Qasim al-Raymi, Emir (leader) of AQAP, December 21, 2013

Date
Dec. 21, 2013
Name of Author
Qasim al-Raymi
Body

“We attacked the ministry, the Minister of Defense Command Centre to be precise. This building is from whence the Unmanned Drone Control Chambers are administered [sic]. The ministry has changed from a ministry claiming to protect the country and citizens to a ministry of distributing tracking chips for the American drones…”“Al-Malahim Media presents a new video message from al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula’s Qasim al-Raymi: ‘Comment on the Targeting of the Defense Ministry in Sanaa,’” Jihadology, December 21, 2013, http://jihadology.net/2013/12/21/al-mala%E1%B8%A5im-media-presents-a-new-video-message-from-al-qaidah-in-the-arabian-peninsulas-qasim-al-raymi-comment-on-the-targeting-of-the-defense-ministry-in-%E1%B9%A3anaa/.

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