Jihadi jealousy: Al Qaeda frustrated by global popularity of Islamic State

The Washington Times ^ | November 11, 2014 | Guy Taylor

[jazusamo]

The Islamic State movement’s “meteoric rise” in global popularity presents a direct challenge to what intelligence officials describe as the al Qaeda movement’s “original core” in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region, according to a new report citing an “exceptional level of flux” recently among Pakistani militant groups.

American intelligence officials have noted discord since last year between Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State’s leader in Syria and Iraq, and Ayman al-Zawahiri, the purported head of al Qaeda’s original global terrorist network.

Now, a report produced by the “Critical Threats” program at the American Enterprise Institute, maintains that al-Zawahiri’s frustration with al-Baghdadi’s reach became so intense in September that al-Zawahiri announced the formation of a new al Qaeda affiliate in South Asia.

“Al Qaeda has tried to stymie some of IS’s appeal by establishing a new regional branch, al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent Subcontinent (AQIS),” states the report.

[jazusamo]

The jealous jihadis should fight each other to the death.

[DannyTN]

They’re taking your virgins!!!
Get out there and show them you can die faster than they can!!!