NEFA Foundation: Resources on Al-Qaida's Mustafa Abu al-Yazid (a.k.a. "Shaykh Saeed")

By Evan Kohlmann

Following reports of an alleged connection to NYC terror suspect Najibullah Zazi, attention has focused on Al-Qaida's "number 3" Shaykh Mustafa Abu al-Yazid (a.k.a. "Shaykh Saeed al-Masri.")

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"...The virtuous Shaykh Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, nicknamed Shaykh Saeed, the overall head of al-Qaida Organization in Afghanistan, who Allah favored to come to Jihad in Afghanistan in 1988. He took part in founding al-Qaida in 1989, and is a member of the Shura council of Qaida al-Jihad."

- Dossier: Shaykh Mustafa Abu al-Yazid (June 2008)

- Shaykh Mustafa Abu al-Yazid: "Light and Fire: An Announcement to the Ummah" (February 2008)
- Letter from Mustafa Abu al-Yazid confirming the death of Al-Qaida lieutenant Abu Sulaiman al-Otaibi (May 2008)
- Communiqué issued by senior Al-Qaida commander Mustafa Abu al-Yazid claiming responsibility for the June 2, 2008 suicide bombing attack on the Danish embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan
- Transcript of Geo TV (Pakistan) Interview of Shaykh Mustafa Abu al-Yazid (June 2008)
- Statement from Al-Qaida leader Mustafa Abu al-Yazid acknowledging the “martyrdom” of most wanted Egyptian Al-Qaida commander “Abu Khabab al-Masri” (July 2008)
- Shaykh Mustafa Abu al-Yazid: "A Message to the People of Pakistan" (April 2009)
- Transcript of audio message from Shaykh Mustafa Abu al-Yazid pleading for financial support on behalf of Al-Qaida (June 2009)
- Shaykh Mustafa Abu al-Yazid's Al-Jazeera Interview, in which he threatens to use "nuclear weapons" against the United States (June 2009).