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After his as-sahab video debut in mid January, Harrach, aka Abu Talha al-Almani, just surfaces again. This time “Islam and the Financial Crisis” is his hot topic.
One Forum member, just downloading this video too, stated his hopes for the “destruction of Germany”.
Today a new as-Sahab video was made public, entitled “Rettungspaket fuer Deutschland”, (Rescue Package for Germany), probably given in form of a khutba by the as-Sahab speaker Abu Talha the German. The Arabic title “khattat al-inqaz li-l-Almani” however means “Plan of Salvation for the German(s)”, but we shall see what the video will be like, so there will be an update sometime soon.
This speech went online today and shows a still of UBL in front of the al-Aqsa Mosque with his message being read (yeah, does sound like him indeed) – in his message to “the Islamic umma” he gives the usual history lessons regarding the conditions of the Arab states and compares post-colonial times to now with the world turning their face away from Gaza and Muslims.
The Arabic term “majzara” for “massacre” has been frequently used in regards of the situation Gaza in the past days – not only by the Jihadis, but also by the mainstream Arab media. This just as an info. As follows is the uncensored English translation of AZ’s speech which just has been published by the Jihad Media Brigade within the various forums, for all interested:
“These days, the Israeli raids on Gaza came in succession, killing and injuring hundreds, and the whole world including the Arab traitors do nothing but giving empty statements.
I would like in this regard to give number of messages.
The first message is directed to our Muslim brothers in Gaza and the rest of the extorted Palestine, I remind them with what Allah says : [So do not become weak (against your enemy), nor be sad, and you will be superior (in victory) if you are indeed (true) believers. If a wound (and killing) has touched you, be sure a similar wound (and killing) has touched the others. And so are the days (good and not so good), We give to men by turns, that Allâh may test those who believe, and that He may take martyrs from among you. And Allâh likes not the Zâlimûn (polytheists [SIC!!!] and wrong-doers). And that Allâh may test (or purify) the believers (from sins) and destroy the disbelievers.] (3:139-140-141)
Persevere in patience and constancy and stand fast over the path of Jihad, and the whole muslim nation with you, and I assure you that we will not settle down till we take revenge for every killed, injured, widow and orphan in Palestine and in all the muslim lands by Allah’s might. We –by Allah’s grace- are still keen to achieve the oath of sheikh Ousama Bin Laden may Allah protect him when he said : (I swear by Allah the Almighty who lifted the skies without pillars, America and who lives in America will not dream of security until we see it a reality in Palestine and till all the infidel armies get out from the muslims lands). We hope to be able one day to get to help you to liberate Jerusalem and al Aqsa mosque, and to raise the banner of Islam and Jihad over its land.
My muslim and Mujahed brothers in Gaza and the rest of Palestine; what you are facing today is not an occupation trial, limited within an area or a specific country, it is a part in the series of the Zionist-Crusader campaign on the muslim nation, and these raids are a gift for you from Obama before he takes his post, and Hosni Mubarak the traitor is the main partner in besieging and killing you. For in the time that the Israeli aircrafts bombard you from air, he closes the borders with his troops, to achieve the plan of killing muslims in Gaza. The same dirty role which the Jews played in Sabra and Shatila massacres with the battalions’ forces.
My muslim and Mujahed brothers in Gaza and the rest of Palestine; We are with you in the battle, striking the Zionistic-Crusader alliance wherever we got enabled of it, and we are proceeding to you promptly, and soon we will –by Allah’s might- destroy the borders and constraints that prevent us from reaching you, the withdrawal of Americans from Iraq is a good omen for approaching you by Allah’s might. Allah knows we wish to be with you now, protect you with our souls and bloods, me myself I wish I could be with you now to treat your wounded and relieve their pains, for I was granted this honor before, for many years, with our Mujahed and immigrant brothers in Afghanistan.
The second message is directed to Muslims in Egypt, to them I say; It is your duty to lift the siege, you must take this responsibility, for if you arranged a campaign of protests, strikes and demonstrations which do not rest until the siege on Gaza Unwinds, the traitor Hosni Mubarak must yield.
Do you fall short of arranging a campaign of strikes, where the students abstain from going to schools, workers and officers abstain from their work, in order to save our brothers in Gaza from the clutches of the criminal traitor Hosni Mubarak?
And I say to the ardent ones in the Egyptian army; you have a good example in Suleiman Khater may Allah grant his soul mercy, the criminal traitor Hosni Mubarak is using you as a tool to betray your religion and besiege your brothers in Gaza and close all the outlets in front of them, in order to help the Israeli aircrafts to achieve their crimes against them. Till when will you remain soldiers for Satan?! And when will you be Allah’s and His prophet’s soldiers?!
Allah Almighty says : [O you who believe! Be you helpers (in the Cause) of Allâh as said ‘Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), to the Hawâriyyûn (the disciples): “Who are my helpers (in the Cause) of Allâh?” The Hawâriyyûn (the disciples) said: “We are Allâh’s helpers” (i.e. we will strive in His Cause!). Then a group of the Children of Israel believed and a group disbelieved. So We gave power to those who believed against their enemies, and they became the victorious (uppermost).] (61:14).
I say to the proud tribes of Sinai: Today is your day, provide your brothers in Islam and kinship with all what they need of provisions and equipments, from the loaf of bread to the tank mine. The traitor Egyptian regime which had assaulted your dignity, honor and sanctities, is the same regime that is besieging your brothers in Islam and kinship in Gaza and colludes with Jews to killing them. Fear Allah regarding your brothers in Gaza, break the siege of the traitor regime on them, know that Allah will ask you about what you have done to help them, so prepare an answer of good deed.
The prophet (peace be upon him) said : (A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim. He neither oppresses him nor humiliates him nor looks down upon him nor hands him to his enemy, and who comes to the help of his brother, Allah will come to the help of him, and who dispel a calamity from his brother, Allah will dispel a calamity of him in the day of judgment, and who conceals the wrongs of his brother, Allah will conceal his wrongs in the day of judgment).
And he said (peace be upon him) : (do not spy on one another; do not look for other’s faults; do not be jealous of one another; do not envy one another; do not hate one another; and do not desert (shun) one another. And O servants of Allah! Be brothers. A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim. He neither oppresses him nor humiliates him nor looks down upon him. The piety is here, (and while saying so) he pointed towards his chest thrice. All of the Muslim is sacred to the Muslim, his wealth, honor and his blood. It is evil enough for someone to belittle his Muslim brother.)
My third message is directed to Muslims everywhere, to them I say; This is Obama who was presented to the world by the American lying machine as the savior who will go in change of the American policy, here he is killing your brothers and sisters in Gaza without mercy.
I say to the angry Muslim masses who went out to protest across the Muslim world; Protests are not enough to face bombs, let our Islamic anger to make an influential action that will shake the pillars of the crusader-Zionistic alliance by Allah’s might
.So O Muslims everywhere, obey Allah and do Jihad obligation, Allah says : [O you who believe! Answer Allâh (by obeying Him) and (His) Messenger when he (peace be upon him) calls you to that which will give you life, and know that Allâh comes in between a person and his heart (i.e. He prevents an evil person to decide anything). And verily to Him you shall (all) be gathered. And fear the Fitnah (affliction and trial) which affects not in particular (only) those of you who do wrong (but it may afflict all the good and the bad people), and know that Allâh is Severe in punishment.] (8:24-25).
O Muslims everywhere, fight the crusader-Zionistic campaign and strike its interests everywhere you can reach, help and support your Mujahed sons and brothers in its confrontation.
O Islam’s lions in the Islamic Maghreb, Levant, Arabian peninsula, the faith and wisdom land of Yemen, Khilafah land of Iraq, pride and honor land of Khurasan and steadfastness land of Chechnya: fight hard the crusader-Zionistic alliance and its interests.
O Islam lions everywhere: the rulers of the Muslims’ countries are but guardians for the American-Zionistic interests in the region, who handed Palestine and recognized Israel, for Hosni Mubarak is besieging Gaza, Abdullah Ben Abdul-Aziz made up the farce of religions dialogue to meet Peres in New York, preparing for the total and factual recognition of Israel, Ali Abdullah Saleh converted the dignity land of Yemen to a supply base for the crusader campaign over the Islam’s lands, and al-Maliki begs for the persistence of the American troops to guarantee the continuation of traitors in the government. So dash the hopes and efforts of those traitors by striking the interests of Allah’s enemies the crusaders and Jews wherever and any how you could do.”
“An outstanding lesson”, based on the Mujahidin operations in Mumbai, to which the jihadis only refer to as Bombay, has been issued in the forums today. The lengthy article contains detailed maps and provides the reader with an overall strategy assessment, including “who conducted the attack”.
This “extensive study of local, regional and international” factors comprises India as a main enemy of the jihadis who is part of a greater system of disbelief and thus tyranny and injustice against Muslims and Islam in general. The “study” aims to explain the following:
“1. How the attacks took place
2. assessment of the means deployed for the attack
3. who conducted the operation?
4. objectives of the operation
5. and its result”
In a recent post a number of extremely bloody pictures where shown to underline the actions of the various mujahidin fighting in Iraq for the “Islamic State” and to re-emphasize, once again, that the jihadi resistance is indeed effective. Described as a shaking the grounds of the crusaders a number of pictures, including destroyed tanks, the impression is clear and quick to share: US forces in Iraq are being systematically attacked and even their superior technology is futile. Some of these pictures seem to taken from either the Americans themselves of Iraqi security forces and have somehow been leaked to the jihadis.
A poster in an English jihad forum claims that “some Mujahid brothers have hacked the Microsoft servers” – and now all the content is available to anyone in the forum. Showing the programs and providing an in-depth description on how to handle the *.sdc files and make them run, the poster goes on:
“Server is for students can download programs
Microsoft indigenous …
Server is open in all universities in the world for students only …
Server only by special means of a particular group of people ..
We’re going to smash a good day this strange server penetrate the fortress and Encryption …
Yes, I said Fort Encryption immune because all the files closed
Will not be able to open only a special way to take advantage of them and the way ..
Very easy, but remains a major barrier if it can not deciphered …”
According to some of the pictures provided, a or the Ansar as-Sunna seem to be responsible for the hack but the posting does not seem to be on the AS forum.
It is not new that the active and theoretical jihadis – and all their sympathizers and followers – who are members on most of the radical online forums invite and demand from all members in general to participate in disseminating the propaganda that was issued by groups such as as-Sahab, al-Furqan, ISI, AQIM or what have you. A member calling himself Umar ‘Abd al-Hakim issued a posting within the al-Faluja forum on the 24th of November where he explains to the community how to upload videos on youtube. Of course, he is calling out to every member (who naturally have plenty of these videos, mostly downloaded from links issued within 
these forums) to undertake the necessary steps and flood youtube with plenty of this propaganda material – as this is part of the Islamic da’wa, in order to multiply what the jihadis believe is legitimate material to reach fellow Muslims and also non-Muslims who then can – again, in the mind of the jihadis – be confronted with the “truth” and ideally join “Islam”. After providing parts of the usual hardcore propaganda, al-Hakim asks that the “raid on youtube – why and how?” has to be undertaken and provides some screenshots to make the explanation as easy as possible. The most practical part, so it seems so to me, is that the provided screenshots simply show how to upload any video, even if your English sucks.
So far, that’s just a detailed instruction and the usual ideological frame that underlines the need to act and provide help.
A note on the Mumbai attacks: users also called out and asked “how is it possible for me to participate with my brothers, the Deccan Mujahidin in the raid on Mumbai?” and answeres his own question by posting solutions such as distributing information taken from various sources in non-jihad forums, by using youtube and by publishing pictures and films on sites such as videogoogle et al.
On December 6th another member, calling himself in English “Wanted Insurgent”, of the forum issued a new posting with various screenshots of various sites of newspapers such as the French “Le Point”, “Le Monde”, the Turkish “Dunya” that the posting of al-Hakim has hit the news.
The jihadis are quite skillful when it comes to watching western media sources and are quick to pick up plenty of trails.
Well, jihadi statements and media statements just have a tendency of being quite different. Today the Taliban announced to have committed an attack against the “German occupational army” in Afghanistan in the province of Qunduz in the north of the country. “One of the heroic mujahidin for the Islamic emirate, Islam ad-Din, attacked them by a suicide operation” and the Taliban claim to have killed 12 German soldiers – DER SPIEGEL (http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,585258,00.html) reports that two Germans had been killed in the attack, when the assailant blew himself up while riding a bike and killing five children who were playing at the side of the road when the German army convoy passed through.
The usual statement within the forums – at least on the ones that are still up and running; the flow of information has so far not been influenced by the Saudi take down of three major forums.
The tendency to exaggerate on actual casualties of – in the interpretation of the Taliban / jihadis – Western occupants is mostly higher than being stated in the mainstream media and mostly serves the propaganda purpose of these statements.
Today in one major forum, the Ansar al-Mujahideen announced the soon to be released video of the Mujahideen from the Maledives, see screenshot below.
Furthermore a preview of the video is available, “your brother in Maledive are calling you”.
So let’s see what is to come.
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