Since the Arab uprisings erupted two and a half years ago, the global jihadi movement has metastasized to a variety of new locales across the Arab world, most recently in Syria, Libya, Sinai and Tunisia. While these upheavals surprised many in the region, al-Qaida had predicted such events unfolding in a 20-year strategic plan (2000-2020) that came to light in 2005. That blueprint has gone according to plan so far, albeit more because of outside and structural forces than the efforts of jihadis themselves. As a result, the movement was well-positioned to take advantage of the new developments.
In his book “Al-Zarqawi: Al-Qaida’s Second Generation,” Fouad Hussein details al-Qaida’s 20-year plan, which has seven phases, with 2013 representing the beginning of the fifth. Here is how al-Qaida, which leaked the plan to Hussein, envisioned each of them playing out:
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Check out my new ‘Policy Watch’ for the Washington Institute: "Al-Qaeda in Syria: A Closer Look at ISIS (Part I)"
In August, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) bolstered its growing reputation as a key player in the jihad against the Syrian regime, participating in the takeover of Minakh air base in Aleppo governorate, the offensive in the regime heartland of Latakia, and other operations. Similar to Jabhat al-Nusra (JN), the other al-Qaeda-aligned group currently fighting in Syria, ISIS has attempted to ingratiate itself to the local populace through dawa (missionary activities) and other social outreach. Whether or not this adaptation is sustainable remains to be seen, but up to this point, ISIS has kept itself in check and made progress on the ground.
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al-Andalus Media presents a new release from al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghrib’s The Muslim Africa Blog’s Amal: "Peace Upon the Nineteen in the Worlds"
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Amal — “Peace Upon the Nineteen in the Worlds”
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al-Malāḥim Media presents a new video message from al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula: “The Fourth Appeal of the Deputy Consul of the Saudi’s in Aden ‘Abd Allah Muḥammad Khalīfah al-Khālidī”
al-Andalus Media presents a new poem from al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghrib’s The Muslim Africa Blog’s Shaykh 'Abd al-Raḥman Abū Anas al-Shanqīṭī: "Not Humiliated and Not Dishonored"
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New statement from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām: "On the Battle of Revenge for Ahl al-Sunnah in Baghdād Belt"
UPDATE 9/8/13 8:10 PM: Here is an English translation of the below Arabic statement:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحمد لله ربِّ العالمين، والصلاة والسلام على نبينا محمد، وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين.. وبعد..
In continuation for the qualitative strikes that were begun by men of the Islamic State in imprisoned Baghdad in response to the persistent security campaigns of the Safavid army and police that affected regions of the Sunni Baghdad Belt.
The knights of Baghdad set out on Tuesday night 2013-09-03 in a night Ghazwah after hours of the Safavid government declaration of the new security plan which the media propagated to cover up the full collapse of the security system in Baghdad, when almost half million element of the Safavid police and army with all the intelligence agencies geared to support it were unable to stop the extension of the severe strikes that reached the most secure areas of Baghdad, despite of closing all the exits of the city and cutting most of the major and feeder roads and bridges that link its two sides, and spreading hundreds of stationary and mobile checkpoints, all that to preserve what is left from their dignity and disrupt the footsteps of the heavy feet the men of the Islamic State in Iraq and Al-Sham that began to reach the outskirts of the Green Zone day after day with the grace of Allah.
The operations included targeted that were accurately chosen deep in the Rafidi protectorates inside Baghdad, where the Rafida suffered hundreds of dead and wounded including a group from filthiest people who stepped on earth from the protectors and callers for the Safavid project in Iraq and the region, and the details and results of the operations will be published later after documenting it in the periodical statements Allah willing.
So Alhamdulillah for His success and guidance, and we Allah to accept the actions of our brothers who participated in this Ghazwah, and increase their reward which He promised His slaves, He is worthy of this plead and is able to bring this pass.
Allah Akbar
(and to Allah belongs the might and to His Messenger and to the believers, but the hypocrites do not know)
Ministry of information / Islamic State in Iraq and Al-Sham
Source: Al-Itisam Media
Date of publication: 1 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1434 A.H. – 7 September
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحمد لله ربِّ العالمين، والصلاة والسلام على نبينا محمد، وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين.. وبعد..
فاستكمالاً لسلسلة الضربات النّوعيّة التي بدأها رجال الدّولة الإسلاميّة في بغداد الأسيرة ردّاً على الحملات الأمنيّة المتواصلة للجيش والشّرطة الصفويّة التي طالت مناطق حزام بغداد السنّي..
انطلق فوارس بغداد مساء يوم الثلاثاء الموافق 3/ 9/ 2013 في غزوة ليلية بعد سويعات من إعلان الحكومة الصفويّة خطّة أمنيّة جديدة طبّلت لها وسائلُ الإعلام لتغطّي على الانهيار الكامل للمنظومة الأمنيّة في بغداد؛ حيث عجز ما يقرب من نصف مليون عنصر من الجيش والشرطة الصفويّة مع كافة الأجهزة الاستخبارية المسخرة لدعمها عن إيقاف مدّ الضربات القاصمة التي طالت أكثر مناطق بغداد تحصيناً، رغم إغلاق كل منافذ المدينة وقطع معظم الطرق الرئيسية والفرعية والجسور الرابطة بين جانبيها ونشر المئات من نقاط التفتيش الثابتة والمتحركة، كلّ ذلك ليحفظوا ما تبقّى من ماء وجوههم ويشوّشوا على وقع خطوات أصحاب الأقدام الثقيلة رجال الدّولة الإسلاميّة في العراق والشّام التي بدأت تصل مشارف المنطقة الخضراء يوماً بعد يوم ولله الفضل والمنّة.
وشملت العمليات أهدافاً تم انتخابها بدقّة في عمق المحميّات الرافضية داخل بغداد، تكبّد فيها الروافض مئات القتلى والمُصابين بينهم ثلّة من أنجس من وطئ الحصى من حماة ودعاة المشروع الصّفوي في العراق والمنطقة، وسيتم نشر تفاصيل هذه العمليات ونتائجها بعد توثيقها بدقة في البيانات الدّورية التي ستنشر لاحقاً بإذن الله.
فالحمد لله على توفيقه وتسديده، ونسأل الله لإخواننا ممّن شارك في هذه الغزوة قبولَ العمل، وأن يجزل لهم الثواب الذي وعد به عباده، إنّه وليّ ذلك والقادر عليه.
والله أكبر
{وَلِلَّهِ الْعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَكِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لا يَعْلَمُونَ}
وزارة الإعلام – الدّولة الإسلاميّة في العراق والشّام
المصدر: مُؤسَّسةُ الاعتصام للإنتَاج الإعلامِي
تاريخ النشر: 1 ذو القعدة 1434 – 7 سبتمبر
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al-Ma’sadat Media Foundation presents a new article from Abū al-Ḥasan al-'Azdī: "Obligations to Join the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām: Objections and Replies"
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Abū al-Ḥasan al-‘Azdī — “Obligations to Join the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām- Objections and Replies”
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al-I’tiṣām Media presents new video message from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām: “A Window Upon the Land of Epic Battles #7″
al-Furqān Media presents a new video message from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām: “Messages from the Land of Epic Battles #5"
NOTE: For prior parts in this series see: #4, #3, #2, and #1.
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As-Saḥāb Media presents a new release from al-Qā’idah's Shaykh Muḥammad bin Maḥmūd al-Baḥṭīṭī (Abū Dujānah al-Bāshā): "Summary of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukārī"
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Shaykh Muḥammad bin Maḥmūd al-Baḥṭīṭī (Abū Dujānah al-Bāshā) — “Summary of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukārī”
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