Category: Algeria

al-Andalus Media presents a new statement from al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghrib: "Congratulations to Our People in Qamār on the Martyrdom of the Leader Abū Khabāb 'Abd al-Ḥaqq al-Qamārī"

Posted on by Aaron Y. Zelin

UPDATE 12/31/11 11:10 AM: Click here for an English translation of the below Arabic statement.
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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghrib — “Congratulations to Our People in Qamār on the Martyrdom of the Leader Abū Khabāb ‘Abd al-Ḥaqq al-Qamārī”
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As-Saḥāb Media presents a new video message from al-Qā’idah's Abū Yaḥyā al-Lībī: "Algeria and the Battle of Patience"

Posted on by Aaron Y. Zelin

UPDATE 10/31/11 8:30 AM: Click here for an English translation of the below Arabic video message.
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UPDATE 10/19/11 7:52 PM: Here is an Arabic transcription of the below video message:

Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Abū Yaḥyā al-Lībī — “Algeria and the Battle of Patience”
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NOTE: It appears that AQ is focusing on Algeria now since they have yet to bear any fruit from Tunisia, Egypt, or Libya. In Zawahiri’s video message released last week he stated:

As I congratulated our people in Libya on their victory over the tyrant, I call upon
our people in Algeria to follow their footsteps. Oh lions of Algeria, here are your brothers
in Tunisia and also in Libya have sent the two tyrants to the wasteland of history; why
aren’t you revolting on your tyrant? Oh lions of Algeria: you have given the best of
examples in sacrifice, resistance, jihad and defiance, so why are you silent before the
corrupt oppressors who are fighting your Shari’ah, communicating with Israel and stealing
the food bite from the mouths of your children to use it for corruption, and turn the
Algeria of jihad and defiance to a service agency to safeguard the interests of America
and France in the Maghrib and the coast of the Mediterranean.
Oh lions of Algeria and its free and zealous people in it, oh soldiers of Islam in its
western (the Maghrib) trench: the Muslim Ummah and all the oppressed in
the world are waiting for you to offer a jihadi example and resistance model in
resisting the corruptive tyrants. Take the help of Allah and take off in the face of this
tyrannical and abusive regime that has spilled your blood and wasted your money and
violated your honors.

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al-Andalus Media presents a new statement from al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghreb: "Various Operations from the Mujāhidīn: Killing and Injuring More Than 200 Apostates Including A large Number of Officers"

Posted on by Aaron Y. Zelin


Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghreb — “Various Operations from the Mujāhidīn- Killing and Injuring More Than 200 Apostates Including A large Number of Officers”
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al-Andalus Media presents a new statement from al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghreb: "'Īd Present 'Shirshāl (Cherchell) Raid': Strike in the Heart of the Algerian Military With Two 'Martyrdom' Operations"

Posted on by Aaron Y. Zelin

 
UPDATE 9/4/11 11:13 AM: Click here for an English translation of the below Arabic statement.
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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghreb — “‘Īd Present ‘Shirshāl (Cherchell) Raid’- Strike in the Heart of the Algerian Military With Two ‘Martyrdom’ Operations”
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Check out my new post at al-Wasat: "AQIM Statement Hoax?"

Posted on by Aaron Y. Zelin

Last night, Tout sur l’Algérie published an article titled “Aqmi affirme que ses éléments ont été tués dans ce raid” (“AQIM confirms that its members were killed in raid”). The article stated that they received through anonymous sources a new statement from al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb that said that some of AQIM’s fighters were killed in an accidental NATO airstrike on rebels this past Friday. Although it is quite possible that this occurred, there is reason to be skeptical. First, the statement has still not been released to the forums (at least sixteen hours have passed). I also do not recall a time when AQIM released a statement to anonymous sources in the past. Second, the article provided a screen shot of the top of the statement and it did not conform to the normal style, color, and font of previous AQIM statements.

Screen shot of Tout sur l’Algérie’s screen shot of AQIM’s statement

The top part with the black text (the basmallah) and the golden text (AQIM’s name in Arabic) are normal. The green text below it, though, is where the authenticity of the statement comes into question. In the past, AQIM has never used that font or green color for its statement titles. Rather they have used red. Here are some examples of previous officially released AQIM statements:
Read the rest here.

al-Andalus Media presents a new statement from al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghreb: "Report #31: A Variety of Combat Operations of the Mujāhidīn"

Posted on by Aaron Y. Zelin

NOTE: The below report details AQIM attacks between January 1, 2011 and March 22, 2011. There is no evidence based on their report of activities in Libya yet. Per usual they are in Algeria.
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al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghreb — “Report #31- A Variety of Combat Operations of the Mujāhidīn”
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New statement from the Amīr of al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghreb Abū Muṣ’ab ‘Abd al-Wadūd [‘Abd al-Malik Drūkdīl]: "A Call to Our Revenging People in Algeria"

Posted on by Aaron Y. Zelin

UPDATE 1/14 12:20 PM: Click here for an Arabic transcript of the below video.
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NOTE: For more background on the protests in Algeria see here, here, and here from Kal at the Moor Next Door.
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