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Purported Palestinian Al-Qaida Faction Swears Oath of Allegiance to Taliban Leader Mullah Mohammed Umar

By Evan Kohlmann

A previously unknown group calling itself the "Al-Qaida-Palestine Frontier Jihad Brigades"--responsible for at least one rocket attack on Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip--has issued a detailed political platform and has sworn a bayat (oath of allegiance) to Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Umar.  According to a statement issued by the group, "we also pledge our allegiance to the leader of the Islamic army and the global jihad Abu Abdullah Usama Bin Laden. Should he order us to join him, then we will and we will not abandon him until we reach the heart of America. Let him order usthe commanders and the soldiersto do whatever he desires and we shall obey his orders."

Click to view documents c/o Globalterroralert.com:
- Aug. 9 political platform of the Frontier Jihad Brigades
- Aug. 15 oath of allegiance to Mullah Mohammed Umar

UPDATE: The broken links have been fixed, and these files are now available for download.  My apologies for the confusion.

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