The official al-Qa’ida media outlet al-Sahab has released a flurry of videos in the past two weeks featuring leaders of the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), both living and dead, in what amounts to a media campaign announcing their open alliance with Pakistan’s deadliest militant network. On September 28, Zawahiri’s video eulogy for the slain TTP [...]
Archive for the ‘Mustafa Abu al-Yazid’ Category
Al-Qa’ida Publicy Cements Ties to the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan
Posted: 14th October 2009 by Vahid Brown in Jihadi media, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, Pakistan, Zawahiri5
Abu al-Yazid Mending Fences with Hamas
Posted: 10th July 2009 by Thomas Hegghammer in Arab media, Hamas, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, propagandaIt’s late, I know, but I couldn’t let Mustafa Abu al-Yazid’s interview with al-Jazeera go uncommented. I found it absolutely fascinating. My hat is off to Ahmad Zaydan for finding Mustafa and asking him excellent questions. International media focused on the A-bomb remark, but this was neither a very significant or surprising part of the [...]