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| Libya: Arab revolts a boost for al-Qaeda says terrorist leader |
| 2011-03-30 |
| Anwar al-Awlaki, al-Qaeda's most influential English-language preacher, said revolts sweeping the Arab world would help rather than harm its cause by giving Islamists freed from tyranny greater scope to speak out. Western and Arab officials say the example set by young Arabs seeking peaceful political change is a counterweight to al-Qaeda's push for violent militancy and weakens its argument that democracy and Islam are incompatible. But al-Awlaki, who has been linked to a series of terrorist plots, said the removal of anti-Islamist autocrats meant Islamic fighters and scholars were now freer to discuss and organise. "Our mujahideen brothers in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and the rest of the Muslim world will get a chance to breathe again after three decades of suffocation," he wrote, using a term that refers generally to Islamic guerrilla groups or holy warriors. "For the scholars and activists of Egypt to be able to speak again freely, it would represent a great leap forward for the mujahideen", wrote Awlaki, who is believed to be hiding in Southern Yemen. Al- Awlaki made his remarks in the fifth edition of Inspire, an online al-Qaeda magazine aimed at Muslims in the West. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 See also TOPIX > RELATED > FREEREPUBLIC = AL-QAEDA TO OBAMA: THANKS,TOPPLING OF ARAB GOVTS. FEEDS ISLAMIST REVOLUTION. * CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > [Report = Unconfirmed]: CHADIAN FORCES PUSH LIBYAN REBELS BACK 100 MILES FROM AJABIYA [Ajdabiya]. ARTIC = 3200-3600 armed members of Chadian Presidential Guard moving from Sirte to Ajdabiya. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-03-30 21:42 |