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  • Ayman Al-Zawahiri Warns America In Latest Video

    Ayman al-Zawahiri, the man believed to be the probable mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks in which over 3,000 people were killed, spoke out last week. Al Qaida released a video message on September 12, one day after the twelve-year anniversary of the tragedy, in which the leader addressed jihadists.

    In the over one-and-a-half-hour message that was released on forums that are jihadist-run, al-Zawahiri mentioned several important pieces of news to his followers, all aimed at his urgency to bring harm to America. He spoke of instigating a war on “American soil,” forcing a “war on [our] own land.” He also pushed Muslims in Syria to refuse coactions with non-Muslims.

    Al-Zawahiri suggests that in order to weaken and demolish America, jihadists must hit us where it hurts; economically. He says that while our waging war on terrorism has pained us already, a war on our soil would “bleed America economically,” as more and more funds would be necessary for our defense. He also says that just as much patience, possibly years of it, are necessary to truly seal America’s fate, as well. (All quotes are according to translation provided by SITE Intelligence Group.)

    At one chilling point in the video, Osama bin Laden’s ‘right-hand man’ references several attacks in which America had been defeated, already, by the Muslim extremists, during the current war. He acknowledges that through these defeats and other attacks, (such as the Boston bombing) we are already “facing an uprising Ummah” (Muslim community).

    Image courtesy beau sapin via YouTube.

  • Ayman al-Zawahiri Calls for US-Based Attacks

    Al-Qa’ida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri issued his latest audio speech online marking 12 years and a day since the 11 September attacks of 2001. Zawahiri’s speech is issued with the missive of calling for small-scale attacks inside the United States to “bleed America economically.”

    Zawahiri says specifically, “the weak point of America is its economy, which has already begun to stagger due to the military and security expenditure.”

    The concern of lone wolf attacks has been a high priority among intelligence agencies and insiders as these are infinitely easier to pull off, requiring fewer resources, and as a result are harder for authorities to identify ahead of time. Zawahiri references these as viable options, “disparate strikes can be done by one brother or a few of the brothers.”

    He does not leave out however, the call for large attacks in the US, “even if it takes years of patience for this.”

    Al-Qa’ida operatives have had long-standing goals of harming the US and other Western economies. Zawahiri further targets the economy, urging Muslims to refuse to buy products from the US and allies since money from those purchases helps fund US military action in Muslim lands.

    “The Boston incident confirms to the Americans… that they are not facing individuals, organizations or groups, but they are facing an uprising Ummah, that rose in jihad to defend its soul, dignity and capabilities,” Zawahiri says in praise of the April Boston Marathon bombing which took the lives of three and injured 264 victims. Ummah in this case refers to an uprising Muslim nation or community.

    [Image of an old Ayman al-Zawahiri speech.]