NOTE: Click here for an English copy of UBL’s 1996 statement.
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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Usāmah Bin Lāden’s 1996 “Declaration of War against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holy Places” (Urdu)
UPDATE 4/6 8:38 AM: Here is a Russian translation of the below video message:
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UPDATE 4/3 7:07 PM: Here is a French translation of the below video message:
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UPDATE 3/18 2:03 PM: The Global Islamic Media Front has translated the below video message into English:
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: ‘Aṭīyyatullah Abū ‘Abd ar-Raḥman — “Maximizing the Sanctity of Muslim Blood (En)”
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UPDATE 3/14 4:13 PM: Here is an Arabic transcription of the below video message:
Click the following link for a safe PDf copy: ‘Aṭīyyatullah Abū ‘Abd ar-Raḥman — “Maximizing the Sanctity of Muslim Blood” (Ar)
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NOTE: About three weeks ago, ‘Aṭīyyatullah Abū ‘Abd ar-Raḥman also released a booklet titled “The Popular Revolution and the Fall of the Corrupt Arab System.” The below video also comes on the heels of fellow Libyan and AQ senior leader Abū Yaḥyā al-Lībī’s video message “To Our People in Libya.”
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UPDATE 3/15 7:36 AM: Here is an English translation of the below message:
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UPDATE 3/14 8:19 AM: Here is an Arabic transcription of the below video message: Abū Yaḥyā al-Lībī — “To Our People in Libya” (Ar)
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NOTE: Here are some other al-Qā’idah releases related to the various Arab uprisings:
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UPDATE 3/5 9:30 AM: Here is an English translation of the below audio/video message:
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Ayman aẓ-Ẓawāhirī — “Fourth Installment of a Message of Hope and Glad Tidings to Our People in Egypt” (En; GIMF)
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UPDATE 3/4 4:47 PM: Here is an Arabic transcription of the below audio/video message:
Ayman aẓ-Ẓawāhirī — “Fourth Installment of a Message of Hope and Glad Tidings to Our People in Egypt” (Ar)
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NOTE: For previous installments see: Third, Second, First.
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UPDATE 3/1 8:53 AM: Here is an English translation of the below audio/video message:
Ayman aẓ-Ẓawāhirī — “Third Installment of a Message of Hope and Glad Tidings to Our People in Egypt” (En)
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NOTE: To see the previous installments see: First and Second Installment. It appears unlike the first installment, the second and third installments were recorded at similar times; their background graphics are the same too. This message was record between the fall of Ben ‘Alī and the fall of Ḥusnī Mubārak. Ẓawāhirī argues that the Americans are installing new regimes in both places, but they should be resisted along with the French. Appears that three audio/videos in, Ẓawāhirī is still trolling out the same old platitudes and really is out of touch of what is going on at the ground level. One wonders when AQ leadership realizes there really has been an intellectual paradigm shift in the Arab world.
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UPDATE 2/27 7:05 PM: Click here for an English language translation of the below audio/video message.
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UPDATE 2/25 4:22 PM: Here is an Arabic transcription of the below audio/video message:
Click the following link for a copy: Ayman aẓ-Ẓawāhirī — “Second Installment of a Message of Hope and Glad Tidings to Our People in Egypt” (Ar)
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UPDATE 2/24 4:31 PM: Here are some interesting quotes via IntelTweet:
My brothers and I in Al-Qaida disown and condemn these operations [attacks on mosques and Muslim gatherings], whether they are the work of the mujahideen or other parties.
Usama Bin Laden, may Allah protect him, ordered me again to emphasize this matter… Take into consideration Muslim interests.
Avoid harming those who are not legitimate targets, whether they are Muslims or non-Muslims… Be very careful in this regard.
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NOTE: Click here for the first installment in Ayman aẓ-Ẓawāhirī’s series “Message of Hope and Glad Tidings to Our People in Egypt.”
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UPDATE 4/11 7:55 PM: Here is an Urdu translation of the below booklet:
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: ‘Aṭīyyatullah Abū ‘Abd ar-Raḥman — “The Popular Revolution and the Fall of the Corrupt Arab System” (Urdu)
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UPDATE 3/5 4:06 PM: The Global Islamic Media Front translated the below statement into English:
Click the following link for a copy: ‘Aṭīyyatullah Abū ‘Abd ar-Raḥman — “The Popular Revolution and the Fall of the Corrupt Arab System” (En)
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Click the following link for a copy: ‘Aṭīyyatullah Abū ‘Abd ar-Raḥman — “The Popular Revolution and the Fall of the Corrupt Arab System”
UPDATE 2/19 10:23 AM: Here is an English translation of the entire audio message below. There is no indication that Ẓawāhirī even mentioned anything about the protests, let alone that Mubarak resigned. Interestingly, too, Ẓawāhirī mentions something along the lines of: I also discussed this more in the second copy of Knights Under the Prophets Banner. The second edition was released on November 27, 2010.
Ayman aẓ-Ẓawāhirī — “First Installment of a Message of Hope and Glad Tidings to Our People in Egypt” (En)
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UPDATE 2/18 4:08 PM: Here is an English translation of Ẓawāhirī’s outline in the new audio/video. It should be noted that he only covered the ideological corruption thus far and has not discussed corruptions 2-4 or the second question that he raises. When Ẓawāhirī releases the other episodes I will make sure to update the outline:
Outline from Ayman aẓ-Ẓawāhirī’s Audio message- “First Installment of a Message of Hope and Glad Tidings to Our People in Egypt”
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NOTE: This is the first official message from al-Qā’idah Central’s senior leadership regarding any of the uprisings in the Arab world.
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NOTE: The below section was translated by the Anṣār al-Mujāhidīn English Forum, most likely in response to the recent events in Egypt.
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Ayman al-Zawahiri — Brothers on the Path of Jihad in Egypt
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UPDATE 2/14 8:09 PM: Click here for an English translation of the below statement.
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NOTE: It should be noted that this is not an official al-Qā’idah message, rather this is from a splinter group that disagreed with Ayman aẓ-Ẓawāhirī’s decision to merge his group with AQ.
This message was emailed to the al-Maqrīzī Center for Historical Studies by Thirwat Ṣaliḥ Shaḥātah. The Egyptian Islamic Jihād (EIJ) has its origins going back to the 70s and was originally called Tanẓīm al-Jihād. Tanẓīm al-Jihād was responsible for the assassination of former Egyptian President Anwar al-Sādāt. Following that there was a large crackdown and following some time in jail Ẓawāhirī reconstructed the group as the EIJ in the late 1980s. EIJ officially merged with al-Qā’idah Central in June 2001, but many members defected because they disagreed with the decision.
The below message states their solidarity with the uprising in Egypt. And that they understand the brutal nature of the regime due to their long time suffering in Egyptian prisons. EIJ calls on the military to take the side of freedom and turn their back on the regime to let the people be free. Interestingly, they do not call for jihād in Egypt, but rather this message deals more with solidarity. That said, to date there is no evidence that EIJ or AQ have had anything to do with these protests.
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Click the following for the original in Arabic: New statement from the Egyptian Islamic Jihād- “For the Revolution of the Egyptian People”
