NOTE: To see earlier statements in this series see: #1, #2, #3, #4.
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‘Abdullah ‘Azzām Brigades — “Statement Number 5 within the series ‘Identifying the Way of the Offenders’ “Proud Syria””
Category: Abdullah Azzam Brigades
New statement from the ‘Abdullah ‘Azzām Brigades: “Statement Number 4 within the series ‘Identifying the Way of the Offenders’ "Bilād al-Ḥaramayn""
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”
Jihādī Primary Source Material Data Dump, December 23-January 2
NOTE: Below are all of the primary source materials that I did not post while on vacation. All materials are posted by date that they were first released to the various fora. I hope this is helpful to those who were also on vacation during this time period and did not get the opportunity to follow the fora activities.
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December 23:
‘Abdullah ‘Azzām Brigades — Statement Number 3 within the series- Identifying the Way of the Offenders
December 24:
al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula releases its Arabic language magazine Ṣadā al-Malāḥim Issue #14
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Ḥarakat al-al-Shabāb al-Mujāhīn releases an Arabic and English translation of their statement, which announced an alliance with Ḥizb al-Islām. See here for the original in Somali language.
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Anṣār al-Mujāhidīn English Forum in honor of its two year anniversary presents an English translation of As-Saḥāb’s Ramaḍān Sermons series #1 by Abū Zayd al-Kūwaytī “Ramaḍān Intensive Course”
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The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan presents its list of martyrs for the year 1431 H. According to them, fifty-two individuals were killed.
December 25:
al-Furqān Media, which is affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq [al-Qā’idah in Iraq] has released “Risen Alive #3,” which is one of their many martyrology series’
December 26:
Kavkaz Jihād Blog translates into English a jihādī story titled “Fight in the Forest,” which was originally published by Hunafa.
December 28:
Ḥizb al-Islāmī al-Turkistānī [Turkestan Islamic Party] released its martyrology video series “Lovers of Paradise #5,″ which you can see below. For previous videos see #3 and #4.
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Dār al-Jabhah Publications and Distribution and the Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF) released “The Explosives Course” by Shaykh Abū Khabbab al-Miṣrī
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Ma’sadat al-Mujāhidīn — Claiming Responsibility for the Attack on the Israeli Train
December 29:
al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula releases its Arabic language magazine Ṣadā al-Malāḥim Issue #15
December 30:
Anṣār al-Mujāhidīn English Forum publishes an English translation of the Global Islamic Media Front’s release by Abū Qandahār al-Zarqāwī “The Blazing Light- In Inciting for Jihād”
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New article from member of the Anṣār al-Mujāhidīn English Forum titled “Refute the Unbelievers- Mujāhidīn Fighters, Mercenaries Without Boundaries?”
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Abū Muḥmmad al-Maqdisī’s Minbar at-Tawḥīd wa’l-Jihād Sharī’ah Council published a new fatwā by Abū Hamām Bakr Bin ‘Abd al- ‘Azīz al-‘Atharī: “What is the Ruling on Congratulating Christians During New Years?”
December 31:
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan releases In Fight Magazine #24. For previous issues see: #23, #22; #21; and #20.
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Abū Muḥmmad al-Maqdisī’s Minbar at-Tawḥīd wa’l-Jihād Sharī’ah Council published two new fatāwā:
- Abū al-Walid al-Maqdisī: “What is the Ruling on Killing Women and Children of the Apostates?”
- Abū al-Mundhir al-Shanqīṭī: “Are Christians in Muslims Countries Ahl Dhimmah [Protected People]?”
January 1:
Statement from Ḥarakat al-al-Shabāb al-Mujāhīn on Opening the Door of Communication with al-Katāi’b Media
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The January 2011 issue of Nawaī Afghān Jihād Magazine released
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Abū Muḥmmad al-Maqdisī has released a new video sermon titled “Three Assets:”
January 2:
Anṣār al-Mujāhidīn English Forum has translated “The Last Will of the First Sister Who Attacked the Moscow Subway,” which was attack in March 2010.
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Abū Muḥammad Jibrīl of Sawt al-Jihād in Nusantara wrote a new article titled “De-Radicalization, The Effort To Extinguish The Light Of Shari’a And Jihad In Indonesia”
New statement from the 'Abdullah 'Azzām Brigades: "Statement Number 2 within the series 'Identifying the Way of the Offenders' "Letter from Ṣāliḥ bin 'Abdullah al-Qur'aāwī to the People of the Sunnah in Greater Syria"
UPDATE 1/31 8:43 AM: Click here for an English translation.
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NOTE: To see the first statement in this series see here. Ṣāliḥ bin ‘Abdullah al-Qur’aāwī is on Saudi Arabia’s 85 most wanted list. For more on him see an English translation of an interview he conducted via Flashpoint Partners. The ‘Abdullah ‘Azzām Brigades is based in South Lebanon and in early August claimed responsibility for the attack on the Japanese tanker, M. Star, in the Straits of Hormuz, which was confirmed by the United States government earlier in the week.
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‘Abdullah ‘Azzām Brigades — Statement Number 2 within the series- Identifying the Way of the Offenders- “Letter from Ṣāliḥ bin ‘Abdullah al-Qur’aāwī to the People of the Sunnah in Greater Syria”
New statement from the 'Abdullah 'Azzām Brigades: "Statement Number 1 within the Series- Identifying the Way of the Offenders"
NOTE: In this statement, the ‘Abdullah ‘Azzām Brigades denounced the visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Lebanon calling it a US-Iranian conspiracy. The ‘Abdullah ‘Azzām Brigades is based in South Lebanon and in early August claimed responsibility for the attack on the Japanese tanker, M. Star, in the Straits of Hormuz.
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Click here for a safe PDF copy: Abdullah Azzam Brigades — Statement Number 1 within the Series- Identifying the Way of the Offenders
New statement from 'Abdullah 'Azzām Brigades: "Martyrdom attack on the Japanese M Star oil tanker"
UPDATE 7: The Japanese Transport Ministry came to the conclusion that the Japanese tanker M. Star was hit by explosives, but cannot conclusively state whether it was a terrorist attack and conducted by the ‘Abdullah ‘Azzām Brigades.
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UPDATE 6: U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration confirmed that the attack on the Japanese tanker M. Star was indeed perpetrated by the ‘Abdullah ‘Azzām Brigades.
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UPDATE 5: Anṣār al-Mujāhidīn English Forum translated the ‘Abdullah ‘Azzām Brigades official statement of responsibility for the attack on the Japanese oil tanker M Star last month, which is in Arabic below:
In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful
All praises are due to Allah, the supporter of believers, who humiliates the kuffar, who promised us victory and mastery, and accomplished that through jihad on the kuffar. Prayers and peace be upon the Master of messengers, the Imam of the mujahideen, and all of his companions and family.
There has been a blessed episode in the series of our jihad for the cause of Allah. It weakened the kuffar’s world order that dominates the lands of the Muslims and steals their wealth. It was to remove oppression from Muslims; it was to recover the plundered right to worship Allah alone and be ruled by His Sharia as well as to recover their right to the wealth that Allah placed in their land that was stolen by the tawagheet of the kuffar’s world order and their lackeys that occupy our lands. A group of your mujahideen brothers in the Sheikh Yusuf al-‘Uyairi; Companies of the Shaheed Abdullah Azzam Brigades executed a successful attack on an economic artery crucial to the kuffar’s world order. The result came as they wished, and, more importantly, as Allah desired.
After midnight last Wednesday, the hero and martyr Ayub al-Tyshan— may Allah accept him among the Shuhada’— exploded himself on the Japanese oil tanker (M-Star) in the Strait of Hormuz between the United Arab Emirates and Oman and caused severe damage, as reported by global news agencies. Due to the great impact of this heroic mission on the global economy and price of oil, the enemies of Allah have concealed the truth of the operation. Some of them attributed it to an earthquake. You can believe that because our martyr made them quake by reaching this target, proving to kuffars throughout the world again that the supporters of Allah, the mujahideen, have doors, which were most securely closed, opened before them with the aid of Allah and His strength, despite what they desired from their security systems and intelligence work.
This blackout by the enemies of Allah was not unusual, the mujahideen’s attack on such a tanker is a tremendous failure for the kuffar’s world order; it is one of the largest and most advanced tankers and carries no less than two million barrels of oil. The blessed strike was in one of the most important waterways in the world, since the Strait of Hormuz is a main economic artery for the kuffar’s world order, and the Strait’s region is full of the enemy’s naval fleets. How difficult this fortified area would have been to penetrate were it not that Allah had been with the mujahideen.
﴾يَاأَيُّهَاالَّذِينَآمَنُواإِنتَنصُرُوااللَّهَيَنصُرْكُمْوَيُثَبِّتْأَقْدَامَكُم﴿
O you who believe! If you help (in the cause of) Allah, He will help you, and make your foothold firm. (Muhammad: 7)
If the enemies of Allah had revealed that the earthquake the tanker had endured was actually the earthquake of a martyr; then the prices of oil would have been affected, and the whole world would have known the failure of all the security systems with which the kuffar protect themselves from the strikes of the mujahideen:
﴾وَظَنُّواأَنَّهُممَّانِعَتُهُمْحُصُونُهُممِّنَاللَّهِفَأَتَاهُمُاللَّهُمِنْحَيْثُلَمْيَحْتَسِبُواۖوَقَذَفَفِيقُلُوبِهِمُالرُّعْبَ﴿
And they thought that their fortresses would defend them from Allah! But Allah’s (Torment) reached them from a place whereof they expected it not, and He cast terror into their hearts (Al-Hashr: 2)
We wish to bring glad tidings to our oppressed Muslim brothers that they have brothers, who will not relent before the head of global kufr is cut off, with Allah’s permission. Let them rejoice that victory is near and join their brothers by striking with an arrow. The gateway to a great reward has been opened for Muslims.
We delayed the publishing of this statement until the return of our heroes to their safe havens, thanks to Allah’s grace and favor.
This expedition was carried out in the name of the imprisoned Sheikh Umar Abdul Rahman, as a reminder to the Ummah of one, who was one of them – after Allah – who with great virtue, sparked the flame of jihad among the Ummah. And so may it be that he will be released from prison soon, by the will of Allah the exulted One.
We say to our Muslim Ummah, and to all the people of the world enslaved by the Taghut of the modern world order, that we will remove oppression from you – Muslims and kuffar – as Allah has commanded us, until Muslims and kuffar are ruled with justice and until everyone has their rights, completely without diminution, as Allah has commanded.
And we promise Allah to hold steadfast on this path:
﴾حَتَّى لَا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ وَيَكُونَ الدِّينُ كُلُّهُ لِلَّهِ﴿ Until there is no more Fitnah and the religion will all be for Allah alone (al-Anfal: 39)
( وَاللَّهُغَالِبٌعَلَىٰأَمْرِهِوَلَٰكِنَّأَكْثَرَالنَّاسِلَايَعْلَمُونَ ) And Allah has full power and control over His Affairs, but most of men know not. (Yusuf: 21)
The Abdullah Azzam Brigades Sheikh Yusuf al-‘Uyairi Companies Monday, 21 Sha’ban 1431 H02/08/2010 M Source: (Al-Fajr Media Center) —
UPDATE 4: Malcolm Nance at the Small Wars Journal wrote a piece analyzing the attack on the M Star tanker: “The Strait of Hormuz:
al-Qaeda’s Newest Jihad Zone?”
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UPDATE 3: The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism’s Jihadi Website Monitoring Group released a new report about the ‘Abdullah ‘Azzām Brigades background and involvement in the tanker attack.
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UPDATE 2: According to the U.A.E. officials conducting an investigation on incident:
An examination carried out by specialized teams had confirmed that the tanker had been the subject of a terrorist attack.
At the same time, Japanese officials are still investigating the situation and have yet to come to any conclusions. Further, Florian Flade speculates that maybe the ‘Abdullah ‘Azzām Brigades missed their intended target — a Saudi oil tanker.
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UPDATE: According to Evan Kohlmann:
The vessel shown in the “Azzam Brigades” communique claiming a bomb attack on a Japanese oil tanker is actually the Saudi-owned Sirius Star.
NOTE: Last week, a Japanese oil tanker, M. Star, was hit by a bomb in the Straits of Hormuz. There was a lot of speculation surrounding who was involved with the attack, though, it was eventually believed it might have hit a submarine or a mine. Then yesterday, the ‘Abdullah ‘Azzām Brigades, based in Southern Lebanon, claimed responsibility for the attack. There proof is a supposed photograph below in the statement showing a fighter pointing toward an oil tanker. As Florian Flade stated: “Seems like [a] photoshop fake. Poss[ibility] the guy is holding the Quran in the real image.” For more on his thoughts see his recent blog post about the incident. Further, in the past, the ‘Abdullah ‘Azzām Brigades have been notorious for claiming attacks that were perpetrated by other groups. In addition, a Mitsui O.S.K. employee, the company that owns the ship, stated on anonymity: “So far, there has been nothing special [uncovered].” As such, ‘Abdullah ‘Azzām Brigades seems they published this statement more for publicity than anything else since the group primarily is internet-based except for its occasional claims of responsibility for rocket attacks against Israel.
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New statement from the 'Abdullah 'Azzām Brigades: "On the martyrdom of Sheikh Mustafa Abul Yazid"
NOTE: The ‘Abdullah ‘Azzām Brigades, based in South Lebanon, released a new statement mourning the death of al-Qā’idah leader Shaykh Muṣṭafā Abū al-Yazīd.
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Abdullah Azzam Brigades – “On the martyrdom of Sheikh Mustafa Abul Yazid”