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Intro: On March 29, 2010, al-Malahem Media Production--Al‐Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula’s (AQAP) media arm--released an audio recording featuring Sheikh Abi az-Zubeir Adel al-Abbab, in which he condemned the Americans for occupying “the sky of Yemen with their surveillance jets that violate the privacy of the Muslims and view their secrets.” He alleged that “the reason for America’s monstrous attack on the mujahideen in Yemen is its fear of the establishment of the Islamic sharia on earth…” In his view, “They fight the Muslims in Yemen in order to guarantee for them the presence of Israel occupying Palestine, and to keep the presence of the America, British and French armies to continue exploiting and muddling with the Muslims resources in Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula.” Further, al-Abbab noted that the U.S. supported Yemen counterterrorism operations “with a sum that tops $70 million in the recent months of 2009” and that “the Pentagon promised to raise the sum to $150 million.” He urged “honest Ulama…to sign a collective fatwa in regards to prohibiting fighting in the ranks of the cooperative Yemeni-American campaign against the mujahideen.” Al-Abbab, moreover, praised Christmas Day bomber, Nigerian national Omar al-Farooq Abdulmutallab, asserting that “he crossed these made-up boundaries achieving the highest meanings of Islamic brotherhood as he tried to target the American airliner to support his brothers and to respond to the monstrosity of the disbelievers’ raids”
Authenticity of Translation Unverified:
Intro: On March 29, 2010, al-Malahem Media Production--Al‐Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula’s (AQAP) media arm--released an audio recording featuring Sheikh Abi az-Zubeir Adel al-Abbab, in which he condemned the Americans for occupying “the sky of Yemen with their surveillance jets that violate the privacy of the Muslims and view their secrets.” He alleged that “the reason for America’s monstrous attack on the mujahideen in Yemen is its fear of the establishment of the Islamic sharia on earth…” In his view, “They fight the Muslims in Yemen in order to guarantee for them the presence of Israel occupying Palestine, and to keep the presence of the America, British and French armies to continue exploiting and muddling with the Muslims resources in Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula.” Further, al-Abbab noted that the U.S. supported Yemen counterterrorism operations “with a sum that tops $70 million in the recent months of 2009” and that “the Pentagon promised to raise the sum to $150 million.” He urged “honest Ulama…to sign a collective fatwa in regards to prohibiting fighting in the ranks of the cooperative Yemeni-American campaign against the mujahideen.” Al-Abbab, moreover, praised Christmas Day bomber, Nigerian national Omar al-Farooq Abdulmutallab, asserting that “he crossed these made-up boundaries achieving the highest meanings of Islamic brotherhood as he tried to target the American airliner to support his brothers and to respond to the monstrosity of the disbelievers’ raids”
Authenticity of Translation Unverified:
Intro: On March 29, 2010, al-Malahem Media Production--Al‐Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula’s (AQAP) media arm--released an audio recording featuring Sheikh Abi az-Zubeir Adel al-Abbab, in which he condemned the Americans for occupying “the sky of Yemen with their surveillance jets that violate the privacy of the Muslims and view their secrets.” He alleged that “the reason for America’s monstrous attack on the mujahideen in Yemen is its fear of the establishment of the Islamic sharia on earth…” In his view, “They fight the Muslims in Yemen in order to guarantee for them the presence of Israel occupying Palestine, and to keep the presence of the America, British and French armies to continue exploiting and muddling with the Muslims resources in Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula.” Further, al-Abbab noted that the U.S. supported Yemen counterterrorism operations “with a sum that tops $70 million in the recent months of 2009” and that “the Pentagon promised to raise the sum to $150 million.” He urged “honest Ulama…to sign a collective fatwa in regards to prohibiting fighting in the ranks of the cooperative Yemeni-American campaign against the mujahideen.” Al-Abbab, moreover, praised Christmas Day bomber, Nigerian national Omar al-Farooq Abdulmutallab, asserting that “he crossed these made-up boundaries achieving the highest meanings of Islamic brotherhood as he tried to target the American airliner to support his brothers and to respond to the monstrosity of the disbelievers’ raids”
Adel al-Abbab: “The Crusader Attack on Yemen” (Released March 29, 2010) On March 29, 2010, al‐Malahem Media Production—Al‐Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula’s (AQAP) media arm—released an audio recording featuring Sheikh Abi az‐Zubeir Adel al‐ Abbab, in which he condemned the Americans for occupying “the sky of Yemen with their surveillance jets that violate the privacy of the Muslims and view their secrets.” He alleged that “the reason for America’s monstrous attack on the mujahideen in Yemen is its fear of the establishment of the Islamic sharia on earth…” In his view, “They fight the Muslims in Yemen in order to guarantee for them the presence of Israel occupying Palestine, and to keep the presence of the America, British and French armies to continue exploiting and muddling with the Muslims resources in Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula.” Further, al‐Abbab noted that the U.S. supported Yemen counterterrorism operations “with a sum that tops $70 million in the recent months of 2009” and that “the Pentagon promised to raise the sum to $150 million.” He urged “honest Ulama…to sign a collective fatwa in regards to prohibiting fighting in the ranks of the cooperative Yemeni‐American campaign against the mujahideen.” Al‐Abbab, moreover, praised Christmas Day bomber, Nigerian national Omar al‐Farooq Abdulmutallab, asserting that “he crossed these made‐up boundaries achieving the highest meanings of Islamic brotherhood as he tried to target the American airliner to support his brothers and to respond to the monstrosity of the disbelievers’ raids”
“Praise Allah, the Defeater and Giver, Vector of the Mujahideen; the Reasonable ones, and Defeater of the Americans and the tails [apostates], and Glorifier of His pious soldiers and Degrader of the malevolent disbelievers, and thereafter.”
“The Americans have occupied the sky of Yemen with their surveillance jets that violate the privacy of the Muslims and view their secrets, under the cooperation and care of Ali Abdullah Saleh and his regime, and with support from Al‐Saud. And as a result of this cooperation and loyalty, everyone watched the ugliest pictures of monstrous raids and convulsion of body‐pieces in the raid at dawn on Thursday, over our brothers in Abeen province in al‐Ma’jalah region, and its victims were tens of Muslims from women, children and elders; even entire families were completely destroyed. And, another raid was over Arhab and Rafd region in Shabwa; all that was with the excuse of targeting the mujahideen. And, this monstrous attack against the Muslim homelands shows us that the raids are considered a series of crusader attacks on Yemen as prior to this attack there was [another] raid using an American unpiloted jet over the sheikh Abu Ali al‐Harithi and his companions in 2002, besides the intelligence dens that were opened in their embassies in Sana’a and the military bases on the Yemeni islands and waters, accompanied with the ideological invasion of the Muslim countries.”
“And it becomes clear for us the constraint of the Kufr, international system and its agents concerning Muslims in the Arabian Peninsula and especially the South of the Arabian Peninsula (Yemen), and [Prophet Muhammad] prayer and peace upon him said [Hadith].”
“This constraint and suppression over the Muslims countrie is not hidden from every rational [person] such as America’s support to Yemen with a sum that tops $70 million in the recent months of 2009. All of which is for fighting the mujahideen and any route that will bring back the Islamic Caliphate, and this support remains continuous that the Pentagon promised to raise the sum to $150 million.”
“And this suppression clarifies the Christians act in preparing a number of brigades from the Muslim people and trained them to protect their [American] soldiers in the sea and to fight the mujahideen on land, and these brigades are called in the regime of Ali Abdullah Saleh ‘Counterterrorism,’ and ‘The National and Political Security,’ and ‘The Special Guard,’ and there are known in the regime of Al‐Saud as ‘The Special Forces,’ and ‘Emergency [Forces],’ and ‘Intelligence.’ And also what shows this suppression is permitting the American, surveillance and war jets to move around in the sphere of Yemen and especially in the spheres of Abeen, Shabwah, Ma’reb, Sa’da and others; with arrogance and condescendence, and in violation of the honors of the free tribes, and in offense to their privacies, land and country.”
“And from the images of the suppression also are what we see of holding conferences and international meetings to discuss the method of fighting the elevating Islamic direction which calls for establishing the Sharia in Yemen, and is represented particularly in the Al‐Qaida Organization, and recently the Prime Minister of Britain ‘Brown’ called to hold an international conference at the end of the first month of 2010 to discuss countering the expansive activities of the mujahideen in Yemen. As their meeting against us in Yemen reminds us with the meeting of Lucifer and the disbeliever tribes of Quraish and their allies against the prophet, prayer and peace upon him, in Dar al‐Nadwa, and their agreement was done whereas from every tribe in Quraish brawny youths would be given a strong sword [each] and to attack the prophet, prayer and peace upon him, in a one‐man attack so his blood can be scattered between all the tribes.”
“And what this crusader campaign showed is the stand of the Arabian, cooperative regimes with this international, Crusader alliance against Muslims in Yemen, beginning with the two regimes of Ali Abdullah Saleh and Al‐Saud and ending with the countries that signed with America to fight the mujahideen, as Ali Abdullah Saleh declared more than one time assuring the partnership with America in fighting the Muslim mujahideen under the term of ‘counterterrorism.’ Also, the head of national security forces Ali al‐Ansi appeared on the media channels and assured that Yemen is in a partnering position with America in fighting terrorism—meaning, the mujahideen—and with all arrogance and degradation they confess to coordinating with Christians in raiding the Muslims, and they exchange congratulations for shedding the Muslims’ blood.”
“Here, I want to put this question, why [do they] attack the mujahideen in Yemen? Why is this crusader attack on the mujahideen camps, houses, forces, offshoots, villages and their places of congregation; why do they fear them [mujahideen] and take them highly into consideration?”
“The answer: the reason for America’s monstrous attack on the mujahideen in Yemen is its fear of the establishment of the Islamic sharia on earth just like the prophet, prayer and peace upon him, established it; thus, the malicious Americans sought with all of what they possess of Western power, and Arabic [power] that is represented in the [Arabic] regimes and their armies and cooperatives, to deter and fight any Muslim [person] who wants to establish the Sharia; any Muslim who wants to liberate al‐Aqsa from the Jews and remove the occupiers from the Muslim homelands.”
“They fight the Muslims in Yemen in order to guarantee for them the presence of Israel occupying Palestine, and to allow the American, British and French armies to continue exploiting and muddling with the Muslims resources in Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula.”
“They fight Muslims in Yemen and especially in Abeen so the army of Aden Abeen, which was promised by the prophet, prayer and peace upon him to his Ummah; to be a supportive army to the people of Yemen; to purify the land from the impurity of the occupiers [Hadith]”
“O’ Muslims, imagine with me the coming‐out of this army that the prophet promised, then establishing the Sharia on earth? Will Kufr remain after that? Will injustice remain? Will drought remain? No, neither Kufr nor injustice nor drought will remain. [Verse]”
“The Western and Arabic regimes are sanctioning Palestine beginning with the Arabic surrounding countries, and what we hear about today of metal, steel wall is distant, and the more amazing is that you’d find [some] who market that in the name of Sharia, and Sharia disowns these.”
“The bigger calamity is what we see concerning disappointment in the Ulama and the silence of the jurists, and originally, the Ulama should have a practical stance on the grounds towards this Crusader attack on the Muslim countries, and towards the biggest betrayal the traitor regime practices against the Muslims.”
“O’ Ulama, you must take the path Allah Has commanded you and made a covenant with you over to not silence the jurisprudence; [Verse]…as this cooperation from the governments of Ali Abdullah Saleh and Al‐Saud with the Crusaders in fighting the mujahideen in Yemen is an example of Kufr and apostasy from the faith of Allah; thus, where are you in showing this jurisprudence?”
“Standing with the Americans and the West in their aggression on the Muslims is considered allying with them; it’s considered cooperating with them, and Allah Has forbade us from this alliance and this support and this cooperation, and Allah ruled as Kafir he who protects the Kuffar. [verse] This is a truth that does not create a dispute between two Muslims; he who fights for the cause of the Christians is a Christian and he who fights for the sake of Jews is Jewish, and he who spies on the Muslims for the benefit of the Cross [Christians] is from amongst them. The Jurist Ahmad Shaker was asked about the ruling of [Muslims] cooperating with the Englishmen, so he said: ‘cooperating with the English in any kind of cooperation, little or high, is [ruled as] inordinate apostasy and apparent Kufr in which an apology isn’t accepted and construes do not work with it, and not [even] stupid apprehension or holey policies or courtesy; it is hypocrisy whether that was by individuals or government or leaders, they all are equal in Kufr and apostasy, except he who was ignorant and erred then realized his matter [of error], repented and took the path of the believers.”
“One of the honest Ulama said, after talking about the necessity of estranging the Kuffar and disowning them: ‘thus, imagine those who helped them or dragged them over the countries of the Islamic people or complimented them or preferred them for justice over the Islamic people or chose their homes and residences and states and loved their appearance; this is apostasy with clear consensus.’”
“O’ Muslim Ulama, why is this distancing [from Jihad] in the shadow of these conditions? Why do we not see from you a practical initiative to eradicate this American military intervention as it stays in our water [Gulf of Aden], in our spheres, and on our islands? Also, it is not hidden from you that this intervention in the Muslims countries is for the sake of humiliating Muslims, weakening them, and changing their faith and culture [Verse]. If the enemy becomes capable, he will bring back what the Tatars did to Muslims and their Ulama in Baghdad, and what the enemies now do in Palestine and Iraq, and Abu Ghraib prison[‘s memory] is near, and if the ship is left to sink it will hamr everyone, and regret won’t be of benefit time have passed; so, your duty O’ Ulama is to realize the matter and show the Muslims their duty towards the enemies and their cooperatives’ attacks on the Muslims countries, so we won’t face what others did [Verse].”
“And here, I condone the fatwas of some Ulama on the matter of rejecting the American intervention and they must follow the saying with deeds. And Sheikh Abdullah Azzam for them is an example and model in jihad and fight on the battlefield. And I remind them with some of the stances of the Muslims leaders and Ulama in their coalescence and consensus on deterring the invasive enemy from the faith and the honors; when the ‘foreigners’ entered the Muslim countries the Ulama and the Muslim heroes came out to deter them, displace them and kill them and remove them from the Muslim countries, like Imad ad‐Din Zanki and Salahuddeen al‐Ayyubi. And also when the Tatars invaded Damascus, the Sheikh of Islam Ibn Taimia and the Ulama of his country had their role in Jihad and role in encouraging Muslims to send them out [for jihad], and history has drawn for them honorable
stances in rejecting the invaders, standing with the Muslims and publishing fatwas to fight them [invaders]”
“O’ honest Ulama, we want you to sign a collective fatwa in regards to prohibiting fighting in the ranks of the cooperative Yemeni‐American campaign against the mujahideen. And this is the least you can provide from what Allah Has obliged you and made a covenant with you before this Crusader attack on Yemen, and the sheikh of Islam Ibn Taimia was asked about the Muslim troops who joined the Tatars and had uttered the Shahadatayn [The two testimonies of No God but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah], and had belonged to Islam and did not remain in Kufr, [these] who were in it [Kufr] and deviated from applying the clear Islamic laws—with the vast apparentness of the Americans’ Kufr and the Tatar’s claim [to belong] to Islam—despite that, Sheikh of Islam Ibn Taimia gave a fatwa necessitating fighting the Muslim troops who joined the Tatars even if the participant in their [Tatars] ranks are from the jurisprudent people; that people began to say: ‘if you see me on that side—meaning, in the ranks of the Tatars—with a Qur’an over my head, [do] kill me.’”
“O’ Muslims, the mujahideen in Yemen are facing the most vicious Crusader attack, so it isn’t valid for you to participate in his [Ali Abdullah Saleh] army to assist the Crusaders in the war over the mujahideen if you want to preserve your Islamism; to preserve your humanism; to preserve your manliness; to preserve your pride.”
“O’ people of lively conscience and pumping hearts, imagine if this aggression was on your people and families, what would you do? What would you say?”
“O’ proud tribes of Yemen, how do you claim Ali [Abdullah] Saleh [as ruler] as he dragged the Jews and the Christians over to your country; violating your privacies and manipulating your resources, recruiting your children for the sake of the Americans in chasing after and fighting your Mujahideen children; so who is the beneficiary from this battle except the Crusaders and Israel?”
“It is shameful and dishonorable that a human would bring invaders over his honor and country and make them walk free of restrictions in his house; how could that happen? [Verse]”
“And then, O’ you soldiers, be informed that our battle is with America that supports Israeil in killing our weakened brothers in Palestine; our battle is with who has occupied Iraq and Afghanistan; our battle is with who outstretched arms on our country and occupied the water passageways [straits] and occupied the air‐spheres until it situation reached to killing our women and children, so don’t be one of their soldiers and helpers in their Crusade war.”
“And ask yourself, soldier: in which rank are you standing, and tomorrow you are dead inevitably, so what will you say to your Lord tomorrow? [Verse]”
“O’ Soldier, coming out with the crowd of Ali Abdullah Saleh against the mujahideen in Abeen, Shabwa and Ma’reb isn’t but a stand in the rank of Satan’s allies, so don’t let Ali Abdullah Saleh to fight and participate for the benefit of the Americans; as Allah’s messenger was asked about the man who fights bravely, and who fights defensively, and who fights hypocritically; thus, which of them is for the cause of Allah, so the messenger of Allah, prayer and peace upon him said: ‘he who fights for the words of Allah to be the highest is [fighting] for the cause of Allah.’ You soldiers, is your position in a place of he who fights to raise the words of Allah or in the rank of he who fights the words of Allah?”
“The truth of the war is clear: between the fighters [seeking] to raise the words of Allah and they are the mujahideen. And between the fighters [seeking] to raise the words of America and her agents, so soldier, don’t be from these who fight on behalf to fight to the words of Allah; the best of what you can do soldier is to point your weapon towards who sent you to stand with the Crusaders, and to encourage your mates to stop fighting the mujahideen, and with that you become one of the participants in breaking the campaign of the Cross.”
“O’ Muslims, I believe it has been shown to you the dimensions of the struggle between Islam and the Crusaders and their cooperatives in Yemen, and the truth of their fear is the development in the Islamic expansion, and Allah‐willing, their expenditure on this war to put off the light of Allah will be a scourge and heartbreak for them [verse].”
“And the light of Allah shall remain, and Allah refuses but to keep his light in spite of the hatred of the disbelievers. The light of Allah will reach over night and day; the army of the mujahideen shall reach Earth’s east and west, as Allah is above their [enemies] jets and above their power. He is the Almighty, May He be glorified. He is the Most Powerful. He is the Enforcer. He is the Avenger, and we ask Him—like He drowned the tribe of Noah and destroyed the Sodomites and defeated the [Kufr] parties—to destroy America and her allies; to destroy America and her allies; to bring down their jets and drown their artilleries, and to grace the mujahideen in their vengeance.”
“And O’ Muslims, all what we have to do is circulate around the mujahideen and fight on their side; to fight an enemy that disbelieved in Alah; to fight an enemy that broke the egg of Muslims; we fight an enemy that widowed the women and orphaned the children, this is a duty on every Muslim. [Verse] [Hadith]”
“O’ Mujahideen, do not turn to rumors and do not believe the media frenzy about amplifying the enemies’ armies, [sic] and do not listen to the shakers and the suspicion of the sitters‐away [from jihad] [sic].”
“We are fighting on the principle of Islam and on the word of Tawhid, and Allah will not buzzle us; if we die we are martyrs in heaven and their dead in hell [verse].”
“And our determination won’t be bent by the gathering and crowding of the international system as Allah is with us and He is our Vector and He is our Judge and enough for us, and upon Him we depend [Verse].”
“Victory is coming and He is our ally”
“The One who supported the Muslims in [the Battle of] Badr will bring us victory over our enemy; He will bring us victory over the Americans and their agents [verse].” [Sic]
“So, be patient O’ supporters of Allah; be patient O’ people of steadfastness, O’ you who held the responsibility for the jihad costs at a time when the Ummah alienated it, and you provided yourselves and your money and your homes for the cause of Allah, and you preferred it [jihad] over your lives; be patient as you are on the footsteps of the beloved [Prophet Muhammad], prayer and peace upon him, and his supporters [verse].”
“O’ supporters of Allah, increase your mentioning of Allah [prayer] as it is the best way to be steadfast [verse].”
“And here, I must praise the stances of the supporters’ wives, as the stances of the supporters’ wives remind us with the wives of the kind companions [of the prophet] in defending Islam, and in sacrifice and jihad, and holding the responsibility of what many men had given up.”
“O’ wives of the supporters, by Allah, if we martyr we will testify, and if we were asked we will speak, that you are the granddaughters of Safeyya—may Allah grace her—the prophet’s aunt, prayer and peace upon him, who was amongst those who first had faith in him and believed [in] his message and followed that light that transcended upon him, and she carried out the most important roles in the Muslims’ battles; in Uhhud Battle she was in the vanguard of women who came out to serve the mujahideen, and they went out to incite them for Jihad, they went out to aid the wounded, and Safeyya was the first [Muslim] woman to kill a Jewish man.”
“O’ Muslims, we must ponder the act of our brother, the hero [Christmas Day bomber] Omar al‐Farooq [Abdulmutallab] al‐Nigeri, who suffers for the pains of the Muslims, as he didn’t enjoy food or water, and his eyes hadn’t enjoyed sleep until he avenged his brothers. He crossed these made‐up boundaries achieving the highest meanings of Islamic brotherhood, as he tried to target the American airliner to support his brothers and to respond to the monstrosity of the disbelievers’ raids, although our brother Omar isn’t from Yemen but he is from Africa. And despite that he has supported you O’ people of Yemen; so why won’t you support Islam when the enemy has invaded your homes and invaded your skies and settled in your waters [seas]; what are you sitting [away from jihad] for? Is there a bigger dishonor than this one? Is there a bigger shame than this one?”
“It is a Crusade attack and the beginning of battles; [we are] coming down and fighting”
“May Allah release you from imprisonment O’ Omar al‐Farooq, you have gives the best examples in achieving victory for the Muslims and in answering to Allah who commanded killing the Mushrikin.”
“O’ honorable tribes of Yemen, you breaking the [Crusade] campaign today is glory to Islam. You breaking the campaign today is defense of the Muslim countries; it is the beginning of the road to crawl to Palestine, and if the campaign breaks today anything thereafter is easier.”
“And lastly, we ask from Allah to support the Mujahideen’s army and their leadership, and to defeat the army of the Crusaders and their agents, and to secure the Muslims countries from the invasive occupiers and their agents, and to solidify the Mujahideen and protect them and to strengthen their attacks, and give martyrdom to us and them.”
“And our last prayer is praise Allah Lord of the Worlds”