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Louis Attiyat Allah (the REAL leader of al-Qaeda in SA) may be involved in London attacks
An internet message, published on Friday, under the name Lewis Atiyallah or Atiyyat Allah, which endorses and appears to suggest involvement in the London bomb attacks and threatens Italy, is not the first extremist message with that signature. Some terrorism experts believe Lewis Atiyallah, who presents himself as a professor of Islamic Law and an influential leader linked to Jihadi groups, is a pseudonym for Yusef al-Ayeeri, the undisputed leader of the Jihadi brigades in Saudi Arabia. Al-Ayeeri was reported killed in 2003, however there are lingering doubts about whether he is in fact dead.The by-line 'Lewis Atiyallah' has appeared regularly in the Saudi al-Qaeda online magazine Sawt al-Jihad in recent years. An indication that he is a figure of some relevance within the Jihadi network came several days ago when Jordanian militant Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi issued a message in which he criticised Aityallah for comments made in Islamic cyberspace last month. Atiyallah had criticised a previous message from al-Qaeda in Iraq - Al-Zarqawi's group - regarding comments, later retracted, by Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi on the early withdrawal of Italian troops. In January 2004, Atiyallah wrote for Sawt al-Jihad analysing a speech by Osama bin Laden. After several months of silence, his signature reappeared in July 2004 with an article on the al-Qala site, the same website as the first claim of responsibility for the London massacre was posted - the previously unknown Secret Organisation Group of al-Qaeda of Jihad Organisation in Europe said it was behind the blast, and threatened both Italy and Denmark. Posted by: Dan Darling 2005-07-08 |
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