Comments on: New Issue of Sada al-Malahim

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[…] her source material, though, Kendall has gone to al-Qaida’s in-house magazine Sada al-Malahim, published on the internet from Yemen between 2008 and 2011. Though it has ceased publication, she […]

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:01:20 +0000

Norman: sorry for the late response, but yes, just follow the links on the PDF. Many of them will no longer work but some of them should. Assuming you have a regular antivirus program there is no particular risk to your computer. Ideally I would post the issue directly, but this is complicated for a number of reasons.

By: Norman

Norman — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:30:35 +0000

This is a stupid question but I just discovered this blog and I think it’s brilliant. In order to read the issue of sada al-Malahim, I would just go one of the many links from the pdf of the forum that was posted and I would be able to download the issue that way? Just want to find out before I do something stupid and end up with a computer virus or something. Thanks!

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Saudi and Yemeni Branches of al-Qaida Unite — jihadica — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:50:43 +0000

[…] this week we learned that the Saudi and Yemeni branches of al-Qaida had formally merged. The release of Sada al-Malahim on Monday was accompanied by an extract from an interview with AQY leader Nasir al-Wuhayshi, who said the […]

By: Gregory

Gregory — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:48:28 +0000

To my mind, the unification of the Yemen and Saudi branches (the Saudi branch was nearly dead) has been in the works for quite some time. Reading through Sada al-Malahim over the past year it became clear that recently there was an influx of Saudi talent into the organization, and that the level of religious scholarship was increasing as well as the fact that the group was getting much better at tapping into local Yemeni grievances.

There promises to be a lot more information in the days ahead, as Nasir al-Wahayshi’s interview is about to be released.

One small point I found funny (well not ha ha funny, but you know what I mean) is that al-Fajr got the kunya of al-Shihri wrong in its official announcement. It had Abu Sayyaf, when it is actually Abu Sufayan.

By: Freude Bud

Freude Bud — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:00:48 +0000

OT, but any thoughts on the re-emergence of Said Ali al-Shihri as an al-Qaeda leader in Yemen would be appreciated.

per http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/world/middleeast/23yemen.html?ref=world

By: A W A

A W A — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:23:20 +0000

I do not think that there is a lack of ideological clarity within AQY or AQ in gneral; targeting the far enemy is a completion to targeting the near enemy. The distinction between the two has become thinner as both of the two enemies; as they see them, do not apply the Sharia of God. Recruitment wise, this multi ideology could be more efficient than the one clear ideology as the first can attract mo
P.S.
pardom my simple English.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:17:19 +0000

Thanks. I will be covering the merger in more depth later this week. And I absolutely agree about the poetry and the theology.

By: Charles Cameron

Charles Cameron — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:53:14 +0000

Hi Thomas:

Just a quick note of welcome — and a chance to to say sometimes the “poetry and purely theological pieces” contain key pieces of the puzzle.

If you catch sight of any Mahdist references, eg in Hamas lit, that’s of particular interest to me, see the mention in a MEMRI report last year at:

http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP195708

Thanks again!

By: rh

rh — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:44:04 +0000

Thomas – I look fwd to you and your co-bloggers posts for 2009. Any comment/insight on the new merger b/w AQY & AQ in KSA?