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Terrorism: Al-Qaeda asks Turkish Muslims for funds
[ADN Kronos] Al-Qaeda has appealed for financial donations, particularly from Muslims in Turkey, to fund its military operations in Afghanistan. The terror network made its appeal in a new audio message posted on jihadi Internet forums on Thursday. The message is entitled 'Our advice to the Turkish population' and made by Al-Qaeda spokesman, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid. "There are no differences between Arab Muslims and Muslims in other countries because Islam has taught us to support each other and our brotherhood," he said. Abu al-Yazid discussed several speeches by Al-Qaeda leaders, Osama Bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri, and said those who were not directly involved in jihad, or holy war, could contribute to the cause of Al-Qaeda. "You all know that jihad needs a lot of money," he said. "Without money, the mujahadeen cannot buy food and weapons, so how can we accomplish jihad? "Many verses of the Koran discuss the obligation to fund the jihad. We are in Afghanistan and we need money for our operations. Unfortunately, we are being forced to cut back our operations and attacks because of inadequate funds." "There are many brothers who cannot participate in jihad because they do not have enough money and many aspiring suicide attackers, who would like to sacrifice themselves on the way to god, cannot be recruited because of the lack of funds." Abu Al-Yazid spoke generally about Al-Qaeda victories against NATO troops in Afghanistan in the audio message. It is believed, however, that the message was recorded several months ago because former president George W. Bush is still referred to as the president of the United States. Several days ago the Arab news channel, Al-Jazeera, aired an interview with Abu al-Yazid, carried out by a correspondent in Afghanistan. The militant proclaimed that Al-Qaeda would defeat NATO troops in Afghanistan by the end of 2010. Posted by: Fred 2009-06-12 |
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