One of four prisoners who escaped from Bagram airbase, north of the Afghan capital Kabul, in July, warned that militants would âsully the United Stateâs pride in the sandâ, in a statement posted on the internet.Yahya al Libbi, whose real name is Mohammad Hassan Qayid, indicated in a 20 minute videotape message entitled âThe sermon of Eid al Fitrâ, marking the end of Ramadan, which fell on 4 November this year, âWe will humiliate the United States. Either we live proudly or our fate will be to enter paradiseâ.
âSigns of victory can be seen on the horizon, in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine and Chechnya. Victory is forthcoming in spite of the wishes of all enemies, infidels and aggressors,â he added.
Al Libbi was one of four detainees who escaped from the US airbase in Bagram. The others are Saudi national Mohammad al Qahtani, Syrian national Abdullah al Hashemi, Iraqi national Mahmoud al Rashid, also known as Omar al Faruq, a senior al Qaeda figure. A U.S. military official described the men as âdangerous enemy combatantsâ.
At the time, a military source revealed he had discovered four orange prison uniforms dumped near Bagram prison in July. How they managed to escape remains a mystery but there are indications that they received outside assistance.
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