Translation of 'Aṭīyyah 'Abd al-Raḥman's essay "Leaving for Battle and the Precondition of Takfīr"

NOTE: ‘Aṭīyyah ‘Abd al-Raḥman is a senior leader in al-Qā’idah who according to the United States State Department is based in Iran. He is also purported to be the writer of a letter to Abū Muṣ’ab al-Zarqāwī on December 11, 2005, which warned al-Zarqawi:

He risked removal as al-Qaeda’s leader in Iraq if he continued to alienate Sunni tribal and religious leaders and rival insurgent groups.



Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman Atiyyah Allah al-Libi — Responses to the Ruling on Leaving for Battle and the Precondition of Takfir
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Audio message from al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghrib’s Abū Muṣ’ab ‘Abd al-Wadūd (‘Abd al-Malik Drūkdīl): “On the Failed France Operation”

Video message from al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghrib’s Abū Muṣ’ab ‘Abd al-Wadūd (‘Abd al-Malik Drūkdīl): “We Don’t Surrender…We Win or We Die”

NOTE: Flashpoint Partners released a transcript of  Abū Muṣ’ab ‘Abd al-Wadūd’s (‘Abd al-Malik Drūkdīl) most recent audio message titled: “We Don’t Surrender…We Win or We Die.” Here is a brief abstract of the transcript and below it is the entire transcript:

On July 29, 2010, an audiotape featuring Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) commander Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud was released titled, “We Don’t Surrender…We Win or We Die.” In the tape, Abdel Wadoud argued that “calls to recede and surrender are proof and a confession from the enemy that the military solution has failed, as the apostates have realized that defeating the mujahideen militarily is highly impossible…the sword destroyed the arrogance of those murdering criminals who shed much of the Muslim blood. And we praise Allah because the rains of bullets and the infiltrations of the intended-martyrs and the detonation of explosive devices shattered their hegemony and brought humiliation upon them.” He then vowed: “We do not surrender. We win or we die. We do not surrender. We win or we die. First you have to fight our Jihadist generation and our men who are spread in the mountains and the valleys, in the cities and the deserts…” The U.S. Treasury Department has noted that in 2006 Abdel Wadoud “stated that he had consulted with…Ayman al-Zawahiri regarding AQIM’s upcoming plans and missions in Algeria and the Maghreb countries.”

New statement from the Islamic State in Iraq [al-Qaeda in Iraq]: "Regarding the attack on the filthy Al-Arabiya TV station in Baghdad"

NOTE: For an English language story on this statement checkout Reuters‘ coverage. Also here is the key quote from the below passage translated by Evan Kohlmann’s outfit Flashpoint Partners: “we will not hesitate to target anyone or any media organization… as long as it persists in being a tool of war.” The full statement is unedited below in Arabic.

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم


(( بيانٌ عن استهداف مقرّ قناة “العربيّة” الفضائيّة الخبيثة ))
يقول تعالى: {بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ وَلَكُمُ الْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ} [الأنبياء: 18].
الحمد لله ربّ العالمين، والصلاة والسلام على نبينا محمد، وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين.. وبعد:
ففي عملية مباركة وفّق الله ليوث دولة الإسلام لتنفيذها، استمراراً لسلسلة غزوات الأسير المباركة في دكّ قواعد المشروع الصّفوي وأذنابه في بغداد، وبعد تخطيطٍ مُحكم واستطلاعٍ دقيق من قبل مفارز الإسناد للأهداف المنتخبة في قلب الخطّة الأمنية لحكومة المنطقة الخضراء، قام بطلٌ من أبطال الإسلام وليثٌ من ليوث دولته باستهداف وكرٍ خبيث من أوكار الشّر والعُهر، وبوقٍ للفساد والحِرابة والدّعاية الكاذبة الدّائرة في فلك الحملة الصّليبيّة على الإسلام وأهله.
ورغم زعم المرتدّين عِلمَهم بالتّخطيط لضرب الهدف وتبجّحهم بمعلوماتهم “الاستخبارية” وإجراءاتهم “الأمنيّة”، فقد تمكّن الأخ المنفّذ من الوصول لمبنى الفضائية الخبيثة بعد اختراق الأطواق الأمنيّة ونقاط التفتيش التي جَهِد المرتدّون والشركات الأمنيّة المتعاقدة معهم في بنائها حول المنطقة المستهدفة المُلحقة بـ”المنطقة الخضراء” المحصّنة، وأدّى انفجار المركبة المفخخة إلى تدمير الهيكل الداخلي للمقرّ بالكامل إضافة للمباني المحيطة والتي اتخذت ملجئاً آمنا لمسئولي حكومة الأقزام السّفهاء، وقادة الأحزاب المرتدّة، ومقرّات الشركات الأمنيّة المجرمة العاملة في العراق.
وإنّنا إذ نعلن مسئوليتنا عن ضرب هذه القناة المُفسدة الخبيثة، فإننا نُؤكّد أنّ هذه الرّسالة التي خُطّت بالدّم والنّار لم تكُن الأولى ولن تكون الأخيرة، وأننا لن نتردّد في استهداف أيّ جهة أو مؤسسة إعلاميّة وملاحقة عناصرها حيثما كانوا، ما دامت تُصرّ على أن تكون أداةً لحرب الله ورسوله وتشويه دينِ الإسلام والصّد عنه، أو بوقاً لإعانة الحملة الصليبيّة وحرب المجاهدين في هذه البلاد، أو منبراً إعلاميّا لتثبيت أركان المشروع الصّفوي فيه..
كما أنّنا لا ننسى أن نذكّر أهل التّوحيد في بلاد الإسلام القريبة منّا والبعيدة، أن يشمّروا عن ساعد الجدّ وينفضوا عن أنفسهم غبار القُعود، ويهبّوا لنُصرة دينهم ولا يتركوا لمثل هذه الفضائيات الخبيثة موطئ قدم آمنٍ في بلادهم، وليعلم إخوة الدّين أن استهداف هذه المؤسّساتِ المحارِبة وأعيانِ العاملين فيها ممّن اختار الوقوف في خندق الكفّار مظاهَرةً للحملة الصليبيّة وحرباً للمجاهدين، من أعظم القُرُبات إلى الله، ومن مراتب الجهاد المُتعيّن على كلّ مسلم نُصرة لدين الله وطاعةً لأمره في قتال أئمّة الكُفر الطّاعنين في الدّين، وحتى يعلم هؤلاء الأنجاس ومن يقف ورائهم أن حِمى الإسلام ليست مباحةً لكلّ ديّوثٍ وعاهرة، وأنّ لدين الإسلام رجالاً ترخصُ دمائهم في سبيله وإعلاءً لكلمته، {أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَنْ تُتْرَكُوا وَلَمَّا يَعْلَمِ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ جَاهَدُوا مِنْكُمْ وَلَمْ يَتَّخِذُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَلا رَسُولِهِ وَلا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلِيجَةً وَاللَّهُ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ}[التوبة:16].
والله أكبر
{وَلِلَّهِ الْعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَكِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لا يَعْلَمُونَ}
وزارة الإعلام / دولة العراق الإسلامية

المصدر : ( مركز الفجر للإعلام )

As-Saḥāb presents new video statement from Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahiri: "Al-Quds [Jerusalem] Will Not Be Judaized”

NOTE: Flashpoint Partners released a transcript of  Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahiri’s most recent video message titled: “Al-Quds [Jerusalem] Will Not Be Judaized”. Here is a brief abstract of the transcript and below it is the entire transcript:

In an audiotape titled “Jerusalem Will Not Be Judaized”, produced by As-Sahab and released on July 19, 2010, Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri addressed President Obama: “O’ Obama, whether you admit or not, the Muslims have defeated you in Iraq and Afghanistan, and they will defeat you—and the powers that brought you—soon Inshallah in Palestine, Somalia, and the Islamic Maghreb. Not only will you be defeated militarily and economically, but also, most importantly, you were defeated morally and constituently.” He harshly criticized Muslims who applauded Obama’s speech in Cairo despite the fact that “His criminal, invasive forces were occupying Afghanistan, Iraq and the Gulf, and wide ranges in Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, the Islamic Maghreb and Yemen…” He then argues that “we are the greatest reason in losing Palestine because some of us are requesting to unify with the Arab Zionists and call them with prefixes like brother and president…to the end of these falsehoods, in which they realize their own lies.” For Zawahiri, “Arab Zionists are more dangerous…than the Jewish Zionists. Who is sanctioning our people in Gaza and circulates them with a metal wall underground? Who? Isn’t it the head of the Arab Zionists Husni Mubarak?…And who is helping the Mossad in killing the mujahideen and imprisoning them? Isn’t he the Arab Zionist Mahmoud Abbas?” He counsels that “we first have to liberate ourselves in order to liberate what is outside of it; we will not liberate our homelands if we are weak slaves with our fear, incompetence, greed and delusions, with the incompetent rulers and the greedy leaders and the scheming cooperatives and the apostate sheikhs.”



Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri- “Jerusalem Will Not Be Judaized”
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Al-Andalus Media presents a new video from al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghreb: "The expedition of Al-Mansura"

NOTE: al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), based in Algeria, but conducts activities in other countries such as Mali, Mauritania and Morocco, has released a new propaganda video, which according to AbuMandM, who has watched the video already, alledges that AQIM has infiltrated the Algerian security services.


Al-Katāayb Foundation for Media Productions presents statement from Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn “Regarding the Blessed Kampala operations”

UPDATE 2: An individual from the forums has translated Shaykh Mukhtar Abū az-Zubayr message:

“And those who, when great wrong afflicts them, defend themselves” Sura Alshura/39
Allah most Gracious And High described the believers that they are against injustice and avengers from the ones who assaults them.
The so called “AMISOM” in Mogadishu committed bloody massacres worst than ones committed by their predecessors the Ethiopians and Americans. The cannons are constantly targeting the civilians, the tanks leveled to the ground the buildings of Mogadishu, and the machine guns are targeting civilian transportation, all this has become a habit known by the “AMISOM”.
We say to Islamic Ummah in general, and in particular to the people of Mogadishu: inshallah, we will revenge all who were martyred by the AMISOM guns, and what happened in Kampala is only the beginning.
Secondly, we congratulate the brigade of Shaheed Salih Alnabhan who were blessed by execution of the operation in Mogadishu, and we say to them: “These faces are of success, and may Allah reward you on behave of us, and Islam and Muslims.
And finally, we say a message to Mosifini, the leader of the massacres committed against our people:
“Poetry in Swahili”

UPDATE: al-Shabāb released an audio recording of its leader, Shaykh Mukhtar Abū az-Zubayr, regarding the recent bombings in Uganda. Here is a link to the audio in Arabic and Swahili: https://bit.ly/aZdcEG. Here are some highlights of the audio message courtesy of Evan Kohlmann:

“We would like to congratulate the Martyr Saleh Nabhan Brigade which graciously fulfilled the mission [in Kampala].”
“I say to the Ugandan president that what has happened in Kampala was only the beginning. Our revenge will continue.”

Also, check out Michael Scheuer’s, former CIA analyst, thoughts on the al-Shabāb bombings over at his website Non-Intervention.

NOTE: For more on the al-Shabāb bombings in Uganda, see the following analyses: Leah Farrall of All Things Counterterrorism (https://bit.ly/agwfgc), Christopher Harnisch of AEI’s Critical Threats Project (https://bit.ly/agnurS) and Daveed Gartenstein-Ross of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (https://bit.ly/av5up7). Due to al-Shabāb password-protecting the document, I cannot upload it to Scribd, though, there is a safe PDF file you can download below. The statement is in English.


Statement Regarding the Blessed Kampala operations

New statement from al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula: "Regarding the storming of political security building in Aden"

NOTE: al-Qā’idah (AQ) has been in Yemen since the late 1990s. As is well known AQ operatives struck the USS Cole in October of 2000. Following that attack and 9/11, the United States and Yemen worked together to suppress and eliminate al-Qā’idah in Yemen or al-Qā’idah in Southern Arabia as they were called then. This mission was successful and by November 2003 that generation of al-Qā’idah members was for all intents and purposes eliminated.
Following the above successes, though, the United States, along with Yemen, took their eyes off preventing a rise in a new generation of al-Qā’idah activists in Yemen. Consequently, in February 2006, twenty-three al-Qā’idah terrorists, including the mastermind of the 2000 USS Cole bombing, escaped from a Yemeni prison.  National security experts have claimed this event as the date when al-Qā’idah’s presence in Yemen started to rise again. Within months of the escape al-Qā’idah was responsible for attacks on oil and gas facilities and culminated in September of 2008 with its attempt to bomb the US Embassy.
Along with the prison escape another important factor behind al-Qā’idah’s reemergence in Yemen is due to the successful counterterrorism efforts by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. As a result, many Saudi al-Qā’idah members fled to Yemen. This led in January of 2009 for the two groups, al-Qā’idah in Yemen and al-Qā’idah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to merge into what it is now referred to as al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). AQAP has shown it is a force to be reckoned with by its attempted assassination of Saudi Arabia’s Prince Muḥammad bin Nāyef as well as attempts to smuggle weapons into KSA dressed as women and assassinating key local leaders in southern Yemen. Furthermore, AQAP has been linked to the failed Christmas Day attack attempted by ‘Umar Fārūk ‘Abd  al-Muṭallab. AQAP claims they went forth with this attack as a response to the US’ cruise missile attacks against AQ assets on December 17 and 24.


Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula- Statement regarding the storming of political security building in Aden
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Articles of the Week – 7/3-7/9

Sunday July 4:
Book Review of “The World for Ransom: Piracy Is Terrorism, Terrorism Is Piracy” – Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Pragati: https://bit.ly/9xbU8r
“The Transformation of Algerian Islamist Parties” – Amel Boubekeur, The Maghreb Center Journal: https://bit.ly/bAYfIm
“Al Qaeda In Kashmir” – Eric Randolph, Current Intelligence: https://bit.ly/d2muus
Monday July 5:
“AQAP Inspire Magazine is Nothing New” – J.M. Berger, IntelWire: https://bit.ly/aWduVO
Tuesday July 6:
“Indonesia: The Dark Side of Jama’ah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT)” – International Crisis Group: https://bit.ly/aUUMun
“Un-Inspired” – Thomas Hegghammer, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/9ZB6hV
Wednesday July 7:
French Doctrine for Counterinsurgency at the Tactical Level https://bit.ly/bZcizW
“Observations of Turkish Islamist Politics: Islamic Democrats or Enemies of Turkish Secularism?” – Youssef Aboul-Enein, Small Wars Journal: https://bit.ly/9kVhj3
“Pakistan’s Competing Jihadists” – Praveen Swami, The Hindu: https://bit.ly/acCq3N
Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group, Periodical Review June 2010 – No. 2, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism: https://bit.ly/8XshP8
“Asian influence in the Middle East — friend or foe?” – Geoffrey Kemp, The Middle East Channel: https://bit.ly/dxWdra
Thursday July 8:
Salafi-Jihadis and the North Caucasus: Is There a New Phase of the War in the Making? – Murad Batal al-Shishani, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/aDHJa2
Friday July 9:
“Resistance Land- Hezbollah’s new theme park” – Andrew Table, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/aJpnwW
“The Legal War on Terror for the week of 7/2-7/8” – Andrew Lebovich, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/9J7Ssq
“The Salafists: the Latest in Islamist Politics” – François Burgat, Le Monde: https://bit.ly/d0vtLF
Interview with Marjane Satrapi, author of the graphic novel Persepolis – Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/akEZae

Anṣār al-Mujāhidīn English Forum translates interview with Qā’idah al-Jihād Shūrā Council Member 'Abd al-Majīd 'Abd al-Majīd


NOTE: Anṣār al-Mujāhidīn English Forum’s Language and Translation Department Presents a translation of Al-Balāgh Media Center’s release “Answers from the Open Interview with a member of the Shūrā Council of Qā’idah al-Jihād in the land of Khorāsān – ‘Abd al-Majīd ‘Abd al-Majīd”. The interview is below. 



AMEF- Answers from the Open Interview with Qaeda al-Jihad Shura Council Member – the Mujahid Sheikh- Abdul Majid Abdul Majid
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