For a look into our enemy eye’s take a look at this interview of Abu-al-Layth al-Libi, an al-Qaeda leader inside Afghanistan. The video was released yesterday on many Jihad internet sites. Here is a 3+ minute cut of two important parts, english translation is in the video:
Here is a transcript of the pertinent parts:
al-Libi: We tell the Americans: Although you have killed Abu-Mus’ab (ed. Zarqawi), there are generations created by him which you will continue to fight, and the life of Abu-Mus’ab will be better than the lives of his killers. The life of Abu-Mus’ab will also be longer, more blessed, and greatest than those of his killers. History is a witness and judge. God willing, those whom Abu-Mus’ab left behind will not leave you alone.
Interviewer: The jihadist movements have passed through several stages throughout the recent decades, and perhaps the current stage is one of the most important of these stages, as we, God be praised, have arrived at the beginning of the stage of picking fruits. This is one of the most difficult stages, so what are the steps which the mujahidin must follow?
al-Libi: Yes, what was mentioned in the question is a fact which we are living in our battle with the enemy. By the grace of Almighty God, the mujahidin have come out of the bottleneck, and now the fields of Jihad are experiencing organized, advanced military action. Military actions are carried out in accordance with well-prepared and carefully-studied plans. Those who carry them out will tell you about the tactics they use and about the results they want from these tactics, and then the written hypothetical results are achieved by these tactics laid down by the mujahidin. This indicates that the mujahidin are at an advanced, developed stage. All praise is due to God, the military activities which are taking place in Iraq, the Arabian Peninsula, Afghanistan, in steadfast Algeria, Somalia, and God willing, in Sudan, Lebanon, Syria, and all Islamic countries and wherever Muslims are found, show that this stage and the current situation of the mujahidin in these jihadist communities is a stage which was produced by the first stages, and that they are now in the stage of establishing and laying the foundations of the Islamic state. And, by the grace of God, this state will not be empty hopes or mere dreams, but is a reality on the ground which, God willing, will materialize and will be seen by everyone.
But we’re really not at war you see. If we would just run from Iraq they would really like us because we are so swell.
Sigh…
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