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Terrorism: Bin Laden's followers tell al-Qaeda's story in new video
Dubai, 10 July (AKI) - Followers of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden tell the history of the terrorist organisation in the latest video released overnight on Islamist websites on the Internet.
The video, entitled "Jihad and Martyrdom", was produced by al-Sahab, al-Qaeda's media outlet in Arabic with English subtitles.
The video includes statements by al-Qaeda's military chief in Afghanistan, Abu al-Habib, who spoke with his face covered, the Egyptian Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, known for having produced some video messages for al-Sahab and the Sudanese Abu al-Khalil al-Madani, a senior leader in the terrorist group.
The three terrorists did not only talk about the various "feats" undertaken by al-Qaeda but also praised, a prominent first generation al-Qaeda leader, Abu al-Hasan al-Saidi, who died recently in a suicide attack in Afghanistan against an American military convoy.
Besides the images and testimonies of the al-Qaeda members, the video also includes footage of al-Saidi telling his history within al-Qaeda up until the moment before he leaves to carry out a suicide attack.
In the first part of the video, a voice off-camera presents the documentary, stressing the importance of the struggle against the "Zionist-Crusader" campaign that is currently underway in the Islamic world and explains the importance of suicide terrorism.
"The vanguard of the mujahadeen guides the Islamic nation in the struggle against two fronts - one the one side there are the Arab rulers and on the other the Zionist Crusaders," explained the voice in the video over images of a handshake between Saudi King Abdullah and Pope Benedict XVI.
"Among these mujahadeen leaders, the efforts of Abu al-Hasan al-Saidi, must be remembered," said the video.
"He had many qualities, but the most important was his desire for martyrdom," said Abu al-Yazid who was describing al-Saidi.
He also described his recruitment into the Arab mujahadeen of Afghanistan and how he joined the Jihad in 1989 while he was a migrant worker in Iraq listening to recordings of speeches by the Sheikh Abdullah Azzam, Osama Bin Laden's spiritual father.
"I grew closer to Jihad after having seen all that was being done against our women and our children in Afghanistan and in Palestine," he said.
"I thought: How could I think about getting married and stay idle while all of this is being done to my brothers?"
Abu al-Hasan also described his experience with the Arab mujahadeen and how he decided together with Osama Bin Laden to move to Sudan after Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan in order to avoid getting involved in personal clashes between the different Afghan warlords.
The video, entitled "Jihad and Martyrdom", was produced by al-Sahab, al-Qaeda's media outlet in Arabic with English subtitles.
The video includes statements by al-Qaeda's military chief in Afghanistan, Abu al-Habib, who spoke with his face covered, the Egyptian Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, known for having produced some video messages for al-Sahab and the Sudanese Abu al-Khalil al-Madani, a senior leader in the terrorist group.
The three terrorists did not only talk about the various "feats" undertaken by al-Qaeda but also praised, a prominent first generation al-Qaeda leader, Abu al-Hasan al-Saidi, who died recently in a suicide attack in Afghanistan against an American military convoy.
Besides the images and testimonies of the al-Qaeda members, the video also includes footage of al-Saidi telling his history within al-Qaeda up until the moment before he leaves to carry out a suicide attack.
In the first part of the video, a voice off-camera presents the documentary, stressing the importance of the struggle against the "Zionist-Crusader" campaign that is currently underway in the Islamic world and explains the importance of suicide terrorism.
"The vanguard of the mujahadeen guides the Islamic nation in the struggle against two fronts - one the one side there are the Arab rulers and on the other the Zionist Crusaders," explained the voice in the video over images of a handshake between Saudi King Abdullah and Pope Benedict XVI.
"Among these mujahadeen leaders, the efforts of Abu al-Hasan al-Saidi, must be remembered," said the video.
"He had many qualities, but the most important was his desire for martyrdom," said Abu al-Yazid who was describing al-Saidi.
He also described his recruitment into the Arab mujahadeen of Afghanistan and how he joined the Jihad in 1989 while he was a migrant worker in Iraq listening to recordings of speeches by the Sheikh Abdullah Azzam, Osama Bin Laden's spiritual father.
"I grew closer to Jihad after having seen all that was being done against our women and our children in Afghanistan and in Palestine," he said.
"I thought: How could I think about getting married and stay idle while all of this is being done to my brothers?"
Abu al-Hasan also described his experience with the Arab mujahadeen and how he decided together with Osama Bin Laden to move to Sudan after Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan in order to avoid getting involved in personal clashes between the different Afghan warlords.
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