http://www.dawn.com/2011/05/27/al-qaeda-in-north-africa-jihad-outlives-bin-l aden.html
Al Qaeda in North Africa: jihad outlives bin Laden The 10 minute audio message posted on jihadist forums is the latest defiant statement from the extremist organization's many affiliates as they assert that the battle against what they perceive as the West's oppression of Muslims is far from over, despite the death of al Qaeda's founder - AP (File Photo) RABAT, Morocco: The head of al Qaeda's North Africa branch said Thursday that the killing of Osama bin Laden will only stoke Muslim anger against the West. The 10 minute audio message posted on jihadist forums is the latest defiant statement from the extremist organization's many affiliates as they assert that the battle against what they perceive as the West's oppression of Muslims is far from over, despite the death of al Qaeda's founder. "Today is not a day of crying, although the likes of him are worthy of tears, but it is a day to reaffirm the allegiance and the covenant with God the Almighty; a day to pledge retaliation and to insist on victory," said Abu Musab Abdul-Wadud, a pseudonym for Abelmalek Droukdel, who heads al Qaeda's North Africa affiliate. "We are all Osama," he added, in a translation provided by the US-based SITE Monitoring Service that specializes in jihadist online forums. Al Qaeda in North Africa grew out of a militant faction left over from Algeria's civil war in the 1990s that joined bin Laden's network in 2006. The group has killed several hundred people over the past few years and has stepped up attacks in Algeria's eastern highlands. It has also kidnapped a number of foreigners across the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert and been implicated in terrorist incidents in Europe. While al Qaeda had little role in the popular uprisings that have swept the Arab world and toppled the governments of Egypt and Tunisia over the past few months, security experts worry that the extremist organization may take advantage of the resulting security vacuum. The repressive intelligence services of Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, in addition to keeping an eye on their own people, worked closely with Western intelligence agencies to combat elements of al Qaeda. Abdul-Wadud criticized the rushed sea burial of bin Laden after he was killed during a US commando raid in Pakistan on May 2, saying it was like "oil poured upon the raging fire of revenge and anger that was originally in our hearts." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, discuss-os...@yahoogroups.com. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor biso...@intellnet.org http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: osint-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: osint-dig...@yahoogroups.com osint-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
