Category: al-Malāḥim Media

New statement from al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula: "Glad tidings for the believers within the series of Operations of Defense for the People of the Sunnah"

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NOTE: Earlier in the week, AQAP released a statement claiming responsibility for the two attacks against the Ḥūthīs. This second one identifies the two individuals involved in the attacks. The attack on ‘Īd al-Ghadīr was conducted by Abū ‘A’ishah al-San’ānī al-Hāshimī while the second attack on Badr ad-Dīn al-Ḥūthī’s funeral procession was conducted by Abū ‘Abdullah al-San’ānī. AQAP claims that during the first attack they killed Badr ad-Dīn al-Ḥūthī.
I’m not sure what to think about AQAP coming out with two statements about this and not having this information all in the first statement. Was AQAP’s senior leadership unaware of the attack until after the fact? At the same time, it’s hard to believe that they wouldn’t have authorized such an attack especially since it’s the first time AQAP has attacked the Ḥūthī’s. I’ll defer to Gregory Johnsen on this one and see what he says once he blogs about it.
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al-Qā’ida in the Arabian Peninsula — Glad tidings for the believers within the series of Operations of Defense for the People of the Sunnah
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al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula’s al-Malāḥim Media presents: “Martyrs of the Arabian Peninsula #3 – Abū Khaythmah al-Ḥaḍramī (Nāṣir 'Awḍ Nāṣir Farraj al-Kindī)”

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UPDATE: Here is an English translation of the Arabic version below:
al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula- “Martyrs of the Arabian Peninsula #3 – Abū Khīthmah al-Ḥaḍramī (Nāṣir ‘Awḍ Nāṣir Farraj al-Kindī)” (English)
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NOTE: Here is the first (English and Arabic) and second editions in this martyrology series. The biography of the below individual was responsible for the October 2002 attack on the French supertanker Limburg.
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Click the following link for a safe Pdf copy: al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula- “Martyrs of the Arabian Peninsula #3 – Abū Khīthmah al-Ḥaḍramī (Nāṣir ‘Awḍ Nāṣir Farraj al-Kindī)”
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Anṣār al-Mujāhidīn English Forum presents 'Īd Gift #2: “English Translation of the al-Malāḥim Media release ‘By the Lord of the Ka’abah, I Triumphed [Part 1]’”

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NOTE: al-Malāḥim is the media outlet for al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula. Below is an English transcription/translation of the video release “By the Lord of the Ka’abah, I Triumphed [Part 1].” This video was originally distributed on June 26, 2009. The video highlighted two suicide bombers — ‘Abd al-Raḥman bin Mahdī (Abū ’Ubaydah bin al-Jarrāḥ) & Khāled al-Ṣan’aānī – prior to their attack against South Korean tourists and their guide in Shibam in Yemen’s southern Hadramut province.
The second part of this video was released in early October this year. It features ‘Abdullah Haṣan al-’Asīrī, who attempted, but failed to kill Saudi Arabian prince Nayef in August 2009, who is in charge of the de-radicalization of jihadists. Also, in the second part, Qāsim al-Raymī, a deputy commander in AQAP, threatened another attempt on Nayef’s life: “I advise you to check before going to bed that there’s no suicide bomber or bomb in the room.”
Earlier in the week, Anṣār al-Mujāhidīn English Forum released their first ‘Īd gift, which was an English translation of the al-Emara release “The Cry of Takbīr.” During ‘Īd al-Fiṭr, Anṣār al-Mujāhidīn English Forum released two gift translations too.
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Anṣār al-Mujāhidīn English Forum presents ‘Īd Gift #2- “English Translation of the al-Malāḥim Media release ‘By the Lord of the Ka’abah, I Triumphed [Part 1]’”
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Anṣār al-Mujāhidīn English Forum translates al-Malāḥim Media's "The Reality of the Rulers" by Shaykh Abū Zūbayr 'Adīl bin 'Abdullah al-Abāb

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UPDATE: al-Mūwaḥidīn Islamic Library translated Shaykh Abū Zūbayr ‘Adīl bin ‘Abdullah al-Abāb’s “The Reality of the Rulers” into Urdu. For a copy of it click here.

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy of it in English: Shaykh Abū Zūbayr ‘Adīl bin ‘Abdullah al-Abāb — “The Reality of the Rulers”

al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula's al-Malāḥim Media presents a new audio message from Shaykh Abū Zūbayr ‘Adīl bīn ‘Abdullah al-Abāb: "We Responded to the Sharī'ah of God, not the Laws of 'Alī Ṣāliḥ"

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NOTE: Shaykh Abū Zūbayr ‘Adīl bīn ‘Abdullah al-Abāb is believed to be a member of al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula’s (AQAP) shūrā council. In August, the Global Islamic Media Front released a translation of his lecture titled “Loyalty to the Believers.” The title of this new audio message is in reference to Yemen’s President ‘Alī ‘Abdullah Ṣāliḥ who AQAP as well as other global jihadists believe is not following or implementing the sharī’ah (Islamic law) of God. For more on Shaykh Abū Zūbayr ‘Adīl bīn ‘Abdullah al-Abāb see the various posts by Gregory D. Johnsen of Waq al-Waq on him.
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al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula’s al-Malāḥim Media presents a new audio message from Shaykh Abū Zūbayr ‘Adīl bīn ‘Abdullah al-Abāb: “We Responded to the Sharī’ah of God, not the Laws of ‘Alī Ṣāliḥ

al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula's al-Malāḥim Media releases Inspire Magazine Issue #2

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UPDATE 3: Below is an Arabic translation of the second issue of Inspire Magazine via Anṣār al-Mujāhidīn Arabic Forum, which was released in English on October 11. It took two and a half months between the release of the first Inspire Magazine and it being published in Arabic. This time, it only took a month and a half. Not sure if it means anything, but thought it should be mentioned.

Click here: Inspire Magazine 2 (Arabic)
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UPDATE 2: Ribāṭ Media has translated Samīr Khān’s article “I am proud to be a traitor to America” into Urdu.
Click here: Samir Khan — I Am Proud to be a Traitor to America
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UPDATE: Check out the analysis of Inspire from the following individuals: Christopher Anzalone, Gregory D. Johnsen, Jarret Brachman, Aaron Weisburd, Thomas Hegghammer, Yassin Musharbash, Brian O’Neill, and J.M. Berger.
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NOTE: al-Malāḥim Media, al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula’s (AQAP) media outfit, released the second issue of the English language magazine called “Inspire,” which features an essay by Samīr Khān titled “I am proud to be a traitor to America” as well as a new article from Anwar al ‘Awlaqī titled “The New Mardin Declaration.” This for all intents and purposes confirms that Khān is behind the magazine, which many individuals believed when the first issue was released June 30. The first issue featured interviews with the amīr (leader) of AQAP Abū Basīr (Nāṣir al-Wūḥayshī) and Anwar al ‘Awlaqī. After the magazines success, it was translated into Arabic September 10. Unlike the first issue, there was no corruption in the file when the second one was released.
The release of a second magazine further illustrates the rising influence of Americans in al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula as well as their continued outreach to the English-language Muslim world. Further, it shows the diversity of content released by al-Malāḥim Media. In the past month for example, al-Malāḥim Media has released a new biography in their martyrs series, a new video (“By the Lord of the Ka’abah, I Triumphed [Part 2]”) that highlighted ‘Abdullah Haṣan al-’Asīrī, who attempted, but failed to kill Saudi Arabian prince Muhammad bin Nayef in August 2009, who is in charge of the de-radicalization of jihadists, and an audio tribute by Shaykh Ibrāhīm bin Sulaymān al-Rubaysh for Zayyid al-Daghārī al-’Awlaqī. For more on al-Malāḥim Media, read Christopher Anzalone’s recent analysis of it in comparison to al-Qā’idah Central’s media outlet As-Saḥāb. When I get the chance to read Khān and ‘Awlaqī’s articles as well as anything else of interest, I will try and provide some analysis. For now, below is the second issue of Inspire Magazine.
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Click link to download a safe PDF version of the magazine: Inspire Magazine 2

al-Malāḥim Media presents a tribute to Zayyid al-Daghārī al-‘Awlaqī by Shaykh Ibrāhīm bin Sulaymān al-Rubaysh

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Transcription:
al-Malāḥim Media presents a tribute to Zayyid al-Daghārī al-‘Awlakī by Shaykh Ibrāhīm bin Sulaymān al-Rubaysh
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al-Malāḥim Media presents a tribute to Zayyid al-Daghārī al-‘Awlakī by Shaykh Ibrāhīm bin Sulaymān al-Rubaysh

al-Malāḥim Media presents a new video from al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula: "By the Lord of the Ka'abah, I Triumphed [Part 2]"

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UPDATE 4/30/12 4:26 PM: Here is an English translation of the below Arabic video message and transcription:

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UPDATE: Here is an Arabic transcript of the video:
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula- “By the Lord of the Ka’abah, I Triumphed [Part 2]“
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NOTE: This video is the second part of a series titled “By the Lord of the Ka’abah, I Triumphed.” The first part was released June 26, 2009. As Christopher Anzalone mentioned on twitter yesterday, the first part highlighted two suicide bombers — ‘Abd al-Raḥman bin Mahdī (Abū ‘Ubaydah bin al-Jarrāḥ) & Khāled al-Ṣan’aānī — prior to their attack against South Korean tourists and their guide in Shibam in Yemen’s southern Hadramut province. In the second part, it features ‘Abdullah Haṣan al-‘Asīrī, who attempted, but failed to kill Saudi Arabian prince Nayef in August 2009, who is in charge of the de-radicalization of jihadists. Also, in the second part, Qāsim al-Raymī, a deputy commander in AQAP, threatened another attempt on Nayef’s life: “I advise you to check before going to bed that there’s no suicide bomber or bomb in the room.”
In addition, in case one was wondering, the first half of the title of the video Lord of the Ka’abah (the black cube-shaped building in the middle of the Grand Mosque in Makka) is a reference to God, which originated from Qur’ānic sūrāt (chapters) al-Fīl (the elephant) and Quraysh (the tribe of the Muslim prophet Muḥammad). Sūrah al-Fīl describes how God saved the Ka’abah from destruction, while Sūrah Quraysh describes God as Lord of the Ka’abah. The title could also be construed as a snub to the Saudi royals as well. Since 1986, Saudi Arabian kings have designated themselves as the “Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.” Therefore, by referencing the Lord of the Ka’abah, AQAP is reiterating that the Saudi rulers are not the true sovereign over the two holy mosques in Makka and Medīnah and further delegitimizing their rule.
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