Category: Yemen

News Yemen reports that al-Qā’idah in Abyan (AQAP) circulated statement denying members were arrested or surrendered

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Here are the key points from the News Yemen article:

Al-Qaeda in Yemen has distributed a proclamation in Zinjibar city of Abyan province under the name of “Mujahideen in the Arabian Peninsula,” denying “allegations” of the security authorities that they have arrested 10 al-Qaeda fighters in Lawder, according to News Yemen correspondent in Abyan.
The statement, which was distributed for some mosques, markets and shops in the city, denied press reports that seven members of al-Qaeda were killed and others surrendered to the security authorities in Abyan.
The statement described reports as “media campaign to deform the reputation of al-Qaeda amongst people,” confirming that al-Qaeda still controls the situation in Lawder and mujahideen remain strong,” according to the correspondent of News Yemen in Zinjibar.
The statement called upon what he called their fellow Muslims not to get information from the official media and to get it from “truthful brothers and Mujahideen’s websites on the internet like Al-Fajr Media Center and the network of supporters of the Mujahideen and the Fallujah blog and others.”
The proclamation said that the state of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, it labeled him as “black Ansi”, has launched military and media campaigns against Mujahideen with assistance of U.S. spy planes, asserting that Mujahideen will continue jihad against the “enemies of the religion.”

The Global Islamic Media Front presents a translation of al-Malāḥim Media's lecture "Loyalty to the Believers" by Abū Zūbayr 'Adīl bīn 'Abdullah al-Abāb

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UPDATE: Check out Ahmad al-Zaky’s great analysis of al-Abāb’s essay at his blog Ma’alim fi al-Tariq.
NOTE: The document could not be uploaded to Scribd since it was password protected by the maker of it. That said, below is a safe PDF copy of it.
For more on Abū Zūbayr ‘Adīl bīn ‘Abdullah al-Abāb see the various posts by Gregory D. Johnsen of Waq al-Waq on him. al-Abāb is believed to be in al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula’s (AQAP) shūrā council.
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The Global Islamic Media Front presents a translation of al-Malāḥim Media’s lecture “Loyalty to the Believers” by Abū Zūbayr ‘Adīl bīin ‘Abdullah al-Abāb

al-Malāḥim Media presents a new audio message from Shaykh Abū Sufyān al-Azdī (Sa'īd al-Shehrī), deputy leader al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula: "United to Overthrow Al-Saud"

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UPDATE: Flashpoint Partners released a transcript of Shaykh Abū Sufyān al-Azdī (Sa’īd al-Shehrī) most recent audio message titled: “United to Overthrow Al-Saud.” Here is a brief abstract of the transcript and below it is the entire transcript:

On August 10, 2010, an audiotape featuring Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula  (AQAP) senior commander Sheikh Abu Sufian al-Azdi (a.k.a. Saeed al-Shehri) titled “Together: To Overthrow Al-Saud” was released. Al-Azdi claimed that “the Jews and the apostates from the rulers of the Arabian Peninsula are in an alliance that was formed by America, and Iran and their Arab Shiite supporters in the region are in another alliance…And what is expected is for the war to begin by the Jews against Iran, and the reality of the battle will be in the land of the Peninsula and the ash-Sham [Middle East]: the Jews in the ash-Sham and Iran in the Peninsula.” Calling for the overthrow of the Saudi government, al-Azdi requested support from “those who belong to the military air-force, or officials in weapons storages, or officials in the army or the interior, or centers of operation and media rooms.” Specifically, he asked those who work “in the Ministry of Interior and who can bring important information that may benefit the mujahideen in assigning their targets—like houses and roads and the officer of Ministry of Interior officials—then he must send it to us via the military email that belongs to the [al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula] Organization.” And al-Azdi urged “any of you who is a pilot should search of martyrdom above the skies of Palestine, and any of you who work in the navy should point his weapon against the Jews there and receive the honor of martyrdom…”

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NOTE: Sa’īd al-Shehrī is of Saudi background and was one of the first prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, arriving January 21, 2002. He spent six years in Guantánamo prior to being repatriated to Saudi Arabia and enrolled in their rehabilitation program. Afterwards, he went to Yemen and has since been considered the deputy leader of al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula. It was reported this past December that al-Shehrī was killed in a drone strike and then in January 2010 was captured by the Yemeni government. All these claims were false, though, since al-Shehrī later released an audio message denying allegations that he was dead.
For more on al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula read the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s report by Alistair Harris titled “Exploiting Grievances: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.”
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al-Malāḥim Media presents a new audio message from Shaykh Abū Sufyān al-Azdī (Sa’īd al-Shehrī), deputy leader al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula: “United to Overthrow Al-Saud”

al-Malāḥim Media presents "Why I chose al-Qā’idah" by Shaykh Abū Muṣ'ab Moḥammed 'Umayr al-'Awlaqī

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NOTE: Apparently, Abū Muṣ’ab Moḥammed ‘Umayr al-‘Awlaqī was killed in late 2009. Due to the document being password protected I cannot upload the file to Scribd. Nonetheless, below is a copy of it in PDF, which you can download (it is safe).
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Al-Malahim presents- Why I chose Al-Qaida “by Sheikh Abu Musab Mohammed Omair Al-Awlaqi

New Interview with 'Abd Malik Badr ad-Dīn al-Ḥūthī, leader of the Ḥūthīs

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NOTE: For a comprehensive history of the Ḥūthīs read the RAND monograph “Regime and Periphery in Northern Yemen- The Huthi Phenomenon.” Also, check out my article “Round Seven in Northern Yemen?” in Foreign Policy’s Middle East Channel, which discusses the Ḥūthī conflict with the Yemeni government.
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قامت “الحقيقة” – نشرة ثقافية نصف شهرية تصدر في محافظة صعدة – بإجراء حوار هام مع السيد عبدالملك بدرالدين الحوثي الذي تحدث فيه عن أهم المستجدات على الساحة والأسباب الحقيقية التي

تعرقل المفاوضات وتؤثر سلباً على تنفيذ الاتفاقيات كما تطرق الحوار إلى االاعتداءات الأمريكية  والقاعدة ، تناول أيضاً  الوساطة القطرية واحداث سفيان والتحالف مع اللقاء المشترك ورؤيتهم حول الحلولالتي قد تخرج اليمن من النفق المظلم الذي يسير فيه.. نترككم مع نص الحوار :

الحقيقة: إلى أين وصلت المفاوضات بينكم وبين السلطة؟ وما هي العوائق التي تقف أمام تنفيذ بنود الاتفاق ؟

السيد: المفاوضات وصلت إلى مرحلة متقدمة على الورق وهناك تفاهمات هامة لكن مشكلة السلطة أنها غير وفيّة بالتزاماتها فهي تقدم التزامًا وتوقع إتفاقاً ثم لا تكون صادقة عند وعودها ولا التزاماتها بل وأحيانًا لا تكتفي بالتهرب من التزاماتها بل تعمل على العرقلة للاتفاقات والحيلولة دون تطبيقها ومن الأمثلة الواضحة موضوع السجناء فهناك الكثير من الاتفاقيات والمحاضر الموقعة بخصوص الإفراج عنهم، وهناك إعلان واضح في ليلة 22 من مايو وقرار بالإفراج عنهم وأكدته اللجنة المسماة باللجنة الأمنية وما يسمى بوزير العدل وما تسمى بمصلحة السجون ونقلوا الدفعة الأولى إلى صعدة وعلى أساس أن يأتوا ببقية الدفع ويتم الإفراج عنهم، ثم لم تلبث السلطة أن نكثت الاتفاقيات واستمرت في احتجازهم غير المبرر، وهكذا الأمور الأخرى حينما نصل إلى مرحلة التطبيق يتهربون ويصنعون العراقيل والكل يعرف عن السلطة تجردها من القيم والمبادئ ونكثها وغدرها ولكن ليس من مصلحتها ولا من مصلحة البلد استمرارها في الطريق الخاطئ الذي تسلكه وكان عليها في هذه الفترة لو كانت – كما تدعي – جادة في الوصول إلى حلول وحريصة على السلام أن تقوم بالإفراج عن السجناء وإعمار ما دمّرته وخربته بعدوانها وتعويض المواطنين المتضررين من العدوان ومراجعة سياستها الخاطئة وإعطاء المناطق المتضررة من العدوان حقها من الثروة العامة التي يجب أن يستفيد منها المحرومون من أبناء الشعب ومعاملة أبناء الشعب المظلوم بكرامة وهذا كان – لو أنها قامت به- التصرف الحكيم والصحيح بدلاً من إثارة المشاكل والإمساك بأوراق وأدوات التأزيم والتعقيد للوضع والجميع يعرف في المناطق المتضررة من العدوان أن السلطة لم تقم بأي خطوة إيجابية تجاه هذه المناطق ولو توفرت لدى السلطة الإرادة السياسية اللازمة وكان لديها قدرًا ولو يسيرًا من المصداقية وشيئًا من الحرص على المصلحة العامة للبلد وقليلا من الوعي بأن مصلحتها في التقارب مع الشعب لا في العداء له لأمكن تجاوز الكثير من العراقيل لكن موقف السلطة من الشعب سيء جدًّا وهذا بشكل عام في الشمال والجنوب والوسط، وهناك ثلاثة أسباب تعرقل المفاوضات وتؤثر على الاتفاقيات:
السبب الأول: ارتهان السلطة للخارج المعادي للشعب في قراراتها ومواقفها فهي تتاجر بالبلد وتجعل منه قربانًا تقدمه لأمريكا ولجهات إقليمية معروفة ولذلك فرَّطت في سيادة البلد وجعلتها مباحة للآخرين وكأن اليمن بلد مباح ليس له سيادة ولا حرمة ولا لأبناءه كرامة، وهذا الارتهان وهذه العمالة والاتكاء على الخارج دليل واضح أن السلطة فاقدة لتأييد الشعب وأنها ليست معتمدة عليه ولا مستندة إليه، وبما أنها أدخلت نفسها في حسابات الآخرين فهذا جعلها متضاربة متناقضة في مواقفها وقراراتها وجعلها في حالة كبيرة من الاضطراب، وهي في حالها هذا غير مأمونة على الشعب والبلد لأنها لم تعد تحسب للشعب والبلد أي حساب في مواقفها وقراراتها.
السبب الثاني: موقف السلطة من الشعب نفسه فالقائمون على السلطة والنافذون فيها معروفون بأنهم لا يحترمون الشعب نهائيا ولا يعاملونه على أساس مبادئ القرآن الكريم التي تكفل للإنسان كرامته وعزته بإيمانه {وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَنِي آدَمَ} {وَلِلَّهِ الْعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ} كما أنه ليس لديهم ذرة من الحرص على مصلحة الشعب وليسوا ممن يخاف الله ويستشعر المسئولية أمام الله والسؤال والحساب والعقاب فيكون ذلك حافزًا لهم على أن يتقوا الله في الشعب فهم مجردون من الإيمان، ولا هم أيضا يتوقعون الحساب والمساءلة من الشعب لأنهم دائما يعملون على إضعافه وتحطيمه واستعباده وإذلاله وتفريق أبناءه، ولا هم ذوو ضمير ونفوس طيبة بل يفهمون السلطة بأنها التسلط والقهر والإذلال والنهب لثروة الشعب، والمواطَنَة، بأنها العبودية والخضوع المطلق، وهم غارقون في أنانيتهم ومصالحهم الشخصية ومزهوون بالطغيان والكبر ونظرتهم إلى الشعب قائمة على الاحتقار والازدراء وكأن الشعب قطيع من الغنم وملك لهم، ولكن الاستياء الشعبي يتزايد وأكثر من أي وقت مضى والوعي ينمو وسياستهم هذه فاشلة، وأريد القول أن هذه النظرة إلى الشعب وهذا الموقف السيء جعلهم غير مهتمين بحلول صحيحة وعادلة ولا حريصين على مصلحة الشعب ، ومهما كان الاتفاق مفيدًا لتهدئة الوضع وحقن الدماء ومعالجة الإشكالات فإنهم لا يتحرجون من النكث والاختلاف والتنصل وهذه إشكالية كبيرة لأنها تعود إلى نفسيتهم وثقافتهم وطريقتهم في التفكير والتصرف واتخاذ القرار والموقف .
السبب الثالث: هو النفوذ الأجنبي الذي أيضًا تجاوز السلطة وأصبح له أدوات وأيادي أخرى إضافية فلم يكتف بالسلطة التي كانت ترغب أن تكون العميل الوحيد للخارج بل عمد إلى جهات بعضها من السلطة وأكثرها من المنافقين وهذا أسهم مع تردد السلطة وعدم اهتمامها إلى عرقلة الاتفاقيات والتصعيد للوضع كلما كان هناك موعد مع خطوة إيجابية .
الحقيقة: بعد الحرب الخامسة وقبل سفره إلى روسيا وجه إليكم الرئيس على عبدالله صالح تهديدات وشتائم أجبتم عنها في مقابلة مع صحيفة الناس ، وبعد الحرب السادسة وقبل سفره أيضًا إلى روسيا وجهت إليكم تهديدات رئاسية حسب ما تناقلته وسائل الإعلام قبل أسابيع.. ما مضمون هذه التهديدات؟ وما سر هذا التوقيت الذي يأتي قبل زيارة الرئيس إلى روسيا؟ وماذا كان ردكم على تلك التهديدات ؟

السيد: منطق التهديد لأبناء الشعب غير شجاع ولا مشرف ويصدق على أصحاب التهديد أنهم أذلة على الكافرين أعزة على المؤمنين، وكان المشرّف أن يكون التهديد لأعداء الأمة والإسلام الذين يمثلون خطورة

Two new statements from al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula

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UPDATE: UneditedEnglish language translation of the Arabic statements below.

Qaa’idah Al-Jihad in the Arabian Peninsula

Statement regarding storming a military security center and killing all of them in the province of Shabwa

All praise be to Allah who says: {O you who believed, fight those adjacent to you of the disbelievers and let them find in you harshness,And know that Allah is with the righteous} and may the peace and blessing be upon the Cheerful Fighter who said” I have been ordered (by Allah) to fight against the people until they testify that none has the right to be worshiped but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah’s Apostle, and offer the prayers perfectly and give the obligatory charity, so if they perform a that, then they save their lives an property from me except for Islamic laws and then their reckoning (accounts) will be done by Allah“
A group belonging to the brigades of the martyred Shaikh Mohamed Omair – May Allah have mercy on him – raided one of the central military security points in Shabwa province which resulted in the killing of 6 soldiers of tyranny, within the series of “Eliminating Evil” to purge the Arabian Peninsula from the agents of America. This happened on Saturday, the thirteenth of Sha’ban, 1431 H.A, before sunset prayers.

The martyrs in this operation are, with the permission of Allah, Shaikh Zayed Ahmed Awad Aldgari from Abadaan district in the province of Shabwa, and his martyred companion Osama Ahmed Ali San’aani Hafd Allah from the Tawrah village in the province of Sanaa. May Allah have mercy on them. They were killed after they and their brothers attacked the soldiers of injustice and aggression.
We want to show our Islamic nation what causes us to target the soldiers of the tyrannical leader Ali Saleh:
1 – These soldiers are the striking hand of the agent Ali Saleh and they are the ones who support the pillars of this unjust government.
2 – They are the ones who raid the homes of the mujahideen fighters, kill peaceful Muslims and terrorize women and children, as what happened with the martyred Shaikh Abdullah al-Midhar, may Allah have mercy on him.
3 – They are standing with the Crusader campaign against our country. They are the first-line defenders of the Americans who killed our women and children with Cluster bombs and cruise missiles in Al-Mu’ajala in the province of Abyan.
4 – These soldiers are the ones who beat people with their light and heavy weapons and kill innocent people who went out in peaceful demonstrations to remove injustice, as what happened in Abyan, Dali’h, laHaj, Aden, al-Mukalla and Sana’a.
5 – They are the ones who killed women and children and destroyed Masajid and homes on the heads of the residents in Marib, Dali’h, in order to humiliate the sons of the Muslim nation, undermine their dignity and subjugate Muslims to join the crusader campaign in the region.
And from here we emphasize the following:
1 – Ali Saleh and his government and his soldiers, the injustice ones, are a legitimate target for us. Only if they repent to Allah will they not be targeted.
2 – Anyone who stands with Ali Saleh and his government, and with the crusader campaign against the Muslim nation is an enemy to us and is a legitimate target for us.
3 – We are striving to implement the law of Allah, prevail justice and faith in Allah altogether and everywhere, build up the Islamic Caliphate on the methodology of the Prophet, expel the polytheists from the peninsula of the Prophet Mohammed, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his family, lift the injustice and oppression from the people, and establish truth, justice and security among the people under the law of the Merciful one.

{Allah has full power and control over His Affairs, but most of men know not}

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Monday, 15 Sha’ban 1431 H

Source: (Al-Fair media)

Qaa’idah Al-Jihad in the Arabian Peninsula

Statement regarding the killing of 6 soldiers in an ambush on their patrol near the city of Ataq in Shabwa

All praise be to Allah who says: {Fight them and Allah will punish them by your hands, cover them with shame, help you to victory over them, heal the breasts of the Believers} (Surat At-Tawbah 9:14) And may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon the Cheerful Fighter who said, “I have been made victorious with terror in one month’s time.”

A group belonging to the brigades of Shaikh Mohammad Omair Al-Awlaki R.A managed, by the grace of Allah alone, to execute a coordinated ambush on a military patrol as part of the “Eliminating Evil” operations. The operation resulted in the killing of an officer and five soldiers of tyranny from the central security forces. The Mujahideen took 4 machine guns and 2 cartridges of ammunition as spoils of war. This happened in the city of ‘Ataq, the capital of Shabwa. The operation was carried out on Thursday 1431 A.H at 3 O’clock before dawn prayers, and with the grace of Allah, the Mujahideen returned safely and victorious.

{Allah has full power and control over His Affairs, but most of men know not}

Al-Qaida in the Arabian peninsula

Saturday 13 Shaban 1431 H

Source: (Al-Fajr Media)

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Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula- Statement regarding storming a military security center and killing all of them in the province of Shabwa
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Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula- Statement regarding the killing of 6 soldiers in an ambush on their patrol near the city of Atiq in Shabwa
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New statement from al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula: "Regarding the storming of political security building in Aden"

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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.
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Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula- Statement regarding the storming of political security building in Aden
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Articles of the Week – 6/26-7/2

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Saturday June 26:
“The Muslim Past- Book Review of “Faith and Power” & “Muhammad and the Believers”” – Max Rodenbeck, The New York Times: https://nyti.ms/blRwDG
Sunday June 27:
“Endless war, a recipe for four-star arrogance” – Andrew J. Bacevich, The Washington Post: https://bit.ly/cFmDcd
Monday June 28:
“Prisons and Terrorism: Radicalisation and De-radicalisation in 15 Countries” – Peter R. Neumann, et. al,  The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/9Rt4a2
“Counterinsurgency Under the Microscope” – Andrew Exum, Abu Muqawama Blog: https://bit.ly/bfzrgr
“From Sayyid Qutb To Hamas: The Middle East Conflict and Islamization of Antisemitism – Bassam Tibi, Yale University Working Paper Series: https://bit.ly/ctPYMF
Tuesday June 29:
“Abu Yahya al-Libi’s Long, Lonely Journey” – Jarret Brachman: https://bit.ly/9Hfmv9
“How Tribal Are the Taleban? Afghanistan’s Largest Insurgent Movement between its Tribal Roots and Islamist Ideology” – Thomas Ruttig, The Afghanistan Analysts Network: https://bit.ly/aR36Hl
“Estimates for Hezbollah’s Arsenal” – David Schapiro & Katherine Zimmerman, IranTracker: https://bit.ly/cWCC3S
“Islamist Radicalism in Yemen” (Updated) – Deborah Jerome, Council on Foreign Relations: https://bit.ly/aFe361
“Views of Pakistani Religious Leader Dr. Israr Ahmed (1932-2010) Regarding the Structure of an Islamic Caliphate” – The Middle East Media Research Institute: https://bit.ly/bG8mQF
“An Al-Shabaab Narco-Terrorism Connection?” – Investigative Project on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/cRXkoG
Wednesday June 30:
“The Haqqanis and al-Qaeda” – Anand Gopal, Mansur Khan Mahsud and Brian Fishman, The AfPak Channel: https://bit.ly/9NdXYM
The reason why the new al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula magazine “Inspire” was corrupted & then taken down from the forums – Internet Haganah: https://bit.ly/alZhaR
“Pakistani Terror Group Lashkar-e Tayyiba Extends Tentacles in United States” – The Investigative Project on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/dtNEvn
Thursday July 1:
“Al-Qaeda in Iraq: Eliminating Leaders Will Not Necessarily Cut Lifelines” – Omar Ashour, Arab Reform Bulletin: https://bit.ly/avX3u1
“Tariq Ramadan: Exposing the Irrelevance of His Defenders in America” – Dr. Robert D. Crane, The American Muslim: https://bit.ly/aS5SZs
“Four Questions for Yemen Scholar Gregory Johnsen” – The Atlantic: https://bit.ly/a8ApNC
“Counting al-Qaeda” – Brian Fishman, The AfPak Channel: https://bit.ly/aYVvqN
“Top Twenty Plots to Know since 9/11” – The Center on Law and Security: https://bit.ly/9QfVz2
Friday July 2:
“Ruminations on the AQAP magazine and its ridiculous coverage” – J.M. Berger, IntelWire: https://bit.ly/akv4Rz
“Hiding In Plain Sight- Terrorists in Punjab Province” – Ahmad Majidyar, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/9lW9f6

Articles of the Week – 6/19-6/25

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Sunday June 20:
“Legitimate Demands [2] Barack’s Dilemma” – Adam Gadahan, As-Saḥāb Foundation for Islamic Media Publication: https://bit.ly/c6dQXK
“Forget the substance of Gadahn’s post, it’s the tech that matters” – J.M. Berger, IntelWire: https://bit.ly/dty6tR
“Good Deal for Gaza” – Marc Lynch, The Middle East Channel: https://bit.ly/blRn8x
Monday June 21:
“Kandahar Timeline 1979-2010” – Alex Strick van Linschoten, A Different Place Blog: https://bit.ly/aM0bld
“The 2010 Failed State Index Rankings” – Foreign Policy Magazine, July/August 2010: https://bit.ly/9kutY3
“State of Jihad: 2010 and Beyond” – Matthew M. Reed, International Affairs Review: https://bit.ly/cYX4w4
“Politics and prayer”- Review of “A Mosque in Munich” – Issandr El Amrani, The National: https://bit.ly/95mbax
Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group, Periodical Review June 2010 – No. 1, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism: https://bit.ly/ab2WDN
“Profiles of the 15 known Saudi Guantanamo recidivists” – Thomas Joscelyn, The Long War Journal: https://bit.ly/bL1CEw
“A New Taleban Front?” – Thomas Ruttig, The Afghanistan Analysts Network: https://bit.ly/aexJjQ
Tuesday June 22:
“Yemen: Avoiding Freefall” – Ginny Hill, The World Today, Volume 66, Number 7, July 2010: https://bit.ly/aA7kln
“West Africa and the Maghreb Security Brief June 7, 2010 – June 22, 2010” – Critical Threats Project: https://bit.ly/cHdVL7
“Punjab’s growing militant problem” – Interview with Hassan Abbas, The AfPak Channel: https://bit.ly/c9Rvm4
“West coast jihad” – Brian Fishman, The AfPak Channel: https://bit.ly/dzmznm
Wednesday June 23:
“Militant’s Path From Pakistan to Times Square” – Andrea Elliott, New York Times: https://nyti.ms/b1ZJEX
“Veiled Truths- The Rise of Political Islam in the West” – Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs: https://bit.ly/caa3UL
Thursday June 24:
“The Iraqi Elections of 2010—and 2005” – Kanan Makiya, The Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Middle East Brief 42, June 2010: https://bit.ly/9OfrOA
“Puncturing Pakistan’s “madrasa myth”” – Gregg Carlstrom, The Majlis: https://bit.ly/9vNjZR
Friday June 25:
“Saudi Preacher: The West Implements the Humane Values of the Shari’a Better than the Muslims” – Middle East Media Research Institute: https://bit.ly/9KHXNj
“The Legal War on Terror for the week of 6/18-6/24” – Andrew Lebovich, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/cI0a7I
“Al-Qaeda losing supporters in jihadi groups across Arab world” – Camille Tawil, Magharebia: https://bit.ly/bZw7yr
“Islamist Preacher Zakir Naik, Barred from U.K. and Canada – An Ideological Profile” – Steven Stalinsky, Middle East Media Research Institute: https://bit.ly/cXSiR4
‘Scratching the Surface of Radicalism in Germany” – Andrew Lebovich, The Washington Note: https://bit.ly/9ZsTHm

Best Articles of the Past Week – 6/5-6/11

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Saturday June 5:
“Abu Walid al Masri responds to Charles Cameron” – Leah Farrall, All Things Counter Terrorism: https://allthingsct.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/abu-walid-al-masri-responds-to-charles-cameron/
“Rhetoric and Reality: Countering Terrorism in the Age of Obama” – Marc Lynch, Center for a New American Security: https://www.cnas.org/files/documents/publications/CNAS_Rhetoric%20and%20Reality_Lynch.pdf
Monday June 7:


“Does al Qaeda Threaten the World Cup? Assessment, Context, and Implications for Understanding of the al Qaeda Network” – Charlie Szrom, Critical Threats Project: https://www.criticalthreats.org/africa/does-al-qaeda-threaten-world-cup-assessment-context-june-7-2010
Tuesday June 8:
“Exploiting Grievances: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula” – Alistair Harris, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: https://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/exploiting_grievances.pdf
“Counterterrorism and democracy promotion in the Sahel under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama from September 11, 2001, to the Nigerien Coup of February 2010” – Alex Thurston, Association of Concerned Africa Scholars, ACAS Bulletin No. 85: https://concernedafricascholars.org/docs/bulletin85thurston.pdf
“From GSPC to AQIM: The evolution of an Algerian islamist terrorist group into an Al-Qa‘ida Affiliate and its implications for the Sahara-Sahel region” – Stephen Harmon, Association of Concerned Africa Scholars, ACAS Bulletin No. 85: https://concernedafricascholars.org/docs/bulletin85harmon.pdf
Wednesday June 9:
“Militants Seize Mecca” – Marissa Allison, al-Maktabah Blog: https://azelin.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/guest-post-juhayman-al-utaybi-and-the-siege-of-the-grand-mosque-in-mecca/
Thursday June 10:
“Could Al-Qaeda Turn African in the Sahel?” – Jean-Pierre Filiu, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Papers No. 112: https://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/al_qaeda_sahel.pdf
“Jihād & the Battle of Uncertainty” – Abū Yaḥyā al-Lībī, Al-Fajr Media Center: https://jihadology.net/wp-content/uploads/_pda/2010/06/al-fajr-media-center-presents-a-new-book-by-abu-yahya-al-libi-jihad-the-battle-of-uncertainty.pdf
“Pakistan’s New Networks of Terror” – Imtiaz Gul, Foreign Policy: https://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/06/10/pakistans_new_networks_of_terror
Friday June 11:
“Muddying the ‘Taliban'” – Brian Fishman, The AfPak Channel: https://afpak.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/06/11/muddying_the_taliban