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Saturday, January 16, 2010
In Afghanistan attack, CIA fell victim to series of miscalculations about informant - washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/15/AR2010011504068.html?wpisrc=newsletter
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La section antiterroriste enquête sur l'agression de la comédienne Rayhana
L'artiste, auteur d'une pièce sur la condition des femmes en Algérie, a été agressée et aspergée d'essence mardi. Un rassemblement de soutien est prévu samedi à Paris.
La section antiterroriste de la brigade criminelle a été chargée de l'enquête sur l'agression de la comédienne d'origine algérienne Rayhana, les enquêteurs privilégiant un acte en lien avec la pièce qu'elle joue à Paris sur la situation des femmes algériennes.
L'artiste féministe de 45 ans a été agressée et aspergée d'essence mardi soir alors qu'elle se rendait à la Maison des Métallos à Paris (XIe), où elle joue, avec huit autres actrices, sa pièce A mon âge, je me cache encore pour...
http://www.liberation.fr/societe/0101613973-la-section-antiterroriste-enquete-sur-l-agression-de-la-comedienne-rayhanaSent from my iPhone
(BN) Kurds' Boom in North Iraq Imperiled by Oil Dispute With Baghdad Government
Bloomberg News, sent from my iPhone.
Kurds' Boom in North Iraq Imperiled by Oil Dispute With Baghdad
Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Outside a newly built go-kart racetrack in Erbil, the capital of Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq, a poster urges would-be drivers to "feed the need for speed."
Kurds are taking that advice to heart, racing ahead of the rest of the country in luring oil investment and rebuilding after decades of war and sanctions. They have hit a speed bump: a four-month standoff with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki over how to share the country's oil resources and where to draw internal boundaries.
The dispute, which led al-Maliki to refuse payments to oil companies hired by the Kurds, may threaten the boom that has given Erbil new homes, conference centers and underground fiber- optic cables. It may also jeopardize Iraq's stability as it approaches March 7 elections and the pullout of U.S. troops.
The tension "could potentially escalate into live fire" if al-Maliki's government tries to weaken Kurdish self-rule, said David L. Phillips, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, a research institute in Washington. "Sectarian violence will never break Iraq but ethnic conflict can."
Since the U.S. ousted dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003, the north has stayed largely free of the violence between Sunni and Shia Muslims in Arab provinces that has killed about 100,000 Iraqis, according to the Web site Iraq Body Count. That stability strengthened the hand of Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani and helped attract investors.
Early Contracts
The Kurdish oil ministry started awarding contracts to companies such as Calgary, Canada-based Addax Petroleum Corp., later acquired by China Petrochemical Corp., and Oslo-based DNO International ASA as early as 2002 -- the year before Hussein's fall.
Now, those companies aren't getting paid because of the dispute with Baghdad.
Al-Maliki, whose central government controls export pipelines and collects all oil revenue, has refused to turn over money pledged by the Kurds to their producers, saying the Kurdish government had no right to sign its own contracts.
The Kurds responded by halting exports in October. DNO and the other producers are supplying the domestic market.
Not repaying the Kurds is "unfair and unreasonable and illogical," and hurts the whole of Iraq by cutting oil sales, said Falah Mustafa Bakir, head of the Kurdish government's foreign affairs department.
Oil Production
Oil output in Kurdistan, which the local authorities say could soar to 450,000 barrels a day by the end of this year, has slumped to 20,000 barrels instead, from a peak of 100,000 last year. Nationwide, Iraq produces about 2.4 million barrels a day.
A dispute over Kurdish borders adds to friction between Barzani and the Baghdad government. Barzani says Kirkuk, a province southeast of Erbil that produces about one-quarter of Iraq's oil, should be part of Kurdistan because it is majority- Kurdish in population.
A referendum on that question has been delayed for two years and, meantime, Barzani and al-Maliki have bolstered their military forces there. Kirkuk was omitted from the 15 oilfields offered by al-Maliki to investors last month.
"If you don't have an agreement between Erbil and Baghdad then all these oil and gas fields can't be developed," said Gareth Stansfield, an analyst at the Chatham House research center in London. "They've got each other by the throat and that's what makes it so dangerous."
'Lots of Industry'
Those dangers don't overshadow the current boom for those in the Kurdish region who recall Hussein's chemical attacks in the late 1980s and the decade of poverty and international sanctions that followed.
"A few years ago there was no money, no electricity, no banks," said Dara Jalil Khayat, head of the Erbil Chamber of Commerce. "Now we have lots of industry and we're working on setting up a stock exchange."
In the 1990s, when most Iraqi Kurds were living on United Nations handouts in an enclave protected by U.K. and U.S. warplanes, Baz Karim turned the offices of his family marble business into distribution posts for food and fuel.
Now Karim's Kar Group has about $1 billion in energy and building contracts, and is mulling a stock market listing -- "maybe in two or three years, maybe in London," Karim said at Kar's office, a villa in Erbil's suburbs. On his desk is a model of its successor, a 13-story skyscraper being built in Erbil.
Kar is extracting oil from the Khurmala field west of Erbil. Last year it opened a refinery that Karim says will produce 75,000 barrels a day by year-end for Erbil's growing fleet of private cars.
Tomato Paste
Investors from outside Iraq are seeking to profit in Kurdistan.
Andrew Eberhart's Marshall Fund, a U.S.-based private equity firm, runs a tomato-paste plant near Erbil that it took over from the UN food program. Eberhart, a former U.S. Army officer and later a banker at New York-based Citigroup Inc., got interested after a Defense Department-sponsored trip to Iraq in 2007. He's now looking at such opportunities as fast-food franchises and the dairy industry.
"The level of institutional interest in the U.S. and the U.K. is picking up," Eberhart said. "There's plenty of really good opportunities there right now."
To contact the reporter on this story: Ben Holland in Istanbul at bholland1@bloomberg.net .
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France: Threatened Veils?
France moves closer to banning full Muslim veil http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_15863/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=4zr7vOvN
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Haiti: The US Can Only Do So Much
US cites limits on aid effort; promises more http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_15895/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=Jc77gyuM
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
Mourning Bride or Black Widow?
Shadowland: Divorce, Jihadi Style, 13 January 2009
What role do women play in Al Qaeda? A few are suicide bombers; others may encourage their men to become one. http://www.newsweek.com/id/230607/page/1
also, in case you missed it, the full text of the Newsweek Turkiye interview with Defne Bayrak:
Defne Bayrak, the wife of the suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees, tells Adem Demir what motivated her husband, Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi. Adem Demir / Web özel 2010-01-12 12:06:16 
What role do women play in Al Qaeda? A few are suicide bombers; others may encourage their men to become one. http://www.newsweek.com/id/230607/page/1
also, in case you missed it, the full text of the Newsweek Turkiye interview with Defne Bayrak:
"My Husband Fought for Islam"
Defne Bayrak, the wife of the suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees, tells Adem Demir what motivated her husband, Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi. Adem Demir / Web özel 2010-01-12 12:06:16
Engin Irız (Newsweek Türkiye)
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Zawahiri's Wife's Letter
This letter supposedly written by the wife of Ayman Zawahiri has appeared in English translation (such as it is) on several jihadist sites. I am publishing it here not because I endorse the content but to save interested readers the trouble of contacting those sites directly:
[A Letter]
To the Muslim Sisters
By the pen of
Umaymah Hasan Ahmed Muhammed Hasan
Wife of Sheikh Ayman Al Zawahiri
-May Allah preserve them-
Translated by
Dar Al Murabiteen Publications
All praise is to Allah, Almighty, and peace and blessings on the best of all prophets, our master Muhammad and on his family and companions and who was guided by his guidance and followed his Sunnah to the day of Judgment
My righteous sisters, Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon you...
I wanted to talk with you, from quite a while, about the great happenings and decisive situations our Ummah is going through, but the circumstances intervened between me and you, bur it is high time now that I talk with my honorable sisters, however I start with our families and loved ones in our dear country, and I say to them, don’t worry for us, for we are by the grace of the Almighty in wellness and bounties from Allah Almighty, and our hearts and souls are with you, though we have been separated by the distances.
This is how this world is, meetings and partings as we seek solace in the fact that we are on the truth and for truth are we called upon, as our Lord Almighty has said
“So do not weaken and do not grieve, and you will be superior if you are [true] believers. (Surah Aal Imran 139)”
And it might happen that we meet soon if Allah wills because the ease of Allah is close and His victory is eminent by the will of Allah.
And after the family and loved ones I direct my word to the righteous sisters in our precious Islamic Ummah, and would specify in mentioning our dear stationed sisters in the lands of Jihad in different spots of the earth, and to our mothers who have given up their sons in the way of Allah and the victory of His religion. And in spite of this, they do not tire or get bored from aiding this religion. How many husbands and sons and brothers have they given!!! and How much were they hurt in the way of Allah!!! So all of our conditions are one; Women who are stationed and in Jihad, who are hurt in the way of Allah, and gave what they had of sacrifices, but – by Allah beside who there is no God - all this has not and will not belate us even a moment from aiding our religion in spite of what we have gone through in this path from the losing of loved ones and distance from families. In spite of all this- we do not find anything except the sweetness of what we are in, accepting what Allah has honored us with, and exalted over the rest of his slaves, that He blessed us with Jihad in His way, and aiding of His religion, and raising His word high. In spite of all these trials we are in sufficiency of living, and honor and blessing from Allah almighty. So my dear and beloved sisters : Steadfastness, steadfastness on this path. For verily, no Super Power nor any international alliances will stop us, and Allah Almighty is with us, and he is our reliance and caretaker, and we will not fear any one, who ever it be, except Allah Almighty, and we are – and praise is to Allah- over what ever we face, steadfast and we seek glad tidings with the promise of Allah to us, as our Lord said
“Or do you think that you will enter Paradise while such [trial] has not yet come to you as came to those who passed on before you? They were touched by poverty and hardship and were shaken until [even their] messenger and those who believed with him said,"When is the help of Allah?" Unquestionably, the help of Allah is near. (Surah Baqara 214)”
So victory is near by the will of Allah, and our Lord will not abandon, so it is either victory or either martyrdom, and each of it is sweeter than the other. And we will not relax in the service of our religion for it is the most precious thing we posses.
I ask Allah for us and for our sisters in the different spots of earth – and specially in the lands of Stationing, like Palestine and Iraq and Chechnya and Afghanistan and Somalia- patience and steadfastness till death, for it is either victory or martyrdom.
“And Allah is predominant over His affair, but most of the people do not know. (Surah Yusuf 21)”
And I remind my self and my dear Muslim sisters of the (Women)Companions – the Mujahidaat and Migrants and Believers, for they are the best of ideals for us, and through them we are guided and by them we feel solace. For how many are the lessons and how many are the wisdom in their pure life stories. They did not ever tire or falter from the service of our religion, so we –Allah willing – are on their path. And the greatest ideal for us is Sayyidah Khadijah (May Allah be pleased with her). She supported the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) immensly in fulfilling his daawah. And she used to say to him ‘Never! By Allah, Allah will never disgrace you. You keep good relations with your Kith and kin, serve your guests generously, help the poor and the destitute and assist the deserving calamity-afilicted ones.’
And similarly Sayyidah Safiyyah –May Allah be pleased with her- she was from the bravest of women. When a Jew passed by the fort, he started patrolling around the fort and the Muslims were in the throats of their enemies. She came down and killed the Jew with a pole. She was not scared and she did not falter. So she was braver than many men of today.
And similarly Sayyidah Umm Ammarah (May Allah be pleased with her) she was injured in Uhud twelve times while defending the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and she lost her hand on the day of Yamamah, leaving out which, she was injured on the day of Yamamah 11 times.
So these are the ones whom we follow, in supporting our Husbands on the right, in bravery and in footsteps and we do not fear any one except Allah Almighty.
My second letter is to my Imprisoned Muslim sisters in the prisons of the Tyrants
I say to them: You are in our hearts, and we will not forget you ever, and Allah willing we will not leave any effort to release you from imprisonment, for you are our honor and we are your sisters, and we never forget you. And Allah knows that we always pray to Allah to protect you from every evil and harm and hasten your release.
My third letter is to the common Muslim women in the world
Firstly I call them to adhere with all the rules of Islam, for in it is the happiness of the world and the victory in the here after, specially adherence with Hijab, for it is the title of the Muslim woman who is obedient to her Lord, obedient to His orders. And in leaving it there is obedience to Satan, and as you know O Muslim sisters, the campaign against the Hijab is from the fiercest wars between Islam and Kufr, for these criminal Kuffars want the woman yo get rid of her religion, and the first thing that the woman leaves is her; outfit and cover, for if the woman left her outfit and cover, it is followed by leaving the rest of her religion.
So the Muslim women should take care of this well, and as you know O Muslim sister that the West does not want you except as a commodity to trade with, and to erase with you the poles of Islam, for Hijab is for the Muslim woman the first pole from the pillars of Islam, as in it is your sanctity and your purity and cover.
And the Western world does not want you to be adherent with hijab for the adherence of the woman to Hijab depicts their lowness and the cheapness of their manners and their social habitat. The Kafir West trades with women, and considers woman a cheap commodity, for she is for them neither inviolable nor respected but she is for them a source from the sources of trade of evil and shamelessness, and refuge is with Allah from all this.
But the Muslim veiled woman is inviolable and respected in her house and outside and she is the precious jewel, and the expensive pearl. And as our Lord Almighty has said “O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves [part] of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful. (Surah Al Ahzaab 59)”. This is the saying of Allah the Almighty to his prophet peace be upon him to address with it his wives and daughters and the women of Muslims. Therefore, we should, me dear sisters, adhere to the Shari Hijab, for that is better for us in the world and hereafter
Secondly, I advice my Muslim sisters to raise their sons on the obedience of Allah the Almighty and the love of Jihad in His way, and persuade their brothers and husbands and sons to defend the lands of Muslims and their wealth, and to retrieve them from the occupiers, who have violated the lands of Muslims, and looted its riches, and to awaken the Ummah to acquit itself from those who want to collaborate with the enemies and give up the lands of Muslims
And I also advice them to help the Mujahideen with prayers and money, and to help the families of the injured and the prisoners with money and donations to their children and women, for they are in the greatest of need for support to face the difficulties of life.
And I remind my sisters with the saying of Prophet (peace and blessing upon him) : “Fasting is protection and Sadaqah extinguishes the sins like water extinguishes fire” (Reported by Tirmidhi, and he classified it as Hasan Saheeh)
And I also remind them with the saying of Prophet (peace and blessing upon him) : “O the gathering of women, give alms for I have seen you as the majority of the inhabitants of Hell fire” (Reported by Bukhari)
And I assure my Muslim sisters everywhere of the role of the Muslim woman in the Islamic world, for women are the siblings of men, so the Muslim women should work beside men to defend her religion and land. Thus she should defend with herself and if she cannot then with her money and if she cannot then by calling in the way of her religion by inviting her Muslim sisters in the Masjids, schools, institutes and houses, and if she is incapable of that then through the internet, she should write her Daawah and spread it and spread the call of the Mujahideen and it will reach by the will of Allah and she will find heedful ears and hearts. So I hope from you my dear sister that you do not tire or get bored , from aiding our religion in any way possible.
And by the way, many questions have been raised concerning the role of the Muslim women in the current Jihad, and I say, and from Allah is guidance: Jihad is Fard Ayn on every Muslim man and woman, but the way of fighting is not easy for Muslim women for it requires a Mahram, as the woman should have a Mahram with her in her going and coming, but we should aid our religion in several ways, and should keep our selves in the service of the Mujahideen, and we should fulfill whatever they ask of us, may it be through monetary aid to them or any service or information or suggestion or participation in fighting or even through a martyrdom operation, How many sisters have performed martyrdom operations in Palestine and Iraq and Chechnya, and vexed the enemy, and caused them a great defeat!!! We ask Allah to accept them and make us follow them in goodness.
But our basic role in which we hope Allah to accept from us, is to protect the Mujahideen in their children and houses and secrets, and to help them by giving good upbringing to their children. Your Migrant sisters- and to Allah is all praise and thanks- are doing a great work in this field, and are practicing great patience and steadfastness and bravery and abstinence from the world and love of the Hereafter and working for it, in spite of what they are facing of hardship in living, and losing of their husbands and children and fathers, and lack of stability, to the point that some of them have been put to trial through captivity, but your migrant sisters are patient and seeking the pleasure of Allah, and to Allah is all praise and thanks.
At the end of my statement I would like to remind my sisters that our end and sustenance are written with Allah, and Jihad does not bring hasten ones death, nor does it decrease sustenance, and that Jihad today has become Fard Ayn, as the foreign Kafir enemy has occupied the lands of Muslims and the three sacred sites are under its control and occupation and also the apostate puppet rulers have taken control over the Muslims, and the scholars have consensus on the necessity of the removal of the apostate.
And as the martyr of Islam –as we hold him – the Sheikh Abd Allah Azzam –May Allah have mercy on him said– Jihad has become Fard Ayn on the Ummah since the fall of Andalus.
As the commanders of the Mujahideen call the Ummah to leave to the battlefields of Jihad, we should , my dear sisters, not abstain from this religious obligation and we should persuade others to it.
And I give you glad tidings that Jihad is in victory and development, and the Western media in spite of its acceptance of the losses of the Crusades and the Jews in many fields of Jihad, does not transfer except a part of the truth, and hides most of it. So you should take by the Media of the Mujahideen, that transfers the reality from the battlefield, and depicts the fake of the Western media. And here, we stand in front of you as a living example of the incapability of the Crusaders, for after 8 years from the starting of the Crusades we are still – by the grace of Allah - carrying out Jihad from Chechnya to the Islamic Algeria, so have faith in the victory of Allah, who says in his Book “Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah, and those who disbelieve fight in the cause of Taghut. So fight against the allies of Satan. Indeed, the plot of Satan has ever been weak. (Surah An Nisa’a 76)”
And I leave you in the protection of Allah and His care
And our final call is praise is to Allah, the Lord of the worlds and Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon Muhammad and his family and companions
Wassalamu alaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh
Your sister in Allah
Umaymah Hasan Ahmed Muhammed Hasan
Wife of your brother Ayman Al Zawahiri
Pray for the Mujahideen
Your Brothers in
Sahab Media Productions
Source- Al Fajr Media Center
Translated by
Dar Al Murabtieen Publications
[A Letter]
To the Muslim Sisters
By the pen of
Umaymah Hasan Ahmed Muhammed Hasan
Wife of Sheikh Ayman Al Zawahiri
-May Allah preserve them-
Translated by
Dar Al Murabiteen Publications
All praise is to Allah, Almighty, and peace and blessings on the best of all prophets, our master Muhammad and on his family and companions and who was guided by his guidance and followed his Sunnah to the day of Judgment
My righteous sisters, Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon you...
I wanted to talk with you, from quite a while, about the great happenings and decisive situations our Ummah is going through, but the circumstances intervened between me and you, bur it is high time now that I talk with my honorable sisters, however I start with our families and loved ones in our dear country, and I say to them, don’t worry for us, for we are by the grace of the Almighty in wellness and bounties from Allah Almighty, and our hearts and souls are with you, though we have been separated by the distances.
This is how this world is, meetings and partings as we seek solace in the fact that we are on the truth and for truth are we called upon, as our Lord Almighty has said
“So do not weaken and do not grieve, and you will be superior if you are [true] believers. (Surah Aal Imran 139)”
And it might happen that we meet soon if Allah wills because the ease of Allah is close and His victory is eminent by the will of Allah.
And after the family and loved ones I direct my word to the righteous sisters in our precious Islamic Ummah, and would specify in mentioning our dear stationed sisters in the lands of Jihad in different spots of the earth, and to our mothers who have given up their sons in the way of Allah and the victory of His religion. And in spite of this, they do not tire or get bored from aiding this religion. How many husbands and sons and brothers have they given!!! and How much were they hurt in the way of Allah!!! So all of our conditions are one; Women who are stationed and in Jihad, who are hurt in the way of Allah, and gave what they had of sacrifices, but – by Allah beside who there is no God - all this has not and will not belate us even a moment from aiding our religion in spite of what we have gone through in this path from the losing of loved ones and distance from families. In spite of all this- we do not find anything except the sweetness of what we are in, accepting what Allah has honored us with, and exalted over the rest of his slaves, that He blessed us with Jihad in His way, and aiding of His religion, and raising His word high. In spite of all these trials we are in sufficiency of living, and honor and blessing from Allah almighty. So my dear and beloved sisters : Steadfastness, steadfastness on this path. For verily, no Super Power nor any international alliances will stop us, and Allah Almighty is with us, and he is our reliance and caretaker, and we will not fear any one, who ever it be, except Allah Almighty, and we are – and praise is to Allah- over what ever we face, steadfast and we seek glad tidings with the promise of Allah to us, as our Lord said
“Or do you think that you will enter Paradise while such [trial] has not yet come to you as came to those who passed on before you? They were touched by poverty and hardship and were shaken until [even their] messenger and those who believed with him said,"When is the help of Allah?" Unquestionably, the help of Allah is near. (Surah Baqara 214)”
So victory is near by the will of Allah, and our Lord will not abandon, so it is either victory or either martyrdom, and each of it is sweeter than the other. And we will not relax in the service of our religion for it is the most precious thing we posses.
I ask Allah for us and for our sisters in the different spots of earth – and specially in the lands of Stationing, like Palestine and Iraq and Chechnya and Afghanistan and Somalia- patience and steadfastness till death, for it is either victory or martyrdom.
“And Allah is predominant over His affair, but most of the people do not know. (Surah Yusuf 21)”
And I remind my self and my dear Muslim sisters of the (Women)Companions – the Mujahidaat and Migrants and Believers, for they are the best of ideals for us, and through them we are guided and by them we feel solace. For how many are the lessons and how many are the wisdom in their pure life stories. They did not ever tire or falter from the service of our religion, so we –Allah willing – are on their path. And the greatest ideal for us is Sayyidah Khadijah (May Allah be pleased with her). She supported the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) immensly in fulfilling his daawah. And she used to say to him ‘Never! By Allah, Allah will never disgrace you. You keep good relations with your Kith and kin, serve your guests generously, help the poor and the destitute and assist the deserving calamity-afilicted ones.’
And similarly Sayyidah Safiyyah –May Allah be pleased with her- she was from the bravest of women. When a Jew passed by the fort, he started patrolling around the fort and the Muslims were in the throats of their enemies. She came down and killed the Jew with a pole. She was not scared and she did not falter. So she was braver than many men of today.
And similarly Sayyidah Umm Ammarah (May Allah be pleased with her) she was injured in Uhud twelve times while defending the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and she lost her hand on the day of Yamamah, leaving out which, she was injured on the day of Yamamah 11 times.
So these are the ones whom we follow, in supporting our Husbands on the right, in bravery and in footsteps and we do not fear any one except Allah Almighty.
My second letter is to my Imprisoned Muslim sisters in the prisons of the Tyrants
I say to them: You are in our hearts, and we will not forget you ever, and Allah willing we will not leave any effort to release you from imprisonment, for you are our honor and we are your sisters, and we never forget you. And Allah knows that we always pray to Allah to protect you from every evil and harm and hasten your release.
My third letter is to the common Muslim women in the world
Firstly I call them to adhere with all the rules of Islam, for in it is the happiness of the world and the victory in the here after, specially adherence with Hijab, for it is the title of the Muslim woman who is obedient to her Lord, obedient to His orders. And in leaving it there is obedience to Satan, and as you know O Muslim sisters, the campaign against the Hijab is from the fiercest wars between Islam and Kufr, for these criminal Kuffars want the woman yo get rid of her religion, and the first thing that the woman leaves is her; outfit and cover, for if the woman left her outfit and cover, it is followed by leaving the rest of her religion.
So the Muslim women should take care of this well, and as you know O Muslim sister that the West does not want you except as a commodity to trade with, and to erase with you the poles of Islam, for Hijab is for the Muslim woman the first pole from the pillars of Islam, as in it is your sanctity and your purity and cover.
And the Western world does not want you to be adherent with hijab for the adherence of the woman to Hijab depicts their lowness and the cheapness of their manners and their social habitat. The Kafir West trades with women, and considers woman a cheap commodity, for she is for them neither inviolable nor respected but she is for them a source from the sources of trade of evil and shamelessness, and refuge is with Allah from all this.
But the Muslim veiled woman is inviolable and respected in her house and outside and she is the precious jewel, and the expensive pearl. And as our Lord Almighty has said “O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves [part] of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful. (Surah Al Ahzaab 59)”. This is the saying of Allah the Almighty to his prophet peace be upon him to address with it his wives and daughters and the women of Muslims. Therefore, we should, me dear sisters, adhere to the Shari Hijab, for that is better for us in the world and hereafter
Secondly, I advice my Muslim sisters to raise their sons on the obedience of Allah the Almighty and the love of Jihad in His way, and persuade their brothers and husbands and sons to defend the lands of Muslims and their wealth, and to retrieve them from the occupiers, who have violated the lands of Muslims, and looted its riches, and to awaken the Ummah to acquit itself from those who want to collaborate with the enemies and give up the lands of Muslims
And I also advice them to help the Mujahideen with prayers and money, and to help the families of the injured and the prisoners with money and donations to their children and women, for they are in the greatest of need for support to face the difficulties of life.
And I remind my sisters with the saying of Prophet (peace and blessing upon him) : “Fasting is protection and Sadaqah extinguishes the sins like water extinguishes fire” (Reported by Tirmidhi, and he classified it as Hasan Saheeh)
And I also remind them with the saying of Prophet (peace and blessing upon him) : “O the gathering of women, give alms for I have seen you as the majority of the inhabitants of Hell fire” (Reported by Bukhari)
And I assure my Muslim sisters everywhere of the role of the Muslim woman in the Islamic world, for women are the siblings of men, so the Muslim women should work beside men to defend her religion and land. Thus she should defend with herself and if she cannot then with her money and if she cannot then by calling in the way of her religion by inviting her Muslim sisters in the Masjids, schools, institutes and houses, and if she is incapable of that then through the internet, she should write her Daawah and spread it and spread the call of the Mujahideen and it will reach by the will of Allah and she will find heedful ears and hearts. So I hope from you my dear sister that you do not tire or get bored , from aiding our religion in any way possible.
And by the way, many questions have been raised concerning the role of the Muslim women in the current Jihad, and I say, and from Allah is guidance: Jihad is Fard Ayn on every Muslim man and woman, but the way of fighting is not easy for Muslim women for it requires a Mahram, as the woman should have a Mahram with her in her going and coming, but we should aid our religion in several ways, and should keep our selves in the service of the Mujahideen, and we should fulfill whatever they ask of us, may it be through monetary aid to them or any service or information or suggestion or participation in fighting or even through a martyrdom operation, How many sisters have performed martyrdom operations in Palestine and Iraq and Chechnya, and vexed the enemy, and caused them a great defeat!!! We ask Allah to accept them and make us follow them in goodness.
But our basic role in which we hope Allah to accept from us, is to protect the Mujahideen in their children and houses and secrets, and to help them by giving good upbringing to their children. Your Migrant sisters- and to Allah is all praise and thanks- are doing a great work in this field, and are practicing great patience and steadfastness and bravery and abstinence from the world and love of the Hereafter and working for it, in spite of what they are facing of hardship in living, and losing of their husbands and children and fathers, and lack of stability, to the point that some of them have been put to trial through captivity, but your migrant sisters are patient and seeking the pleasure of Allah, and to Allah is all praise and thanks.
At the end of my statement I would like to remind my sisters that our end and sustenance are written with Allah, and Jihad does not bring hasten ones death, nor does it decrease sustenance, and that Jihad today has become Fard Ayn, as the foreign Kafir enemy has occupied the lands of Muslims and the three sacred sites are under its control and occupation and also the apostate puppet rulers have taken control over the Muslims, and the scholars have consensus on the necessity of the removal of the apostate.
And as the martyr of Islam –as we hold him – the Sheikh Abd Allah Azzam –May Allah have mercy on him said– Jihad has become Fard Ayn on the Ummah since the fall of Andalus.
As the commanders of the Mujahideen call the Ummah to leave to the battlefields of Jihad, we should , my dear sisters, not abstain from this religious obligation and we should persuade others to it.
And I give you glad tidings that Jihad is in victory and development, and the Western media in spite of its acceptance of the losses of the Crusades and the Jews in many fields of Jihad, does not transfer except a part of the truth, and hides most of it. So you should take by the Media of the Mujahideen, that transfers the reality from the battlefield, and depicts the fake of the Western media. And here, we stand in front of you as a living example of the incapability of the Crusaders, for after 8 years from the starting of the Crusades we are still – by the grace of Allah - carrying out Jihad from Chechnya to the Islamic Algeria, so have faith in the victory of Allah, who says in his Book “Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah, and those who disbelieve fight in the cause of Taghut. So fight against the allies of Satan. Indeed, the plot of Satan has ever been weak. (Surah An Nisa’a 76)”
And I leave you in the protection of Allah and His care
And our final call is praise is to Allah, the Lord of the worlds and Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon Muhammad and his family and companions
Wassalamu alaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh
Your sister in Allah
Umaymah Hasan Ahmed Muhammed Hasan
Wife of your brother Ayman Al Zawahiri
Pray for the Mujahideen
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Women's Jihad Against Violence
A manifesto from W.I.S.E that is well worth reading:
http://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/about/shuracouncil/#jihad
Excerpt:
Why a Jihad Against Violence
“O you who believe! Be careful of (your duty to) God and seek means of nearness to Him and strive hard [jahidu] in His way, that you may be successful.” Surah 5, v 35.
Jihad means “striving or endeavoring in the way of God.” We are dedicated to combating all forms of violence – especially violence carried out in the name of Islam – across the spectrum of violent extremism to domestic violence. We, Muslim women, must reclaim the mantle of cultural,intellectual, and religious authority, declaring our opposition to violence with a powerful and unified voice.
We must announce our commitment to resisting injustice generally and violence specifically through peaceful means and from the unique perspective of women. We must speak comprehensively and holistically to a diversity of discourses to effectively oppose violence.
We must act upon our positions by preventing our children and members of our communities from subscribing to a deviant understanding of our faith and by creating institutions, mechanisms, and systems able to successfully combat violence. Already, thousands of organizations led by Muslim women courageously and effectively tackle violence on a daily basis. We must support these efforts, unifying our individual efforts to ‘command the good and forbid the evil,’ as decreed in the Qur’an.
Most importantly, we must affirm peace. We must think, speak, and act, both wisely and courageously, overflowing with a powerful spirit of mercy, justice, and peace.
This is our Jihad Against Violence. ... http://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/about/shuracouncil/#jihad
http://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/about/shuracouncil/#jihad
Excerpt:
Why a Jihad Against Violence
“O you who believe! Be careful of (your duty to) God and seek means of nearness to Him and strive hard [jahidu] in His way, that you may be successful.” Surah 5, v 35.
Jihad means “striving or endeavoring in the way of God.” We are dedicated to combating all forms of violence – especially violence carried out in the name of Islam – across the spectrum of violent extremism to domestic violence. We, Muslim women, must reclaim the mantle of cultural,intellectual, and religious authority, declaring our opposition to violence with a powerful and unified voice.
We must announce our commitment to resisting injustice generally and violence specifically through peaceful means and from the unique perspective of women. We must speak comprehensively and holistically to a diversity of discourses to effectively oppose violence.
We must act upon our positions by preventing our children and members of our communities from subscribing to a deviant understanding of our faith and by creating institutions, mechanisms, and systems able to successfully combat violence. Already, thousands of organizations led by Muslim women courageously and effectively tackle violence on a daily basis. We must support these efforts, unifying our individual efforts to ‘command the good and forbid the evil,’ as decreed in the Qur’an.
Most importantly, we must affirm peace. We must think, speak, and act, both wisely and courageously, overflowing with a powerful spirit of mercy, justice, and peace.
This is our Jihad Against Violence. ... http://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/about/shuracouncil/#jihad
Coup Possibilities in Baghdad?
From the Financial Times:
Inquiry told Iraq military coup 'real possibility'
Inquiry told Iraq military coup 'real possibility'
By Alex Barker, Political Correspondent
Published: January 9 2010 02:00 | Last updated: January 9 2010 02:00
A military coup in Iraq led by officers once loyal to Saddam Hussein remains a "real possibility", according to the UK's serving ambassador in Baghdad.
John Jenkins yesterday issued the warning over the potential threats to Iraq's democratically elected government during his testimony to the Iraq inquiry in London. "If you look at the history of Iraq, the history of military coups in Iraq, you have to think that that is always a possibility - a real possibility - in the future," he said. "But I think where we are at the moment is much better than we thought it was going to be back in 2004-05.''
His assessment of the current political landscape in Iraq came as the inquiry prepared to enter a more politically charged phase of its evidence gathering. On Tuesday, Alastair Campbell, former Downing Street spin doctor, will take the witness stand in the first examination of the political decisions that led up to the war.
While Mr Jenkins stressed yesterday that the conditions in Iraq had improved and violence had abated, he told the inquiry that the establishment of democracy in the country was not a "done deal".
One of the main risks to political stability remained the cadre of senior Sunni officers in the Iraqi army with past ties to Saddam's Ba'ath party. This fear was reflected in the widespread belief in Iraq that Ba'athist factions were behind the most recent bomb attacks. "There is clearly a balance to be drawn between using the professional competence and experience of former army officers under Saddam to provide the backbone of the modern Iraqi security forces and dealing with the suspicions and fears of others that this is the reintroduction of irreconcilable elements of the Ba'ath party,'' Mr Jenkins said....
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/299dbe56-fcbf-11de-bc51-00144feab49a.html
Direct link to the video and transcript of Jenkins' testimony:
http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk/transcripts/oralevidence-bydate/100108.aspx
Jenkins sounds considerably more optimistic than the FT would lead us to believe:
12 MR JOHN JENKINS: I think given -- I mean, Iraq has never
13 had -- has never had a democratic system in any way that
14 we would understand. The modern Iraqi state was
15 essentially set up as a patrimonial state governed by
16 elites in their own interests, sustained latterly by
17 oil. So this transition to a national democratic,
18 accountable and responsive system is a hugely -- and in
19 many ways it is unique in the region and it is unique
20 partly because of the comprehensiveness of the
21 democratisation agenda stemmed from the CPA activity,
22 but has come through into what is happening now with the
23 mergence of Iraq as a sovereign state.
24 It is also unique in the sense that this will be the
25 first Arab state for a thousand years to have a majority
21
1 Shia government. So to a certain extent, they are --
2 there is no map for this. There is a map for the sort
3 of procedures. There is a map for the sort of
4 institution, you can have at the centre. There is a map
5 for the sort of elections you can conduct, but there
6 isn't a map for how, in practice, this works in a state
7 which has so many potential fissures, as Iraq does,
8 between communal, inside communities, between -- the
9 different bits of Iraq on the economic side and so
10 forth.
11 Given that, I think that, where Iraq has come to, as
12 we speak, is pretty remarkable. The provincial
13 elections at the beginning of this year, the turnout was
14 between 50 and 60 per cent, which is high: (a), it is
15 a real figure, and (b), in terms of Middle East --
16 probably in terms of this country as well, this is
17 a remarkably high figure.
18 I think there was a risk with the national elections
19 in March that the turnout will be lower. Because
20 I think it is still fragile, because I think -- having
21 the habit of mind which sees democracy as something you
22 actually have to work at is difficult and is not common
23 at all in the Middle East.
24 But I think this -- the way that politics has
25 emerged as an alternative to the violent settling of
22
1 disputes seems to be something that most Iraqis actually
2 want. I think one of the turning points, one of the
3 key -- if you can pinpoint what changed when was when
4 Ayatollah Al-Sistani essentially said to people, "Vote.
5 It is important that you vote".
6 I think one of the lessons that the Shia in
7 particular drew from what happened in the 1920s in Iraq
8 is that they didn't actually participate in the process
9 of conducting a modern state with the British mandated
10 authority at the time. They were determined not to
11 repeat this mistake and they concluded that, as the
12 majority community in Iraq, it was, and is, in their
13 interests to have a system that reflects their weight of
14 numbers in the allocation of power at the centre.
15 They also know that they need to bring along the
16 other communities with them, the Sunnis and the Kurds.
17 They know, I think -- or at least a substantial portion
18 of them know -- that they can't do this by violence.
19 You cannot impose this on the Sunnis.
20 I think that in itself is a guarantee of the
21 sustainability of some sort of democratic system in
22 Iraq. How exactly over the next ten years this system
23 will evolve and what sort of democratic system or
24 accountable responsive system we will be looking at in
25 ten years' time, I still find it quite difficult to
23
1 predict, but they do have the institutions. They have
2 the Council of Representatives, which is actually
3 functioning pretty well, it passes laws, it has debates,
4 but it doesn't have endless debates without passing
5 anything which happens elsewhere in the Middle East
6 where you have similar assemblies. It is not a done
7 deal. It is not a done deal.
8 If you look at the history of Iraq and the history
9 of military coups in Iraq, you have to think that is
10 always a possibility, a real possibility, in the future,
11 but I think where we are at the moment is -- it is much
12 better than we thought it was going to be back in
13 2004/2005.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
The Bomber's Wife Talks ... and Talks
The full transcript in English published by Newsweek Turkiye:
RÖPORTAJ ARŞİVİ
"My Husband Fought for Islam"
Defne Bayrak, the wife of the suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees, tells Adem Demir what motivated her husband, Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi.
BBC: Al Qaeda v CIA -- Spy v Spy
Panel on BBC World Service with Christopher Dickey, Brigitte Nacos, Mike Hurley, and Bernadette Atuaheni:
05 Jan 2010: Who's more intelligent, the intelligence services or the terrorists?
Tue, 5 Jan 10
Duration:
50 minsThe British say they told the U.S authorities about the would-be syringe bomber but nothing was done - White House sources dispute that.Yesterday's programme looked at profiling and many of you said that groups like Al Qaeda would simply change the types of people they recruit. So who's ahead ?
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Reuters - Iran blames U.S., Israel in killing of scientist
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Iran blames U.S., Israel in killing of scientist
Tuesday, Jan 12, 2010 3:42PM UTC
By Fredrik Dahl
TEHRAN (Reuters) - A remote-controlled bomb killed a Tehran University scientist on Tuesday, official media reported, in an attack which Iran blamed on its two arch enemies, the United States and Israel.
Iranian officials and state media described slain professor Massoud Ali-Mohammadi as a nuclear scientist, but a spokesman said he did not work for the Atomic Energy Organization at the center of Iran's disputed nuclear program.
A list of his publications on Tehran University's website suggested his specialization was theoretical particle physics, not nuclear energy, a Western physics professor said.
The bombing -- a rare attack in the Iranian capital -- occurred at a time of heightened tension in the Islamic Republic, seven months after a disputed presidential election plunged the major oil producer into turmoil.
It also coincided with a sensitive time in Iran's row with the West over its nuclear ambitions, with major powers expected to meet in New York on Saturday to discuss possible new sanctions on Tehran over its refusal to halt its atomic work.
Officials blamed Israel and the United States. "Signs of the triangle of wickedness by the Zionist regime (Israel), America and their hired agents, are visible in the terrorist act," the Foreign Ministry said.
"Such terrorist acts and the apparent elimination of the country's nuclear scientists will definitely not obstruct scientific and technological processes," it added.
A State Department official in Washington said charges of U.S. involvement were absurd.
Western capitals suspect that Iran's nuclear program is aimed at developing bombs. Tehran denies this, saying it only seeks to generate electricity.
BOOBY-TRAPPED MOTORBIKE
English-language Press TV said 50-year-old Ali-Mohammadi was killed on Tuesday morning in a northern part of the capital by a booby-trapped motorcycle as he was leaving his home.
It showed footage of blood stains, broken glass and other debris at the scene, with what appeared to be the dead man in a body bag taken away on a stretcher.
Ali Shirzadian, a spokesman for Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, said Ali-Mohammadi "did not have any cooperation (work) with the Organization and therefore he had not played a role in the Atomic Energy Organisation's activities."
State broadcaster IRIB described him as a "committed and revolutionary" professor, suggesting he backed the government of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Fars quoted one of his students as saying he had worked with the elite Revolutionary Guards until 2003.
But an opposition website, Jaras, said he was an opposition supporter whose name was among hundreds of other academics who issued a statement in favor of moderate candidate Mirhossein Mousavi during the campaign for last June's election.
Even if he had worked on Iran's nuclear program, analysts questioned how much his death could set back Tehran's work.
"I have no reason to think that this is part of an Israeli or American strategy to deprive Iran of the brains of the enrichment process," said Mark Fitzpatrick, chief proliferation analyst at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies. "There are by now too many scientists and engineers with the requisite expertise."
STRATFOR, a global intelligence firm, said Ali-Mohammadi's importance in Iran's nuclear activities was unclear. But the attack will make Iran "even more intransigent on the nuclear issue as the Islamic Republic cannot be seen as caving into pressure, especially not from the West and Israel," it said.
The bombing follows the disappearance in June of Shahram Amiri, a university researcher working for the Atomic Energy Organization, during a pilgrimage to Mecca.
Amiri vanished three months before Iran disclosed the existence of its second uranium enrichment site, near the city of Qom. In December Tehran accused Saudi Arabia of handing Amiri over to the United States.
Fars quoted a foreign-based group, the Iran Monarchy Association, as claiming responsibility for Tuesday's bombing. It did not say how it obtained the statement.
Iran has been convulsed by its most serious domestic unrest since the Islamic revolution in 1979, as protests by opposition supporters against the election result have turned violent. Authorities deny opposition allegations that voting was rigged.
Eight people were killed in clashes between security forces and opposition supporters on Ashura, the day of ritual Shi'ite Muslim mourning that fell on December 27.
(Additional reporting by Mark Heinrich in Vienna; Editing by Dominic Evans)
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