Periodical Review: Summary from the Jihadi Forums – The First Half of April 2011
This report summarizes the most prominent events mentioned in the Jihadi online forums over the course of the first half of April 2011. Following are the main issues raised in this report:
• The fifth part of Ayman Al-Zawahiri’s speech to the people of Egypt is published, warning of the conquest of Libya by NATO forces.
• The Jihadi forums publish a new issue of the “Al-Somood” Jihadi magazine.
• Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s Mufti justifies attacking the forces of the Yemenite Army.
• A writer in a Jihadi forum posts photographs of Al-Qaeda Mujahideen who arrived at the theater of combat in Libya.
• Indications that Al-Qaeda operatives are participating in the fighting in Libya.
• The “Abdullah Azzam Brigades” organization praises the uprising in Syria.
