AQAP's Saeed al-Shehri: "Repelling the Crusader Aggression"
The NEFA Foundation has obtained and translated a new audio recording of Saeed al-Shehri, a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who has assumed a key leadership role in Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, titled, "Repelling the Crusader Aggression."
In the message, al-Shehri congratulates the "heroic mujahed Omar al-Farooq", who attempted to bring down a Northwest Airlines Flight on Christmas Day 2009, and laments Abdulmutallab's imprisonment.
He counsels the people of Yemen, "seek Allah in your trenches and Islam... you and us are in one trench and the enemy does not differentiate between you and us. This is the religious Crusade, unjust war against Islam and its people." The message ends with a repeat of Usama Bin Laden's words: 'America will not dream to have security until we live it practically in Palestine'."
The NEFA Foundation plays a role in the fight against terror through cohesive and comprehensive efforts to research, analyze, and disseminate information pertaining to past and current terrorist activities. The Foundation shares its findings with law enforcement agencies and the intelligence community where appropriate, and works with other research organizations to educate the public on the threat of terrorism. NEFA, by funding extensive field research, is able to obtain original documents as well as develop an on-the-ground understanding of events.
