Ahmed Abdi Godane, Audio message regarding international intervention in Somalia, December 2012

Date
Dec. 2012
Name of Author
Ahmed Abdi Godane AKA Mukhtar Abu Zubair
Body

“We hereby inform our Muslim Ummah and its Mujahideen leaders, foremost among them Amiirul Mu'mineen Al-Mullah Muhammad Omar Mujahid and Sheikh Ayman Al-Zawahiri the following:

1-That no matter the Strength of the crusader's offensive, it will eventually result in abysmal failure as the phase of gaining territory and defeating the Mujahideen has irreversibly come to an end.

2-That the apostate militia supporting the kuffar invaders are helplessly impotent, compelling the African Crusaders to personally move to the battlefronts and thus greatly increasing their fatality rates.

3-The military strength of the Mujahideen is still the same; still strong and resilient, denying the kuffar enemies the chance to rejoice in the territories they have occupied as the Mujahideen continue to torment them with constant ambushes and assaults.” (Audio message regarding international intervention in Somalia) Katz, Rita, and Adam Raisman. "Al-Qaeda-Affiliates Expand Online Platform to Twitter." SITE Intel Group, June 18, 2014, https://news.siteintelgroup.com/Articles-Analysis/al-qaeda-affiliates-expand-online-platform-to-twitter.html.

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