AS SAHAB ANNOUNCES A BIN LADEN VIDEO ON SOMALIA
By Walid Phares
As Sahab Productions announced that a Video message by UBL"is coming" without a specific date. The announcement in the web site Marquee cites a message addressing the Jihadists in Iraq and Somalia. Chat rooms and other al Jazeera panels have been trying to determine the global position of al Qaida regarding post Zarqawi Iraq and regarding Somalia after the take over of Mogadiscu by the "IslamicTribunals." (al Makakem). I assume Bin laden has decided to address the issue of Somalia strategically. With regards Iraq, between his last message and Zawahiri's its pretty much clear.
On June 7, I noted Somalia's "Mahakem al Islamiya" is connected to al Qaida.
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| Translation: "As-Sahab: Coming Soon - Sheikh Usama Bin Laden to the Muslim Nation as a whole and in particular to the Mujahideen in Iraq & Somalia." |