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| Jihadi camp commander sez Saudi intel protected Binny in the 1980s |
| 2006-03-17 |
| Thus stated Mustafa Badi Abu Ibrahim Al-Lujri leader of a mujahideen military camp in Afghanistan during the conflict with the Soviet Union. He was also the private bodyguard for Al-Zindani following the war in 1994. The newspaper Al-Wasat Al-Ahli clarified the relationship between the mujahideen movement and Yemen. It also stated that the future of the mujahideen is secure thanks to this good relation and Yemen’s ability to maintain it. Al-Lujri related his break with Al-Zindani following his return from Afghanistan fighting the communists and the beginning of the war on communism in Yemen. Al-Zindani was a self-proclaimed leader for the Muslim Brotherhood. However his agenda did not find favor with the organization, which included the setting up of an Islamic state. He denies that Al-Zindani adopted them but did say he used them. This does not mean however that he was subject to Al-Zindani’s agenda. He went on to say that Al-Zindani gave orders and he executed them because he was on the payroll. He says he did have a relationship with the organization, but only for a defined period of time and since then it has become frozen. Al-Lujri denied the existence of a relationship between Abu Al-Hasan Al-Muhdar and jihad in the 1994 war. He state that Ayman Al-Zawhiri had no role during the Aghan jihad against the Russians and became noticed after the liquidation of many while Osama bin Laden was protected by the Saudi intelligence unit. Mustafa Badi confirmed that the organization of mujahideen are still ready and does not need a headquarters or address. He stated that their next jihad will not be in Yemen but will occur somewhere with a specific mandate like Palestine or Iraq or Afghanistan. Al-Lujri does not believe in the existence of an organization known as Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda is “nothing more than a title under which many operations are performed. He wants to combat the idea that if you combat America then you are a terrorist. He clarified that America is still the number one enemy. He is not interested in attacking America’s interests in Yemen such as the embassy, but is more concerned with operations in places like Iraq because in his estimation such fighting falls within the limits of sharia. “I consider killing Americans or the embassy as treason to God and the Prophet regardless of whether or not we agree with President Salih or not. However, jihad in Iraq is a responsibility.” He stated that he was close to the army of Aden and other jihadi organizations meaning close to Abi Al-Hasan and far from his ideas. “I had advised him before the killing of tourists occurred. He wanted to kidnap them to draw attention to the issues.” He denied any relation to the organization of mujahideen that assassinated the assistant secretary general of the YSP. He confessed to looting some official institutions in the eastern and western provinces during the war of 1994. He stated that the “war of separation was among the cleanest wars, agree with me or don’t, but I lived during all the battles in Amran. I swear that Ali Muhsin ordered us to not kill any captives or disturb any civilians. It truly was a battle that followed the precepts of sharia. Al-Zindani left the Muslim Brotherhood due to differences in opinion. He believed the group exaggerated the understanding of reality and its policies at the expense of other issues (i.e. religion). “This does not mean we take a hostile position against them. The best evidence of that is that we haven’t clashed with them at all.” |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |