Al-Qaida leader warns of 'worse to come' in eulogy to Bin Laden
'What you will be facing is more intense harmful' says head of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula
Reuters in Dubai
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 11 May 2011 15.58 BST
Osama bin Laden: 'Tell the Americans that the ember of jihad is glowing stronger and brighter than it was during the life of the Sheikh,' said Nasser al-Wuhayshi Photograph: Mazhar Ali Khan/AP
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The leader of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has vowed to fight on after the killing of Osama bin Laden saying "what is coming is greater and worse'' in a statement posted on the internet.
"You have to fight one generation after the other, until your life is ruined, your days are disturbed and you face disgrace. The fight between us and you was not led by Osama alone," said Nasser al-Wuhayshi, addressing al-Qaida's enemies.
"What is coming is greater and worse, and what you will be facing is more intense and harmful," said Wuhayshi in a eulogy to Bin Laden posted on the Islamist militant website As-Ansar.
Yemen-based AQAP is seen as one of al-Qaida's most aggressive regional wings. It has staged several foiled strikes on US and Saudi targets.
US forces killed Bin Laden in a raid on his hideout in Pakistan last week, nearly 10 years after the 9/11 attacks.
Wuhayshi, another top target for US forces, was a close personal aide to Bin Laden in Afghanistan in the 1990s, and he stuck closely to the leader's ideology and operational tactics.
He wrote: "The Americans killed the sheikh but have they killed the faith of the sheikh, his methodology and his call, and the combat morale of theummah the sheikh has revived?"
Analysts have said AQAP may organise revenge attacks for Bin Laden's death.
AQAP has claimed responsibility for a foiled 2009 attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound plane. It was also blamed for bombs found in cargo en route to the United States in 2010.
"Tell the Americans that the ember of jihad is glowing stronger and brighter than it was during the life of the Sheikh," Wuhayshi said. Impoverished Yemen has been rocked by nearly three months of protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 32-year rule.
Washington and Gulf states including Saudi Arabia are eager to negotiate a power transfer deal because if the country collapses it could give AQAP more room to operate.
On Saturday a Yemeni tribal source said that Anwar al-Awlaki, a prominent US-born al-Qaida activist known for encouraging attacks on the United States, was not hit by a US drone attack that killed two middle-ranking al-Qaida leaders in Yemen last week.
'What you will be facing is more intense harmful' says head of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula
Reuters in Dubai
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 11 May 2011 15.58 BST
Osama bin Laden: 'Tell the Americans that the ember of jihad is glowing stronger and brighter than it was during the life of the Sheikh,' said Nasser al-Wuhayshi Photograph: Mazhar Ali Khan/AP
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The leader of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has vowed to fight on after the killing of Osama bin Laden saying "what is coming is greater and worse'' in a statement posted on the internet.
"You have to fight one generation after the other, until your life is ruined, your days are disturbed and you face disgrace. The fight between us and you was not led by Osama alone," said Nasser al-Wuhayshi, addressing al-Qaida's enemies.
"What is coming is greater and worse, and what you will be facing is more intense and harmful," said Wuhayshi in a eulogy to Bin Laden posted on the Islamist militant website As-Ansar.
Yemen-based AQAP is seen as one of al-Qaida's most aggressive regional wings. It has staged several foiled strikes on US and Saudi targets.
US forces killed Bin Laden in a raid on his hideout in Pakistan last week, nearly 10 years after the 9/11 attacks.
Wuhayshi, another top target for US forces, was a close personal aide to Bin Laden in Afghanistan in the 1990s, and he stuck closely to the leader's ideology and operational tactics.
He wrote: "The Americans killed the sheikh but have they killed the faith of the sheikh, his methodology and his call, and the combat morale of theummah the sheikh has revived?"
Analysts have said AQAP may organise revenge attacks for Bin Laden's death.
AQAP has claimed responsibility for a foiled 2009 attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound plane. It was also blamed for bombs found in cargo en route to the United States in 2010.
"Tell the Americans that the ember of jihad is glowing stronger and brighter than it was during the life of the Sheikh," Wuhayshi said. Impoverished Yemen has been rocked by nearly three months of protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 32-year rule.
Washington and Gulf states including Saudi Arabia are eager to negotiate a power transfer deal because if the country collapses it could give AQAP more room to operate.
On Saturday a Yemeni tribal source said that Anwar al-Awlaki, a prominent US-born al-Qaida activist known for encouraging attacks on the United States, was not hit by a US drone attack that killed two middle-ranking al-Qaida leaders in Yemen last week.
(source:.guardian.co.uk)
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