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As Sahab"The Winds of Martyrdom" Features Five Suicide Bombers and Speeches by al-Qaeda Leadership

New As-Sahab Video "The Winds of Martyrdom" Features Five Suicide Bombers and Speeches by al-Qaeda Leadership

July 14, 2007


A new 40:18 minute, as-Sahab-produced video featuring five suicide bombers and speeches by current and former al-Qaeda leaders was distributed on jihadi message boards today, Saturday, July 14, 2007. Indicated to be the first in a series titled "The Winds of Martyrdom," the video opens with old footage of a speech by Usama bin Laden in which he emphasizes the importance of martyrdom. Other al-Qaeda leaders are also seen, among them Mustafa Abu al-Yazid AKA Sheikh Saeed and Sheikh Abu Yahya al-Libi, as well as al-Qaeda members in disguise, allegedly trainees at camps from which recent suicide bombers have been dispatched to Afghanistan and Pakistan. The video, which is accompanied by a narration, provides brief biographies of the bombers and their "road to jihad" from countries across the Middle East and South Asia, as well as a description of the attacks leading to their "martyrdom." One such attack is noted to have targeted an "American intelligence center" in Pakistan. While this video continues the tradition of al-Qaeda documenting their martyrs, it also serves as an inspirational tool for future recruits

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Bin Laden stresses martyrdom in short segment of new As Sahab video

He himself said ‘By Him in Whose Hands my life is!
I would love to attack and be martyred,
then attack again and be martyred,
then attack again and be martyred.’

Those are the words of Osama Bin Laden in a short clip from a longer As Sahab video obtained this morning by LauraMansfield.com.

The Bin Laden clip appears to be a short portion of an older video of the Al Qaeda leader speaking to his followers about martyrdom. There are no indications as to the date when the clip was filmed.

Bin Laden is shown dressed in dark, with a camouflage jacket, and a dark cap. He has a ring and a watch on his right hand, and gestures freely with both hands.

In the clip, 50 seconds long, Bin Laden says:

The seal of the prophets and all messengers (reference to Prophet Mohammed), prayers and peace be upon him, wished this status.

So be alert, be wise and think.

What is this status that the best of mankind wished for himself?

He wished to be a martyr.

He himself said ‘By Him in Whose Hands my life is! I would love to attack and be martyred, then attack again and be martyred, then attack again and be martyred.’

So this whole broad life is summarized by he who was inspired by God, the lord of the heavens and earth, praised and exalted is He.

This glorious prophet who was inspired by God summarized this entire life by these words. He wished upon himself this status. Happy is the one who was chosen by god as a martyr.

The remainder of the video includes various clips showing jihadist fighters reading their final wills, as well as statements from new Al Qaeda in Afghanistan commander Abu Yazid.

The video surfaced on jihadist forums where similar Al Qaeda statements have been released previously. It is branded with the As Sahab logo. No subtitles were provided.

The video clip can be downloaded here. A copy of the full video has been sent to subscribers.

Virtual Reality: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
By Laura Mansfield

Sometimes fantasy turns into reality, especially in the world of cyber fantasy.

And the recent explosion in the global jihadist movement is fueled to a large extent by the virtual reality world of cyber-jihad.

That may sound a bit far-fetched, but if you take a look at a similar phenomenon of the past decade and a half, it becomes clear that a big part of the problem today is from individuals getting sucked into fantasy worlds on line, and then bringing that fantasy world back into the real world.

Do you remember back in the 1990's as cyber-romances moved out of the venue of the computer enthusiast and into the mainstream? At the time, it seemed like everyone know someone who was having an online affair.

To listen to those involved, the cyber-affairs were forbidden but very exciting. Men and women described a sort of "rush" that overtook them when they would meet their "cyber mate" on line. Cyber romances tended to get very intense quickly, and many people became obsessed with their virtual significant others.

But then the cyber world began to collide with the real world. Online relationships that began as a sort of "let's pretend" play-acting began to bleed over into reality, when one party or the other decided to take cyber sex to the next step - a real-life meeting.

The women's and men's magazines all featured articles titled something along the lines of "Is a cyber affair really cheating?". The answer, as many found out when they ended up in divorce court, was often a resounding "Yes".

If cyber romances were a phenomenon of the 1990's, then it's equivalent these days for many seems to be "cyberjihad".

Before the September 11, 2001 attacks, there were jihadist message boards on the internet, and terrorists were certainly using the internet to a degree.

But after 9/11, the "cyber jihad" really began to take off. Young men in growing numbers, and a smaller number of young women, began to search for like-minded individuals in jihadist chat room and on jihadist message boards.

Conversations and associations that would have been taboo in some cases and at the very least risked exposure in real life became the norm as these individuals began to form tightly-knit online communities on the web.

Quite often these forays into the jihadist world online began innocently enough, often initiated out of boredom or curiosity. But the world of cyber jihad can be just as seductive to many as the world of cyber romance, and the consequences can be deadly.

Jihadist message boards and chat rooms provide an unprecedented medium for recruitment and indoctrination. As the young men become more and more enmeshed in the jihadist ideology, they begin to lose touch with moderating influences offline in the real world.

It is not unusual to see many of these cyber jihadists signed on conversing in chat rooms and posting on message boards for upwards of twelve hours a day. Many are students or unemployed; others seem to be offline only for enough hours to conduct their offline activities - work, sleep, school, etc - but quickly come back online.

Before long, these new recruits are sucked completely into the world of cyber jihad. As they watch videos glorifying "martyrdom missions" - and there is certainly no shortage of those videos, with new attack video clips emerging daily - they begin to swear that they too will join the jihad in Iraq, Afghanistan, or in west.

Much of the infrastructure of the cyber jihad we see today, along with many of its leaders, was mentored by Younis Tsouli, who used the online name "Irhabi 007", or "Terrorist 007".

Tsouli, a charismatic voice on message boards in the 2003-2005 timeframe, emerged at a critical point in the development of the cyber jihad, and he quickly developed a following both online and offline.

One of Irhabi 007's key contributions was in the spread of jihadist propaganda and instructional videos on the internet. As he repeatedly posted videos from Zarqawi's group in Iraq showing the torture and beheading of Americans, his followers soaked up the videos and demanded more. Al Qaeda and other jihadist groups in Iraq obliged by providing the videos; Irhabi 007 worked hard to ensure that proper distribution channels were developed so that anyone who wanted to download these videos would have easy access to them.

Tsouli's played a major role in the radicalization of countless youth on the web; a look back at achive postings from the old Ansar forum shows how many of these youth first emerged on the boards asking questions and looking for videos, and over time began to voice a desire to join the jihad in Iraq, especially, and in the western countries as well.

It would be interested to see how many of these youth moved from initial curiosity into the virtual jihad online, and then took their online training and indoctrination back into the real world.

Although to my knowledge no longitudinal scientific study has tracked these trends, a cursory review of indictment and trial records of suspected terrorist shows a strong internet footprint for most.

Because of the ease of migration of jihadist activities from cyberspace into the real world, the virtual jihad must be considered an active front in the war on terror.

As long as the virtual jihad is allowed to grow unchallenged, the terrorist ideologies espoused on the internet will continue to spill over into real life terrorist attacks, and human lives will be lost.

It is critical that western governments come up with a clear and concise plan for dealing with the cyber jihad. In some ways, the cyber jihad world is even more dangerous than the terror training camps in Afghanistan, because they can reach people in the privacy of their own homes, and the entire cycle encompassing recruitment, indoctrination, training, and attack planning can be carried out online.

Only the operational stages remain for the "real world": the actual creation of the explosives or other "weapons" to be used in the attack, and the attack itself. Even the celebrations afterwards happen online.

The internet may be a great place to play "let's pretend". But virtual reality doesn't remain online. It spills over into the real world.


This movie is part of the collection: Iraq War: Non-English Language Videos

Director: As Sahab
Producer: As Sahab
Production Company: As Sahab
Sponsor: As Sahab
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: Qaeda; Jihad; Terror; Martyr; Martyrdom; Usama bin Laden; Sheikh Saeed; Sheikh Abu Yahya al-Libi; middleeast

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Reviewer: Peregrina - - May 25, 2008
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This is an excellent article, and readers may wish to refer to the book "Snapping: America's Epidemic of Personality Change" by Conway and Siegelman. Arab parents need good information about the techniques of brain-washing, which are very effective and can now be done on-line, as children sit in their own rooms, supposedly studying.

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Reviewer: Telephone Toughguy - - July 16, 2007
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Very informative... 1 star off for real media format. Not sure the intent of the poster but this is the sad truth and ignoring it will be disastrous. It's sad to see less backlash against this cancer growing in the stomach of the human race. With knowledge and persistence we can breed ignorance and hate out of the species and isolate the pockets of contempt and virulent hatred that spawns this plague.