Transcript: Al-Qaida's Mustafa Abu al-Yazid Mourns Pak Taliban Commander Baitullah Mehsud
By Evan Kohlmann
The NEFA Foundation has obtained a transcript of a communiqué from Shaykh Mustafa Abu al-Yazid (a.k.a. “Shaykh Saeed”) mourning the death of Pakistani Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud in a U.S. air strike. In the statement, al-Yazid said, “Emir Baitullah Mehsud was a model of boldness and unyielding as a leader, who not only prepared the fighters of his caravan against the enemies of the Deen in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and made arrangements to train them, but also possessed the desire and determination to attack the kuffar inside their own houses and territories. I myself witnessed him saying, ‘My desire is to advance at America's heart and strike it, and to destroy Americans' pride and self conceit.’” According to As-Sahab, al-Yazid “took part in founding al-Qaida in 1989, and is a member of the Shura council of Qaida al-Jihad.” Open source media reports indicate alleged NYC bomb plotter Najibullah Zazi was in contact with al-Yazid via an intermediary prior to Zazi’s arrest.
A transcript of Mustafa Abu al-Yazid's remarks concerning Baitullah Mehsud can be downloaded from the NEFA Foundation website.
See also: NEFA Foundation Dossier on Shaykh Mustafa Abu al-Yazid (a.k.a. "Shaykh Saeed")
