالمين غانمين والحمد لله رب العالمين.
اللهم منزل الكتاب مجري السحاب هازم الأحزاب، اهزم الصليبيين ومن حالفهم من المرتدين.
اللهم اجعلهم وعتادهم غنيمة للمسلمين.
اللهم دمّرهم و زلزلهم.
اللهم أنت عضدنا وأنت نصيرنا،اللهم بك نصول وبك نجول وبك نقاتل.
والله أكبر
{وَلِلَّهِ الْعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَكِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لا يَعْلَمُونَ}
مُؤسَّسةُ الكَتائِب للإنتَاج الإعلامِي
حَركةُ الشَّبابِ المُجَاهدِين

الاثنين 07 جمادى الأولى 1432 هـ
11/04/2011
المصدر : (مركز صدى الجهاد للإعلام)
الجبهة الإعلامية الإسلامية العالمية
رَصدٌ لأخبَار المُجَاهدِين وَ تَحرِيضٌ للمُؤمِنين

 
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al-Katāi'b Media presents a new video interview with Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn's Amīr of Zakāt Shaykh Sulṭān bin Muḥammad al-Muḥammad

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UPDATE 4/10 7:25: Here is an Arabic translation of the below video interview:
al-Katāi’b Media presents a video interview with Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn’s Amīr of Zakāt Shaykh Sulṭān bin Muḥammad al-Muḥammad
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New audio message from the Amīr of Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn Shaykh Mukhtār Abū Zubayr: "A Message To The People Of Burundi"

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UPDATE 3/29 5:41 PM: Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn’s media outlet al-Katāi’b Media presents a French translation of the below audio message. This is not the first time al-Shabāb has published a release in French. Back in June 2010 they released a video with captured French security advisor Denis Allex who plead to French citizens and his government to release him.


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NOTE: In addition to the audio Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn also released an English translation of the below audio message:
All thanks and praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and the good end is for those conscious of Allah, and there is no aggression except against the oppressors.
To proceed:
This word is addressed to the people of Burundi.
It seems that your soldiers and young men have been deceived and do not have much understanding with regard to the reality that lies in Mogadishu.
You should be aware of the fact that states and alliances many times more powerful than you, have been crushed in Mogadishu.
The Americans failed in it, and so did an alliance which consisted of countries around the world.
In it, the Ethiopians – who brought a force many times more powerful than yours – were slain en masse.
And your own defeat has begun, evidenced by the corpses of your soldiers being dragged through the streets and captured as prisoners of war.
If you fail to draw lessons from this, your defeat will be worse than that which overtook the previous usurping occupiers.
Don’t let your soldiers become of those in service of the western community’s interests… and altruistically destroyed in Mogadishu.
Eventually, you will certainly be forced to leave the country. Today, the choice is yours: to leave while your losses are still relatively small or to leave after your soldiers have been crushed and heavy losses have been inflicted upon you.
Allah, the most Exalted, says:
“Or do they say, “We are an assembly supporting”? Their assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs. Nay, but the Hour is their appointment (for due punishment), and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.” [Al-Qamar: 44-46]
And the last of our prayers, is that all thanks and praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
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New audio message from the Amīr of Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn Shaykh Mukhtār Abū Zubayr: “A Message To The People Of Burundi”

New statement from Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn: "The Successful Launch of Al-Katāi'b News Channel and Broadcasting the Video about the CIA Agent"

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UPDATE 2/4 5:21 PM: Here is an English translation of the below message:
The Successful Trial Broadcast of Al-Kataa’ib News Channel and a Video of a CIA Agent
All praise be to Allah, the Lord of al that exists. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet, Muhammad, and upon all his family and companions. To proceed:
Al-Kataa’ib Media of the Mujahideen Youth Movement would like to give their glad tidings to Muslims everywhere of the successful trial broadcast of Al-Kataa’ib News Channel. This successful broadcast is a huge and innovative step in Mujahideen Media in general and in Somalia in specific. It can also be regarded as a huge defeat for the Sherif government, as they have no TV channel of their own. We present this good news to you after the channel has been successfully airing on a trial basis for five days, and all praise is due to Allah.
The first video to be aired on the channel was the latest release of Al-Kataa’ib Media, featuring the filmed confessions of one of the most dangerous spies in Somalia, known as Ahmed Kisi, who was executed earlier this week in Maslah Square in Huriwaa. Kisi had been working for the CIA since 2004 north of the Mogadishu capital. His execution was a huge strike against his recruitment activities in Djibouti, as he himself confessed. It should be mentioned that Ahmed Kisi was regarded as a key member of the group called Al-Itisam. Allah willing, the confessions of this spy will be soon be released on the internet.
The following are some images of one of the studios of Al-Kataa’ib News Channel and also the spy who was executed:



[Screen Says: “And Thus Is The End Of The Traitors”]



O Allah, Revealer of the book, Disperser of the clouds, Defeater of the parties, defeat the Crusaders, and their apostate allies!
O Allah, make them and their equipment easy booty for Muslims!
O Allah, destroy them and shake them!
O Allah, You are the one who helps us and the one who assists us, with Your power we move and by Your power we fight!
Allah is Great!
“All honor belongs to Allah, His Messenger, and the Believers; but of this the hypocrites are not aware.”
(Al-Munafiqun 63:8)

Al-Kata’ib Media
The Mujahidoon Youth Movement
The 30th of Safar 1432
2 February, 2011
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NOTE: This past August Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn released a statement announcing the creation of a logo for the Al-Katāi’b News Channel and explained why they developed the channel in the first place.
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
نجاح البث الأرضي التجريبي لقناة الكتائب الإخبارية وبث فيلم لعميل لـ CIA
30/2/1432

تزف مؤسسة الكتائب التابعة لحركة الشباب المجاهدين إلى المسلمين في كل مكان بشرى نجاح بث قناة الكتائب الإخبارية الأرضي، ويمثل نجاح البث قفزة إعلامية متقدمة في المجال الإعلامي للمجاهدين عموما وخاصة في الصومال، كما يعد هزيمة إعلامية لحكومة شريف التي لا تمتلك تلفزيونا لها، ويأتي هذا البيان بعد دخول البث التجريبي يومه الخامس بنجاح باهر.
وكان أول فلم يتم بثه على القناة هو إصدار جديد لمؤسسة الكتائب، والفلم عبارة عن تسجيل اعترافات لأحد أخطر الجواسيس في الصومال وهو المدعو (أحمد كيسي) الذي تم إعدامه في أول هذا الأسبوع في ساحة “مصلح ” بمحافظة هروا شمال العاصمة مقديشو، ويعد إعدام كيسي ضربة قوية لـ CIA في الصومال، حيث كان كيسي يعمل لديهم منذ عام 2004 بعد تجنيده في جيبوتي كما اعترف هو بذلك، وجدير بالذكر أن أحمد كيسي يعتبر من الأعضاء البارزين في جماعة الاعتصام, وجدير بالذكر أنه سيتم لاحقاً بإذن الله نشر اعترافات الجاسوس على شبكة الإنترنت .
وإليكم صور لأحد أستوديو هات قناة الكتائب وصورة للجاسوس الذي تم إعدامه
صورة الجاسوس الحمدُ لله ربّ العالمين والصّلاة والسّلام على نبيّنا محمّد و على آله وصحبه أجمعين أما بعد:






اللهم منزل الكتاب مجري السحاب هازم الأحزاب، اهزم الصليبيين ومن حالفهم من المرتدين.
اللهم اجعلهم وعتادهم غنيمة للمسلمين.
اللهم دمّرهم و زلزلهم.
اللهم أنت عضدنا وأنت نصيرنا،اللهم بك نصول وبك نجول وبك نقاتل.
والله أكبر
{وَلِلَّهِ الْعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَكِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لا يَعْلَمُونَ}
مُؤسَّسةُ الكَتائِب للإنتَاج الإعلامِي
حَركةُ الشَّبابِ المُجَاهدِين

الخميس 30 صفر1432 هـ
المصدر : (مركز صدى الجهاد للإعلام)
الجبهة الإعلامية الإسلامية العالمية
رَصدٌ لأخبَار المُجَاهدِين وَ تَحرِيضٌ للمُؤمِنين

Jihādī Primary Source Material Data Dump, December 23-January 2

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NOTE: Below are all of the primary source materials that I did not post while on vacation. All materials are posted by date that they were first released to the various fora. I hope this is helpful to those who were also on vacation during this time period and did not get the opportunity to follow the fora activities.
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December 23:


‘Abdullah ‘Azzām Brigades — Statement Number 3 within the series- Identifying the Way of the Offenders
December 24:

al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula releases its Arabic language magazine Ṣadā al-Malāḥim Issue #14
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Ḥarakat al-al-Shabāb al-Mujāhīn releases an Arabic and English translation of their statement, which announced an alliance with Ḥizb al-Islām. See here for the original in Somali language.
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Anṣār al-Mujāhidīn English Forum in honor of its two year anniversary presents an English translation of  As-Saḥāb’s Ramaḍān Sermons series #1 by Abū Zayd al-Kūwaytī “Ramaḍān Intensive Course”
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The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan presents its list of martyrs for the year 1431 H. According to them, fifty-two individuals were killed.
December 25:


al-Furqān Media, which is affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq [al-Qā’idah in Iraq] has released “Risen Alive #3,” which is one of their many martyrology series’

December 26:

Kavkaz Jihād Blog translates into English a jihādī story titled “Fight in the Forest,” which was originally published by Hunafa.
December 28:
Ḥizb al-Islāmī al-Turkistānī [Turkestan Islamic Party] released its martyrology video series  “Lovers of Paradise #5,″ which you can see below. For previous videos see #3 and #4.

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Dār al-Jabhah Publications and Distribution and the Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF) released “The Explosives Course” by Shaykh Abū Khabbab al-Miṣrī
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Ma’sadat al-Mujāhidīn — Claiming Responsibility for the Attack on the Israeli Train
December 29:


al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula releases its Arabic language magazine Ṣadā al-Malāḥim Issue #15
December 30:

Anṣār al-Mujāhidīn English Forum publishes an English translation of the Global Islamic Media Front’s release by Abū Qandahār al-Zarqāwī “The Blazing Light- In Inciting for Jihād”
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New article from member of the Anṣār al-Mujāhidīn English Forum titled “Refute the Unbelievers- Mujāhidīn Fighters, Mercenaries Without Boundaries?”
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Abū Muḥmmad al-Maqdisī’s Minbar at-Tawḥīd wa’l-Jihād Sharī’ah Council published a new fatwā by Abū Hamām Bakr Bin ‘Abd al- ‘Azīz al-‘Atharī: “What is the Ruling on Congratulating Christians During New Years?”
December 31:

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan releases In Fight Magazine #24. For previous issues see: #23, #22; #21; and #20.
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Abū Muḥmmad al-Maqdisī’s Minbar at-Tawḥīd wa’l-Jihād Sharī’ah Council published two new fatāwā:

January 1:

Statement from Ḥarakat al-al-Shabāb al-Mujāhīn on Opening the Door of Communication with al-Katāi’b Media
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The January 2011 issue of Nawaī Afghān Jihād Magazine released
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Abū Muḥmmad al-Maqdisī has released a new video sermon titled “Three Assets:”

January 2:

Anṣār al-Mujāhidīn English Forum has translated “The Last Will of the First Sister Who Attacked the Moscow Subway,” which was attack in March 2010.
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Abū Muḥammad Jibrīl of Sawt al-Jihād in Nusantara wrote a new article titled “De-Radicalization, The Effort To Extinguish The Light Of Shari’a And Jihad In Indonesia”

Official Announcement of Merger between Ḥizb al-Islām and Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn

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UPDATE 4/23 9:21 AM: Here is an Urdu translation of the below message:

Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Official Announcement of Merger between Ḥizb al-Islām and Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn (Urdu)
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UPDATE: Here is an excerpt from the press conference:

We have united with ours brothers, Shabāb, ‘we will continue the war we the government and AMISOM and we will also teach Uganda And Burudi lessons here in Mogadishu and in their country.

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NOTE: Below is the official announcement of merger between the two Somali groups Ḥizb al-Islām and Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn. First, is a joint audio message with representatives from the two groups and second, is the official press released published by  al-Shabāb’s media wing Al-Katāi’b Media. Since both the audio and press release are in Somali I cannot provide a summary. That said, a member of the Anṣār al-Mujāhidīn English Forum wrote ten items that were highlighted:

1. To build an Islamic Caliphate on the path Of Our Holy Prophet SAW..
2. To continue the jihād path till we erase Shirk from the earth and to bring up the tawḥīd.
3. To Confront the International Crusade War
4. To follow the Law Of Allah on the earth, to make justice between the people and to remove the oppression.
5. To follow the creed of al-Walā’ wa’l-Barā’.
6. To Bring Back the Lost Muslims Lands..
7. To Support the oppressed Muslims and to free the Muslim prisoners
8. To Unite the people under the banner of Tawḥīd
9. To Prepare Islamic Society which loves each other and have good creed and ethics
Also the brother Requested From The Brothers of Anṣār al-Islām and The Islamic State of Iraq to Announce Unity Between Them.

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Audio Message from Shaykh ‘Alī Dheere, the spokesman of Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn and a “brother” from Ḥizb al-Islām (message is in Somali):
Official Announcement of Merger between Ḥizb al-Islām and Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn

Press Release (in Somali):
Official Announcement of Merger between Ḥizb al-Islām and Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn
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New video from Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn's media outlet al-Katāi'b: "Message to the Ummah and Inspire The Believers"

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NOTE: Christopher Anzalone has tweeted some interesting information about this video thus far:

Harakat al-Shabab al-Mujahideen’s new video, “And Incite the Believers,” features fighters from abroad, mostly it seems of Somali descent.
The video clearly states in the intro that it is a recruiting video for those abroad. It features a number of foreigners & diaspora.
Among those quoted in the video are Saleh ‘Ali Saleh al-Nabhani (killed in U.S. military strike Sep. 14, 2009) and Abu Yahya al-Libi.
At least some non-Somali diaspora foreign fighters appear, including one from Pakistan and one from Sudan (a guess as he speaks Arabic).
With regard to a number of the other “foreigners” it’s unclear whether they are from the Somali diaspora or are “foreign” foreign.
The “foreign fighters,” diaspora and “foreign” foreign, hail from Sweden, Britain, Tanzania, Sudan, Kenya, and Pakistan.

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New statement from Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn's al-Katāi'b Media Foundation: "Resuming of data"

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NOTE: According to al-Katāi’b Media Foundation they did not distribute information for more than two months due to a disruption in their communication system. It is currently back up and they apologized for the lack of communication to those who were concerned. al-Katāi’b Media Foundation is the outlet for Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn, an al-Qā’idah-affiliated organization located in Somalia. For more on al-Katāi’b Media Foundation read Christopher Anzalone’s excellent overview of it and its evolution over the past few years.
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
عودة بيانات مُؤسَّسة الكَتائِب الإِعلامِية
الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على أشرف الأنبياء والمرسلين :
مر على غياب بيانات مُؤسَّسة الكَتائِب الإِعلامِية أكثر من شهرين ، ورغم وقوع الكثير من الأحداث على الساحة الجهادية في الصومال إلا أن هذه البشريات لم تصل إلى الأمة الإسلامية نظرا لتوقف البيانات عن المنتديات ، ونفيدكم أن هذا التوقف لم يكن اختياريا منا ولكن كان بسبب بعض الظروف التي أدت إلى إنقطاع الاتصال بين المؤسسة والإخوة المخولين بنشر بيانات المؤسسة ، والآن ولله الحمد عاد الاتصال بيننا وستعود البيانات إلى سابق عهدها وأكثر إن شاء الله ، وإننا نقدم إعتذارنا لكل الإخوة المهتمين بأحوال المسلمين والذين ما فتؤوا يتسائلون عن غياب البيانات فجزاهم الله خيرا على اهتمامهم ونبشرهم أن الوضع عندنا على أحسنه وأن إخوانكم من جيش العسرة تتوالى عليهم الانتصارات والفتوحات .


وبإذن الله عز وجل سيأتيكم البيان عن حملة نهاية المعتدين بأخبارها الكاملة ، فانتظروا البيان في وقت قريب إن شاء الله .


اللهم منزل الكتاب مجري السحاب هازم الأحزاب، اهزم الصليبيين ومن حالفهم من المرتدين.
اللهم اجعلهم وعتادهم غنيمة للمسلمين.
اللهم دمّرهم و زلزلهم.
اللهم أنت عضدنا وأنت نصيرنا،اللهم بك نصول وبك نجول وبك نقاتل.
والله أكبر
{وَلِلَّهِ الْعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَكِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لا يَعْلَمُونَ}
مُؤسَّسةُ الكَتائِب للإنتَاج الإعلامِي
حَركةُ الشَّبابِ المُجَاهدِين
الإثنين 09 ذو القعدة 1431 هـ
18/10/2010 
المصدر : (مركز صدى الجهاد للإعلام)
الجبهة الإعلامية الإسلامية العالمية
رَصدٌ لأخبَار المُجَاهدِين وَ تَحرِيضٌ للمُؤمِنين