Transcript of American Mujahid's Latest Missive from Somalia
By Evan Kohlmann
The NEFA Foundation has obtained a new audio recording of "Abu Mansoor al-Amriki" -- an American mujahid previously featured in a Shabaab al-Mujahideen video from Somali -- in which al-Amriki responded to President Barack Obama’s speech in Cairo, which was titled, "A New Beginning." In this tape, titled "The Beginning of the End", al-Amriki stated, "One might seriously ask, ‘how dare you send greetings to the Muslim world when thousands of Muslims are being detained in your facilities.’ And how dare you send greetings to the Muslims while you are bombing our brothers and sisters in Afghanistan. And how dare you send peace greetings to the Muslims while you are supporting Israel, the most vicious and evil nation of this modern era." He continued, "...you appear to be extending your hand in peace to the Muslim world based upon a few weak claims of change. As far as your claims to improving some of the policies of Bush, you are claiming that Guantanamo Bay will be close down early next year. We won’t be satisfied until all of the Guantanamos and the Abu Ghraibs around the world have been closed, and all of the Muslim prisoners, male and female, have been released. You claim that you will fully pull out all of your troops from Iraq by 2012. We won’t be satisfied until you pull out all of your troops from all of the Muslim lands. You claim that you won’t interfere with the sovereignty of nations. We won’t be satisfied until you completely cease to push your influence upon any and all of the Muslim lands."
A complete transcript of the Abu Mansoor audio can be downloaded from the NEFA Foundation website.
