Yemen

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Azdi On August 10, 2010, an audiotape featuring Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) senior commander Sheikh Abu Sufian al-Azdi (a.k.a. Saeed al-Shehri) titled “Together: To Overthrow Al-Saud” was released. Al-Azdi claimed that “the Jews and the apostates from the rulers of the Arabian Peninsula are in an alliance that was formed by America, and Iran and their Arab Shiite supporters in the region are in another alliance…And what is expected is for the war to begin by the Jews against Iran, and the reality of the battle will be in the land of the Peninsula and the ash-Sham [Middle East]: the Jews in the ash-Sham and Iran in the Peninsula.” Calling for the overthrow of the Saudi government, al-Azdi requested support from “those who belong to the military air-force, or officials in weapons storages, or officials in the army or the interior, or centers of operation and media rooms.” Specifically, he asked those who work “in the Ministry of Interior and who can bring important information that may benefit the mujahideen in assigning their targets—like houses and roads and the officer of Ministry of Interior officials—then he must send it to us via the military email that belongs to the [al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula] Organization.” And al-Azdi urged “any of you who is a pilot should search of martyrdom above the skies of Palestine, and any of you who work in the navy should point his weapon against the Jews there and receive the honor of martyrdom…”

Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula: “Martyrs Taken from Amongst You”

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On July 21, 2010, Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a video recording titled, “Martyrs Taken from Amongst You”, in which AQAP dismissed ties between Al-Qaida and Iran: “…you’ll remain unsuspecting in your sleep, keeping your hopes hung on the betraying cooperative rulers in the region, believing in lies that the mujahideen are agents for Iran? In Allah, we disown this accusation, and every distal and proximate person knows the approach of the [Al-Qaida] Organization in dealing with every apostate tyrant; deterring and fighting every enemy of Allah and His messenger. Thus, by Allah I ask you: who stood against the danger of the Shiites in Iraq and deterred their aggression from the Sunni people, but the honest mujahideen? No one will defend the Sunni people but the mujahideen who stand against injustice and do not accept inferiority in their faith.” AQAP also revealed that “the news of bombings and operations and victories waged by the mujahideen used to reach the prisoners at Guantanamo in spite of the lengthy distance and the elevated secrecy over them…the scene of lowering the American flag used to alert them about some revenge against the Americans overseas.”

AQAP Claims Responsibility for Killing Six Yemeni Soldiers in Shabwa Province

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On August 7, 2010, Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for killing six Yemeni soldiers in the city of Aatq in the eastern province of Shabwa. In addition, AQAP captured “a booty of four machine guns and two bags of ammunition.”

Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula Claims Attacks on Intelligence and Security Service Headquarters

Last Updated (Monday, 26 July 2010 00:16) Written by Administrator

On July 22, 2010, Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a statement claiming responsibility for the July 14th attacks on the intelligence and security service headquarters in Zinjibar, Yemen. The simultaneous raids, launched by nearly 20 operatives, killed 3 police officers and involved the use of mortars and rocket-propelled grenades. The communiqué also includes the names of high ranking Yemeni officials AQAP claims to have assassinated, including Colonel Salem Amsbah (“head of counterterrorism” in Abyan province) and Lieutenant Jalal Uthmani (“an instructor at the Institute of Counterterrorism in Aden”).

AQAP’s “Inspire” Magazine: Interview with AQAP Leader Nasir al-Wahishi

Last Updated (Monday, 19 July 2010 20:57) Written by Administrator Sunday, 18 July 2010 23:27

On July 11, 2010, Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released the first edition of its English-language magazine, “Inspire”, which featured an interview with AQAP emir Nasir al-Wahishi. During the interview, al-Wahishi, who claims he was Usama Bin Laden’s secretary, stated, “America is the one forcing us to target it. These heinous crimes which the human soul rejects such as the cartoons of the Messenger and holding celebrations and awarding those who curse the Prophet require us to target the Americans. In fact they require us to wipe them out of the map completely. America is a cancer that needs to be removed along with the West that is supporting this criminal behavior and are banning the niqab of the chaste and pure Muslim women." He also boasted that the failed Christmas Day bombing of Northwest Flight 253 by AQAP’s Umar Abdulmutallab was a “strong blow to the coffin of the American economy and…a slap in the face of the American security apparatus.”