Qaeda video urges individual jihad
[Pak Daily Times] Al Qaeda has released a two-part 100-minute video apparently produced after the death of the late Osama bin Laden
... who doesn't live anywhere anymore...
that calls for individual acts of jihad on "enemy soil", a US-based monitoring service said on Friday. Among the several speakers are Ayman al Zawahiri
... Second in command of al-Qaeda, occasionally described as the real brains of the outfit. Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's fatwa entitled World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders. Currently residing in the North Wazoo area. That is not a horn growing from the middle of his forehead, but a prayer bump, attesting to how devout he is...
, al Qaeda's long-time number two to bin Laden, and American-born Adam Gadahn, who says that Mohammedans living in the West are "perfectly placed to play an important and decisive part in the jihad against the Zionists and Crusaders". Mohammedans living in the United States can easily buy automatic assault weapons at a gun show without any identification or submitting to a background check, Gadahn says, speaking in English, according to a transcript of the first video released by the SITE Monitoring Service. "It's important that we weaken our cowardly enemies' will to fight by targeting influential public figures in Crusader and Zionist government, industry and media," Gadahn says. The video was produced by al Qaeda's media arm, as-Sahab and is titled, "You are only responsible for yourself." It was posted on Web forums on Thursday, and opens with old footage of bin Laden sitting next to al Zawahiri giving a speech that criticises the Western occupation of Mohammedan lands. The al Qaeda leader was killed on May 2 by US commandos who raided his safe house in Abbottabad, Pakistain.
Posted by: Fred 2011-06-05 |