November 26, 2008NefaFoundation.org
The NEFA Foundation has obtained and translated a new communiqué from the Shebaab al-Mujahideen Movement in Somalia denying published reports that it intends to fight with local pirate forces for control of a hijacked Saudi supertanker off the coast of East Africa.
The communiqué condemned the Arabic-language Al-Jazeera satellite television network for "publish[ing] a completely false report, in which it alleged that a spokesman for the Shebaab al-Mujahideen Movement confirmed that the movement has threatened the pirates [in Somalia] and has offered guarantees for the release of the Saudi oil tanker.
We question the accuracy of this report and demand that Al-Jazeera identify their unknown source. Did Al-Jazeera even try to confirm such reports with our media office, which is well-known to them? ...Why is Al-Jazeera putting such emphasis on the information that it obtained from an uncredentialed spokesman, and yet totally ignoring an interview done over 2 years ago with our official spokesman? Also, Al-Jazeera has falsely invented communiqués that it claimed were the wills of the martyrdom attackers [i.e. suicide bombers] responsible for the operations in Hargeisa and Busaso-yet, we have never published any statements regarding the afore-mentioned attacks."
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The NEFA Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt, charitable organization created after the attacks of September 11, 2001. The Foundation strives to help prevent future tragedies in the U.S. and abroad by exposing those responsible for planning, funding, and executing terrorist activities, with a particular emphasis on Islamic militant organizations.
We question the accuracy of this report and demand that Al-Jazeera identify their unknown source. Did Al-Jazeera even try to confirm such reports with our media office, which is well-known to them? ...Why is Al-Jazeera putting such emphasis on the information that it obtained from an uncredentialed spokesman, and yet totally ignoring an interview done over 2 years ago with our official spokesman? Also, Al-Jazeera has falsely invented communiqués that it claimed were the wills of the martyrdom attackers [i.e. suicide bombers] responsible for the operations in Hargeisa and Busaso-yet, we have never published any statements regarding the afore-mentioned attacks."
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The NEFA Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt, charitable organization created after the attacks of September 11, 2001. The Foundation strives to help prevent future tragedies in the U.S. and abroad by exposing those responsible for planning, funding, and executing terrorist activities, with a particular emphasis on Islamic militant organizations.
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