Abū Yūsuf al-‘Urdun — “To the Traitorous Custodian of the Two Holy Places- Sa’ad al-Brīk and His Brothers, the Mercenaries from Muftis”
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Shaykh Abū al-Mundhir al-Shanqīṭī — “Land of the Two Holy Places- Mujāhid People and Rule of the Client”
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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)
NOTE: To learn more about Ḥāmid Bin ‘Abdullah al ‘Alī see here. For more jihādī releases related to the various uprisings in the Arab world see here.
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Shaykh Ḥāmid Bin ‘Abdullah al ‘Alī — “Oh Sons of the Arabian Peninsula and Descendants of Glory, Without You There is No History So Create It”
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Abū al-Ḥasan al-‘Azdī — “Nāṣir al ‘Umar- Will He Be the First Muftī of the Thugs”
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UPDATE 3/10 12:47 PM: Here is an English translation of the below audio message:
Shaykh Ibrāhīm bin Sulaymān al-Rubaysh — “Ben ‘Alī and Ibn Sa’ūd” (En)
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UPDATE 2/27 8:07 AM: Here is an Arabic transcription of the below audio message:
Click the following link for a copy: Shaykh Ibrāhīm bin Sulaymān al-Rubaysh — “Ben ‘Alī and Ibn Sa’ūd”
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Shaykh Ibrāhīm bin Sulaymān al-Rubaysh — “Ben ‘Alī and Ibn Sa’ūd”
UPDATE 2/25 8:53 PM: Here are some key quotes from the below statement:
The regime of al-Saud should know that our war with them will happen for as long as they maintain their disbelief, oppression, mightiness and belligerence against the religion of the Almighty, and that the heads of this regime and its henchmen are legitimate targets for the mujahideen.
The regime of Saud is on top of the Arab regimes in terms of disbelief and in terms of fighting the religion of Allah, allying with the unbelievers, spoiling the people, plundering and oppressing them, and preventing them from having their legal rights.
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NOTE: To see earlier statements in this series see: #1, #2, and #3.
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‘Abdullah ‘Azzām Brigades — “Statement Number 4 within the series ‘Identifying the Way of the Offenders’ “Bilād al-Ḥaramayn”
NOTE: Jabār al-Fayfī has been lauded for helping tip the Saudis off to the planned parcel plot late last year. I disagree with this assessment since the dates he left Yemen and when the actual plot occurred there was too much lag time where AQAP could have altered there plans. Gregory Johnsen is skeptical of his involvement in breaking up this plot too, who briefly wrote about this most recent confession from al-Fayfī.
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NOTE: The below message from al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula is in response to the recent statements from Saudi Arabia, which have accused al-Qā’idah of planning on targeting individuals who plan to go on the annual Hajj, which takes place November 14-17 this year. AQAP emphatically denies such a claim: “We assure the Muslim nation, we are opposed to any criminal attack targeting the pilgrims.”
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al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula- “Explanation to the Nation of Islam on the fabrications of Saudi Arabia”
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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