Issue 12 of the Tala’i` Khurasan (Vanguards of Khurasan) is out. Several big names have written pieces, including Atiyyat Allah (we have to learn from our mistakes), Abu al-Walid al-Ansari (how past jihads failed), Abu Yahya al-Libi (fighting to restore the Sharia is the only way forward in Palestine), and Mustafa Abu al-Yazid (the meaning of piety and patience). It also includes a 9/11 anniversary article on al-Qaeda’s strategic reasons for attacking the U.S., an article on Jihadis released from prison in Afghanistan, and a summary of the most important operations in Afghanistan over the last four months.
This month we also have a new journal published by al-Shabaab, the AQ-linked group in Somalia. Marisa thinks its publication means Shabab is growing stronger; that may be, but they can’t produce an attractive journal yet. The name of the journal, Millat Ibrahim (The Religious Community of Abraham), is an allusion to a Qur’anic verse and a book by Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi that have to do with shunning lukewarm Muslims. There’s even a blurb for Maqdisi’s book at the end of the periodical. Not surprisingly then, some of the content is devoted to exposing the evils of more compromising Somali opposition groups; for example, there’s a chart of differences between the Shabab and the Liberation Party of Somalia. Also of interest is a biography of slain Shabab leader Adam Ayro.
Document (Arabic): 10-4-08-shamikh-issue-12-of-talae28099i-khurasan-released
Document (Arabic): 10-4-08-faloja-shabab-publishes-new-journal-millat-ibrahim
This war is all about American support of Ethopia and the murder of Muslim Somali warriors. America hates Muslims and wants to kill them anywhere on the planet. Down with America!
Also of interest is a biography of slain Shabab leader Adam Ayro.