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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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“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.”