Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi, Official AQAP video, September 30, 2014

“As for the Crusader coalition that has shown its teeth in Iraq and Sham, in the face of this plan and plot the Muslims must forget their differences, unite their efforts, and join their ranks against their Crusader enemy.” (Official AQAP video)Thomas Joscelyn and Oren Adaki, “AQAP official calls on rival factions in Syria to unite against West,” Long War Journal, October 1, 2014, http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/10/aqap_leader_calls_on.php.