Posted on 06/09/2007 12:04:39 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Once again, suspected Al Qaeda commanders claimed its presence in India, declaring jihad (Holy War) against the country and Kashmir as the gateway of Jihad against India’ for the first time ever. In a video message, [received by a Jammu and Kashmir based local news agency Current News Service (CNS) on June 08], a masked man identified himself as Abu Abrahim Al Asim voiced the statement (in Urdu) on behalf of Abu Abdul Rehman Al Ansari, the suspected chief of the Al-Qaeda for India (Al-Qaeda-fill-Hind-AQH). Similar CDs were reportedly distributed byan unidentified man during Friday prayers at a Mosque at Gaw Kadal in Srinagar.
The content of the CD:
“America was trying to equip India with sophisticated arms and nuclear capability and Allah had already warned the Muslims against this unholy nexus among the infidels against the Muslims. America, Israel and other western nations in collaboration with India were trying to divide Kashmir to gain hegemony in the region and set up military bases in this region. We declare Jihad against India. Jammu and Kashmir shall be the gateway for such a Jihad.”
A list of names that the AQH CD says as ‘Traitors of Islam’ (in India):
Separatist leaders: Senior All Parties Hurriyat Conference leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Moulvi Omar Farooq, Abdul Gani Bhat, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)’s Yasin Malik.
Political leaders: J&K chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, former chief minister and PDP leader Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah.
Militant leader: Syed Sallahuddin, the supreme commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen and the head of the Muzaffarabad (Pakistan Occupied Kashmir) based United Jihad Council (UJC) for 'protecting and supporting APHC leaders.
(Excerpt) Read more at counterterrorismblog.org ...
CD announces Qaeda jehad in India
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SRINAGAR: The city police are verifying the contents of a CD distributed by an outfit claiming to be ‘al-Qaeda fil Hind’ announcing “Jehad-al-Hind”. The disk, together with a five-page transcript, was sent to several news organisations, saying 1,000-odd CDs had been distributed amongst people during Friday congregations.
The CD shows a hooded young man reading out in local accented Urdu: “When we compare the 17 years of Jehadi movement in J&K with global Islamic movements like Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Somalia, Philippines, Algeria and others, there is a striking difference. The target and objectives of the global movements are clearly a systemic change at the global level, end of borders and creation of Khilafat. The Jehad of J&K has been the victim of organised global conspiracy that made it a battle between India and Pakistan over a piece of land and fight over interests of different countries.”
In combat gear and a Kalashnikov, the man identified as Abu Ibrahim al Qasim reads it on behalf of Abu Abdul Rehamn Ansari, the so called leader of Indian al-Qaeda.
The 15.25-minutes speech ‘Paygam’ (the message) starts with excerpts from the Quran, followed by an Arabic song and a flag — globe holding a black flag with ‘Kalima’ written on it. The reader is attacking almost everybody from either side of Kashmir’s highly divided political landscape and even terms Muzaffarabad based militant alliance United Jehad Council (UJC) “worse” than Hurriyat.
“We watched the CD,” admitted a senior police officer said. “Members of al-Qaeda never hide their face, they first attack and then claim, their priority is West and not India and the CD is even opposing Lashkar-e-Toiba that we consider an al-Qaeda cousin does not make it what it wants us to believe,” he said. However, he said the “official response” will follow. Others who watched the CD said al-Qaeda never uses locals as spokespersons.
Accusing Hurriyat of a climb-down on pagan suggestions, the hooded reader says their (Hurriyat) statement “the job of gun is over and it is turn for negotiations” is aimed at misleading the nation.
http://doctorbulldog.wordpress.com/2006/12/13/was-muslim-trucking-student-planning-an-attack/
And:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752088/posts
The “money quote”:
>>Maybe he’s not a terrorist,” an official with the Rhode Island State Police told the Journal. “But there’s every indication he’s hiding something.”<<
HE DIDN’T WANT TO LEARN HOW TO BACK UP!
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