Posted on 10/29/2009 2:44:24 AM PDT by Cindy
SNIPPET: "According to one of my most trusted sources, the blurry image seen on the tape is indeed Osama bin Laden.
One of the reasons that this is convincing is that the blurry image remains in the video. As Sahab, which produces al Qaeda's propaganda, is very selective in the information it releases, and rarely leaves garbage in its videos. As Sahab intentionally leaves in this clip, for reasons unknown. Does al Qaeda want to generate a buzz? Is this a hidden message? Perhaps this is a precursor to a new bin Laden tape?"
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By: Binyyamine
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Tribute to Sheikh Osama Bin Laden (ra) by Ahmed Yassin 23
Shaikh Osama Bin Laden Has been supposedly assasinated on May 1 2011 in Attolabad in Pakistan. May Allah accept him amongst the martyrs and give him the best in the hereafter.
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http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2011/05/muslim-american-society-applauds-bin-laden
Lion’s Den :: Daniel Pipes Blog
“Osama bin Laden ‘a Visionary’: Muslim American Society”
by Daniel Pipes
May 4, 2011
updated May 28, 2011
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http://www.investigativeproject.org/2832/mas-official-bin-laden-a-visionary
“MAS Official: Bin Laden a ‘Visionary’”
IPT News
May 6, 2011
Updated May11
Video
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/2952.htm
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http://www.investigativeproject.org/2931/palestinians-honor-fallen-heroes-bin-laden-yassin
For The Record - The IPT Blog
“Palestinians Honor Fallen ‘Heroes’ Bin Laden, Yassin”
by IPT News
June 1, 2011 at 5:18 pm
SNIPPET: “Echoing the sentiments of the Hamas government following the death of Osama bin Laden, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip honored their fallen hero in a rally in Rafah on May 20.
In video footage supplied and translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), a large group of Palestinians can be seen marching through the streets chanting slogans like “Our souls and our blood we will give for you, oh Osama,” and brandishing images of the world’s most wanted terrorist.
Those present also seized the opportunity to lash out at America and the Jews. In the video, the crowd can be heard repeating the phrases, “America is the enemy of Allah…Osama destroyed America,” and also “Khaybar, Khaybar, oh Jews…The army of Muhammad is returning.” The latter phrase is a common taunt used by Islamists and makes reference to the village of Khaybar, which was the last Jewish village defeated by Muhammad’s army in the 7th century and the site of a Jewish massacre.
Focusing more on bin Laden’s contributions to the umma, Sheik Munir al-’Aydi, a speaker at the rally, refers to bin Laden as a “blessed man” who gave “his money and his soul for the Jihad and for the sake of Allah” and “united the nation around monotheism.”
Al-’Aydi further describes bin Laden as an ally of the Palestinian people.”
TRIBUNE.com.pk: "KASHMIRI PLANNED REPRISAL ATTACK FOR OSAMA'S DEATH" by Asas Kharal (SNIPPET: "According to intelligence reports seen by The Express Tribune, the head of the fearsome 313 Brigade of the Harkatul Jihad al Islami called a meeting of several Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commanders to create the "Laskhar-e-Osama" which would be tasked with carrying out suicide bombings throughout Pakistan, including some high-profile targets. Kashmiri was reportedly killed in a US drone strike in South Waziristan on Friday. Besides Kashmiri, TTP commanders Asmatullah Maavia, Amjad Farooqui, and Badar Mansoor, among others, attended the meeting.") (June 6, 2011)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - Threat Matrix - blog: "LASHKAR-E-TAIBA RALLIES FOR BIN LADEN" by Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: "Hafiz Saeed, the leader of the Lashkar-e-Taiba who has been designated by the US and the UN as a terrorist, remains a free man in Pakistan despite openly supporting jihad in both India and Pakistan, and regardless of his group's involvement in the Mumbai attack as well as other terror attacks. Pakistani Army corps commanders, who occupy some of the senior-most positions in the military, openly cavort with Saeed.") (May 15, 2011, 11:02 pm)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - Threat Matrix - blog: "OSAMA BIN LADEN'S INTERNET CONNECTION" by Thomas Joscelyn (SNIPPET: "Finally, the 100 flash memory drives captured indicate that far from being a mere figurehead or symbol -- bin Laden was still operationally active.") (May 12, 2011, 7:25 pm)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "REPORT: OSAMA BIN LADEN ORDERED MUMBAI-STYLE ATTACKS IN EUROPE" by Thomas Joscelyn & Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: "NPR reported on Thursday that "bin Laden used couriers to send a message to" al Qaeda's "affiliates and partners." He wanted them to emulate a "Mumbai-style attack" in the United Kingdom, Germany and France. NPR also reported that US intelligence officials are currently investigating the possibility that the US was a target as well.") (October 1, 2010)
FOX NEWS.com (AP): "How bin Laden emailed without being detected by U.S." (SNIPPET: "Navy SEALs hauled away roughly 100 flash memory drives after they killed bin Laden, and officials said they appear to archive the back-and-forth communication between bin Laden and his associates around the world.") (May 13, 2011)
TRIBUNE.com.pk: Islamabad/Quetta: "PRAYERS FOR BIN LADEN IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY" (SNIPPET: "At the National Assembly session, Maulvi Asmatullah, an independent candidate from NA-264 stood up and said Bin Laden had reportedly been given funeral services by the Americans and "we should pray for him". The prayer service hardly lasted a minute in which two JUI-F legislators from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, former federal minister Attaur Rehman and Laiq Muhammad Khan, participated.") (May 11, 2011)
CSMONITOR.com - CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR (REUTERS): London - "Bin Laden son calls burial at sea 'humiliating'" (SNIPPET: "Omar bin Laden, who has been based in the Gulf in recent years, did not immediately respond to emailed and telephoned requests for comment.") (May 10, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "SOLTAN: U.S. a Bigger Terrorist than Bin Laden" (SNIPPET: "Over the years, Soltan has made vile, incendiary, and often times, outlandish, comments about Jews and Christians as well.") (May 9, 2011, 7:24 pm)
MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch No. 3824: "British Islamist Anjem Choudary in Interview on Bin Laden's Death: Bin Laden 'Is the First... of a Whole New Generation... Who Believe Very Firmly In Their Hearts in the Concept of Jihad' -- And Obama Is 'At the Head of the Camp of Disbelief'" (May 9, 2011)
Online.WSJ.com: Washington - "SPIES PIECE TOGETHER AL QAEDA PLAYBOOK" by Adam Entous and Siobhan (SNIPPET: "... new details about how the network sought to exploit security loopholes to sneak militants into the U.S. and Western countries." SNIPPET: "Seized documents show al Qaeda was looking at using international driving permits, which can be obtain with relative ease, to help sleeper cells obtain other forms of government-issued identification that would make it easier for them to travel..." SNIPPET: "Of particular interest is any information that would connect bin Laden directly to affiliates such as al Qaeda's Yemeni branch, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or militant groups in Africa such as Somalia-based al Shabaab.") (May 7, 2011)
MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch No. 3819: "Prominent Writer on Jihad Forums Proposes Unit for Assassinating All Those Connected to Bin Laden Assassination -- Focusing Efforts on Retaliation Against U.S., Israel, Pakistan" (May 6, 2011)
Video Clip no. 2918: "Sudanese Islamic Scholar Sheik 'Atiyya Muhammad Sa'id Calls US President Obama an Apostate Who Must Be Executed, and Says: 'The Path of Osama Bin Laden Is Our Path'" -The Internet - May 5, 2011, 02:28
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: "WHY WE'RE NO SAFER TODAY" (SNIPPET: "But the death of the world's most wanted terrorist does not end the terrorist threat against the United States and other western nations.") (May 2, 2011, added 4:30 p.m.)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - Threat Matrix - blog: "CIA DIRECTOR: Pakistan 'might alert the targets ... jeopardize the mission' to kill Osama bin Laden" by Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: "CIA Director Leon Panetta today issued perhaps the most damning indictment of Pakistan since the May 1 raid that killed Osama bin Laden in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad. Pakistan simply could not be trusted to not warn bin Laden of the pending raid, and thus was excluded from the operation.") (May 3, 2011, 4:19 pm)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "THE FBI RESPONSE TO BIN LADEN'S DEATH?" (SNIPPET: "In this article at National Journal, titled FBI on War Footing After bin Laden's Death I note the following, with no small amount of approval: The death of Osama bin Laden and the expectation of a trove of intelligence derived from his computers has caused the FBI to ramp up its efforts to prevent a terrorist attack. The bureau is "back on a post-9/11 war footing," a senior counterterrorism official said on Tuesday...") (May 6, 2011)
GUARDIAN.co.uk - Snippet: "2.22am ET: The Guardian's Ghaith Abdul Ahad -- who has reported in great detail on Islamist groups operating in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen -- pours cold water on the notion that Bin Laden's death means it's game over for al-Qaida:" (May 2, 2011)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "The jihadi response to bin Laden's death?" (SNIPPET: "Disbelief, grief, outrage, joy, and confusion. In no particular order.") (May 6, 2011)
PAJAMAS MEDIA.com - blog: "ON BIN LADEN, MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MAKES DIFFERENT STATEMENTS IN ENGLISH AND IN ARABIC In Arabic, they honor bin Laden as a "sheikh" and call for terrorism against American forces in Muslim lands." by Sami al-Abasi (May 2, 2011)
DEFENSE.gov - Transcript - Presenter: Senior Defense Officials and Senior Intelligence Officials: "DOD Background Briefing with Senior Defense Officials from the Pentagon and Senior Intelligence Officials by telephone on U.S. operations Involving Osama Bin Laden" (May 2, 2011)
TELEGRAPH.co.uk: Pakistan - "OSAMA BIN LADEN KILLED: PHONE CALL BY COURIER LED U.S. TO THEIR TARGET" (SNIPPET: "Shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, detainees in the CIA's secret prison network told interrogators about an important courier with the nom de guerre Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti who was close to bin Laden." SNIPPET: "It took years of work before the CIA identified the courier's real name: Sheikh Abu Ahmed, a Pakistani man born in Kuwait.") (May 3, 2011, 7:00 am BST)
TELEGRAPH.co.uk: "WIKILEAKS: OSAMA BIN LADEN 'PROTECTED' BY PAKISTANI SECURITY Pakistani security forces allegedly helped Osama bin Laden evade American troops for almost 10 years, according to secret US government files." by Tim Ross (May 2, 2011, 5:31 pm BST)
DANIEL PIPES.org - Lion's Den - blog: "Thoughts on the Killing of Osama bin Laden" by Daniel Pipes (SNIPPET: "Bin Laden was just a part of Al-Qaeda which is just a part of the Islamic terrorist effort which is just a part of the Islamist movement, so the announcement of his death tonight by the U.S. government makes little operational difference. The war on terror has not fundamentally changed, much less been won.") (May 1, 2011)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/09/decoded-bin-laden-files-point-us-to-new-al-qaeda-targets/
“Decoded Bin Laden Files Point U.S. to New Al Qaeda Targets”
Published June 09, 2011
| Associated Press
WASHINGTON
SNIPPET: “The items taken by the SEALs from bin Laden’s second-floor office included a handwritten journal, five computers, 10 hard drives and 110 thumb drives.”
ADDING to post no. 69:
occident2.blogspot.com/2011/06/tehrik-i-taliban-pakistan-statement.html
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2011
“Tehrik-i Taliban Pakistan Statement Eulogizes Usama bin Laden”
occident2.blogspot.com/2011/06/english-translation-of-al-qaida-in.html
FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 2011
“English Translation of Al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula’s Eulogy of Usama Bin Laden”
SNIPPET: “The Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF), a shadowy transnational jihadi-takfiri media and translation network, released an English translation of Al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula’s (AQAP) statement eulogizing Al-Qa’ida Central’s (AQC) late founder-leader, Usama bin Laden. The original AQAP statement was released on May 11 and was signed by AQAP’s amir, Abu Basir Nasir al-Wihayshi (also transliterated as “al-Wuhayshi” and “al-Wahayshi”).”
http://www.dayan.org/pdfim/TA_Notes_WEBMAN_ArabReactions_071011.pdf
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http://www.ict.org.il/Articles/tabid/66/Articlsid/955/currentpage/1/Default.aspx
17/07/2011 Back to List
“Arab Reactions to Bin Ladin’s Demise”
Esther Webman
Arab Reactions to Bin Ladin’s Demise
By Esther Webman, Senior Research Fellow, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University.
SNIPPET: “First published in Tel-Aviv Notes, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University.
On June 16, 2011, Ayman al-Zawahiri was named Usama Bin Ladin’s successor as al-Qa‘ida’s leader. The announcement concluded a six-week readjustment period for the organization, following Bin Ladin’s death at the hands of US Special Operations forces in a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Zawahiri, leader of the Egyptian Jihad group, had been his second in command since the establishment of the “World Islamic Front for Jihad against the Jews and the Crusaders,” in February 1998. Yet his appointment was not taken for granted and had to be approved by al-Qa‘ida’s central command. His ascension compels one to raise a number of questions: What is the state of the organization he is supposed to lead after more than a decade of war against it? Will he be able to rally the various factions around his leadership and gain their trust and support? What will be the impact of Bin Ladin’s death on the organization? Will it continue on the same jihadist ideological path? In the aftermath of the tumultuous events in the region known as the “Arab Spring,” what are its prospects and those of other jihadist movements?
Reactions in the Arab world to Bin Ladin’s death ranged from angry to joyous, from promising revenge to expressing hope for the end of terrorism, from opining that Bin Ladenism is still alive to believing that the culture of death that he championed is gone forever. These two poles reflect conflicting agendas, seeking change in opposite directions and by opposing means. One view was propagated by Islamists, and the other by their opponents, who reject their worldview and methods and draw comfort from the recent developments in Arab countries.”
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http://www.investigativeproject.org/3049/latest-al-qaida-magazine-touts-gains-and-losses
“Latest al-Qaida Magazine Touts Gains and Losses”
IPT News
July 19, 2011
SNIPPET: “Victories on the battlefield and fresh martyrs underline al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula’s [AQAP] territorial gains, according to the latest issue of its English-language Inspire magazine. Its cover story is called “Sadness, Contentment, and Aspiration.””
SNIPPET: “The magazine addresses Osama bin Laden’s death with both lamentations on the “loss of a great leader” and congratulations for his achieving the goal of martyrdom. But it pledges that his death will have little effect on the future of the organization.
“The news brought us a mixed sentiment of sadness, contentment and aspiration,” wrote American jihadist Samir Khan, in the magazine’s cover article.
“Sadness because we lost one of the greatest Islamic revolutionaries - if not, the greatest revolutionary - in modern times. Contentment because we knew that he achieved what Prophet Muhammad always yearned for: shahada’[martyrdom]. Aspiration because we remembered our Prophet’s guarantee that jihad will resume till Judgment Day.”
His death is also just one in a chain of leaders al-Qaida has lost, Khan wrote.
“Living in the States never made me think twice about the path I was undertaking, although many of the mujahidin leaders were killed such as Abu Layth al-Libi, Abu Khabbab al-Masri, Mullah Dadullah, Abu Mus’ab az-Zarqawi and others. For me and all of those who follow the path correctly, jihad is not for the sake of these commanders and leaders; rather it’s for the sake of Allah.””
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Previously...
“’I am proud to be a traitor to America’: U.S. citizen mocks his homeland in ‘Al Qaeda magazine’”
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 4:13 PM on 12th October 2010
SNIPPET: “An American citizen has written about his pride at leaving the U.S. and joining Al Qaeda in Yemen.
In Inspire - an English-language magazine produced by Al Qaeda supporters on the Arabian Peninsula - Samir Khan mocks the U.S. intelligence agencies and pledges his support to the terrorist group.
U.S. officials believe the 24-year-old from from North Carolina is the driving force behind the magazine, which includes articles on conducting attacks and features messages from terrorist leaders”
http://www.investigativeproject.org/3075/inside-the-bin-laden-raid
For The Record - The IPT Blog
“Inside the bin Laden Raid”
by IPT News • Aug 1, 2011 at 11:11 am
“Muslim Boys gang are ‘planning massive attack’ at Belmarsh prison in revenge for Osama bin Laden killing”
by Greig Box-Turnbull, Daily Mirror 2/08/2011
SNIPPET: “Prisoners on House Block One, which includes 39 terror suspects, added to the tension by staging a mass show of defiance on Friday.”
SNIPPET: “The Muslim Boys, a splinter group of al-Qaeda, are thought to have been plotting since Bin Laden was killed by US troops in May.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2715724/posts
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“2002 Bali bombing suspect tells police he has information on other Indonesian attacks”
By Associated Press, Published: August 4
JAKARTA, Indonesia —
SNIPPET: “Patek was captured Jan. 25 in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad, where Osama bin Laden was killed in a highly secretive U.S. commando attack four months later.”
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/08/al_qaeda_in_iraq_pra.php
“Al Qaeda in Iraq praises appointment of Zawahiri to emir”
By BILL ROGGIO
August 8, 2011
SNIPPET: “Al Qaeda in Iraq follows affiliates al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, and Shabaab in praising Zawahiri’s appointment to emir. ‘Adnani also tells al Qaeda members not to mourn the death of bin Laden as he died while waging jihad.”
Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 9 Issue: 47
December 22, 2011 04:19 PM Age: 3 days
By: Arif Jamal
SNIPPET: “In spite of denials by the Pakistani military, evidence is emerging that elements within the Pakistani military harbored Osama bin Laden with the knowledge of former army chief General Pervez Musharraf and possibly current Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani. Former Pakistani Army Chief General Ziauddin Butt (a.k.a. General Ziauddin Khawaja) revealed at a conference on Pakistani-U.S. relations in October 2011 that according to his knowledge the then former Director-General of Intelligence Bureau of Pakistan (2004 – 2008), Brigadier Ijaz Shah (Retd.), had kept Osama bin Laden in an Intelligence Bureau safe house in Abbottabad. In the same address, he revealed that the ISI had helped the CIA to track him down and kill on May 1. The revelation remained unreported for some time because some intelligence officers had asked journalists to refrain from publishing General Butt’s remarks. [1] No mention of the charges appeared until right-wing columnist Altaf Hassan Qureshi referred to them in an Urdu-language article that appeared on December 8.”
ADDING the title of the article posted in post no. 78:
“Former Pakistan Army Chief Reveals Intelligence Bureau Harbored Bin Laden in Abbottabad”
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