From 2nd Issue of 'Voice of Jihad' Al-Qa'ida Online Magazine, via MEMRI
The second issue of "The Voice of Jihad" opened with an editorial by Suleiman Al-Dosari:
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Our war with the enemies of Allah continues everywhere
We will not let the Americans occupy the land of the two holy places [i.e. the Arabian Peninsula] [and feel] secure and safe, and we will not cease our Jihad until we liberate every inch of Muslim land. We draw the attention of the Mujahideen to the strategy adopted by the Sheikh of the Mujahideen, Abu Abdallah Osama bin Laden, and Sheikh Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahiri, and agreed to by many of the great Mujahideen, regarding combat against the enemy: Our number one enemy is the Jews and the Christians, and we must free ourselves to invest all our efforts until we annihilate them – and we are able do this if Allah allows us to do it – because they are the main obstacle to establishing the Islamic state.
| I feel like Horatius at the bridge, or the little Dutch boy with his finger in the Islamic dike... |

We must take note of the ploy used by the tyrants [i.e. Arab rulers] in many countries. They attempted to stop the Jihad project in these countries by shifting the confrontation with the occupying enemy (the masters) to confrontation with his guards (slaves) [meaning Muslims], because the tyrants see the killing of one American or Westerner as more serious than the killing of a hundred of their country's soldiers; the blood of an American, in their view, is worth the blood of all Muslims. They are ready to cast hundreds to their deaths so that Americans, in exchange, will enjoy security and comfort. 
We must guard ourselves against this ploy and avoid, as much as possible, confrontations with the armies and forces of the state, so that we can strike lethal blows to the occupiers, Allah willing. This does not mean we will surrender to those who defend the Crusaders if they attack us; on the contrary, in this case we must resist with all the strength we have, and we must punish them so that they turn their swords toward the Americans and fight among our ranks, or refrain from entering [into] a confrontation with us – or they will stand against us and wait for what lies in store for them [at our hands], thanks to Allah and His strengthâ€Å
| Seems like Dosari realizes that the Riyadh bombing were a mistake, having fired up the Soddies against the jihadis they were previously supporting or blind-eying. By avoiding confrontation with the security forces they allow the short Middle Eastern attention span to kick in, while they patch things up behind the scenes. Haven't heard much about shootouts in Soddy Arabia in the past month or so, have we? |
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