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| Ayman
al-Zawahiri, left, sitting next to Osama bin Laden, praises those who
attacked the United States on September 11, 2001 (YouTube video, April
15, 2002). |
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| Left: The
front cover of Laura Mansfield's book, containing the translations of
the first edition of al-Zawahiri's book and various public messages he
issued. Right: The front cover of a book by Montasser al-Zayat, an
Egyptian lawyer, about Ayman al-Zawahiri |
Al-Zawahiri’s response to the threat [
infidels] centered on waging a jihad around the globe. He concluded that there had to be a global jihad because the local jihad campaign had failed. He gave as an example the Islamic movement in Algeria led by the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS). He said it had failed because it had not been sufficiently prepared to fight the authorities and did not receive enough support from jihad fighters (mujahideen) beyond its borders, while France helped the Algerian regime suppress it. More via
Profile of Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden’s Heir as Leader of Al-Qaeda | Crethi Plethi........
The young jihad fighters had to be imbued exclusively with Islamic spirit, rejecting national-territorial Arab ideology. This meant that Al-Zawahiri was not interested in borders, and in a world where one can travel so easily... I see exactly why any governing entity that was aggressive, never mind terrorists, would work in this fashion.
