Al-Qaeda has intensified worldwide -- calls to jihad in America.(1)
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Countries in green mark al-Qaeda bases of operations.
Unmarked is India: al-Qaeda's most recent affiliate operates in India and Bangladesh. Yellow map below shows al-Qaeda's drug and arms route previously established from South America which helped fund and arm jihadists since the late 1990's. This route is now being used by jihadists entering the U.S. through Mexico. See: 30,000 illegals from countries listed as having high terrorist concerns have crossed the Mexican border into the U.S. |
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Al-Qaeda Home base: Afghanistan/Pakistan
Large bases: Yemen, Somalia, Libya, Algeria, Mauritania, Mali, and Niger Large presence: Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan and Burkina Faso Very Active: Uganda, Kenya, Chad, CAR, Nigeria and Guinea-Bissau Al-Qaeda's main source of funding: Saudi Arabia and Qatar |
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Historically, the Muslim Brotherhood and al-Qaeda have worked in tandem. Various Intelligence agencies have warned Congress of the serious threat the Muslim Brotherhood and al-Qaeda pose to America.(2)
By 2009, the U.S. State Department believed that Osama bin Laden served only as a figurehead for al-Qaeda.(2)
After bin Laden's dead, Ayman Zawahiri became al-Qaeda's leader. Starting from al-Qaeda's creation, Zawahiri had always been al-Qaeda's "Strategic and Operational Planner." Zawahiri proved to be much more of a strategic leader than bin Laden and expanded the number of al-Qaeda branches around the world.(8) Zawahiri was originally a Muslim Brotherhood member and co-founded al-Qaeda. He continued to use Muslim Brotherhood members as a base.
After bin Laden’s death in 2010, Zawahiri began making calls for attacks and jihad in America.(3)
In 2011, al-Qaeda intensified worldwide calls to jihad in America.(1)
Zawahiri always declared that al-Qaeda’s primary target is the United States.(4)
ISIS began as al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). AQI united with al-Qaeda in Syria to form the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). After slowly began evacuating Syria and Iraq, most went to Afghanistan and Pakistan to regroup with primary al-Qaeda leadership. We are seeing the results of this as these jihadists are now being funneled into the U.S. via Mexico.
Al-Qaeda Affiliates and Branches:
Muslim Brotherhood: many members belong to al-Qaeda simultaneous and the groups respond to each others calls for mercenary fighters.
Hamas: the Palestinian branch of Muslim Brotherhood and official affiliate of al-Qaeda.
Al-Shabab: based in Somalia and in East Africa, officially declared its union with al-Qaeda in Feb. 2012. Al-Shabab announced it seeks to make the entire horn of Africa under al-Qaeda leadership.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula: the union of al-Qaeda’s branches in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
ISIS: al-Qaeda in Iraq intensified their campaign in Iraq from Oct. 2004 - Feb. 2014. In Feb. 2014, al-Qaeda in Iraq declared itself the Islamic State in Iraq. Months later, it merged with al-Qaeda in Syria and became ISIS.
Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent: founded in September 2014 in India, and now very active in Bangladesh.
Ansar al-Islam: al-Qaeda's branch in Egypt.
Ansar al-Sharia: al-Qaeda's branch in Libya.
Al-Qaeda Training Camps Al-Qaeda training camps are located worldwide.
Jihadist training camps are created not only of an al-Qaeda core base, but by members of branches and affiliate groups, such as the Muslim Brotherhood and al-Shabab.
Al-Qaeda also relies on proxy training facilities of terrorist groups like Taliban and ISIS.
Al-Qaeda training camps are often small, just one or two buildings, and are often temporary — they stay on the move and relocate to avoid detection by satellite or intelligence agents. These groups are increasingly sharing resources when it comes to training.
According to some estimates, there are about 40 training camps around Pakistan. Once trained, these fighters are then dispersed as mercenary fighters to fight for Islam where needed, including in the West. Many are being funneled through the South and Central American jihadi network system.
By 2009, the U.S. State Department believed that Osama bin Laden served only as a figurehead for al-Qaeda.(2)
After bin Laden's dead, Ayman Zawahiri became al-Qaeda's leader. Starting from al-Qaeda's creation, Zawahiri had always been al-Qaeda's "Strategic and Operational Planner." Zawahiri proved to be much more of a strategic leader than bin Laden and expanded the number of al-Qaeda branches around the world.(8) Zawahiri was originally a Muslim Brotherhood member and co-founded al-Qaeda. He continued to use Muslim Brotherhood members as a base.
After bin Laden’s death in 2010, Zawahiri began making calls for attacks and jihad in America.(3)
In 2011, al-Qaeda intensified worldwide calls to jihad in America.(1)
Zawahiri always declared that al-Qaeda’s primary target is the United States.(4)
ISIS began as al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). AQI united with al-Qaeda in Syria to form the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). After slowly began evacuating Syria and Iraq, most went to Afghanistan and Pakistan to regroup with primary al-Qaeda leadership. We are seeing the results of this as these jihadists are now being funneled into the U.S. via Mexico.
Al-Qaeda Affiliates and Branches:
Muslim Brotherhood: many members belong to al-Qaeda simultaneous and the groups respond to each others calls for mercenary fighters.
Hamas: the Palestinian branch of Muslim Brotherhood and official affiliate of al-Qaeda.
Al-Shabab: based in Somalia and in East Africa, officially declared its union with al-Qaeda in Feb. 2012. Al-Shabab announced it seeks to make the entire horn of Africa under al-Qaeda leadership.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula: the union of al-Qaeda’s branches in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
ISIS: al-Qaeda in Iraq intensified their campaign in Iraq from Oct. 2004 - Feb. 2014. In Feb. 2014, al-Qaeda in Iraq declared itself the Islamic State in Iraq. Months later, it merged with al-Qaeda in Syria and became ISIS.
Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent: founded in September 2014 in India, and now very active in Bangladesh.
Ansar al-Islam: al-Qaeda's branch in Egypt.
Ansar al-Sharia: al-Qaeda's branch in Libya.
Al-Qaeda Training Camps Al-Qaeda training camps are located worldwide.
Jihadist training camps are created not only of an al-Qaeda core base, but by members of branches and affiliate groups, such as the Muslim Brotherhood and al-Shabab.
Al-Qaeda also relies on proxy training facilities of terrorist groups like Taliban and ISIS.
Al-Qaeda training camps are often small, just one or two buildings, and are often temporary — they stay on the move and relocate to avoid detection by satellite or intelligence agents. These groups are increasingly sharing resources when it comes to training.
According to some estimates, there are about 40 training camps around Pakistan. Once trained, these fighters are then dispersed as mercenary fighters to fight for Islam where needed, including in the West. Many are being funneled through the South and Central American jihadi network system.
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(1) http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/9/13/al-qaida-leader-callsforeconomicattacksonus.html and;
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/14/world/al-qaeda-leader-ayman-al-zawahiri-urges-muslims-to-attack-america.html and;
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/09/al-qaeda-top-dog-911-will-be-repeated-thousands-of-times-by-the-will-of-allah and;
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/11/al-qaida-top-dog-al-zawahiri-calls-for-lone-wolf-jihad-attacks-in-u-s-and-other-western-countries and;
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/09/al-qaeda-top-dog-urges-jihad-in-the-homes-and-cities-of-the-crusader-west
Additionally:
Al-Qaeda's Inspire Magazine repeated calls for attacks, stating: 'America Is Our First Target'
2014: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released the 12th issue of its English-language magazine Inspire:
https://www.memri.org/reports/issue-xii-al-qaedas-inspire-magazine-repeats-calls-attacks-west-america-our-first-target
and;
Al-Qaeda is devoted to targeting America: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/12/new-issue-of-al-qaeda-magazine-devoted-to-jihad-in-america
and; Al-Qaeda says to attack the U.S. railway system:
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/08/al-qaeda-threatens-jihad-attacks-on-vulnerable-us-rail-system-its-time-we-instill-fear
and; Al-Qaeda calls for murder of U.S. business leaders:
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/05/al-qaeda-calls-for-jihad-murder-of-u-s-business-leaders
and; Al-Qaeda says jihadists should target white Americans so no one mistakes their terror attacks for hate crimes unrelated to the cause of radical Islam:
https://counterjihadreport.com/category/inspire-magazine/
and; al-Qaeda says to Ignite a Firebomb, and gives detailed instructions on how to ignite an "ember bomb" in a U.S. forest:
https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/al-qaeda-calls-massive-forest-fires-montana/story?id=16263981
and; calls for simple attacks: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2017/05/aqap-leader-calls-for-simple-attacks-in-the-west.php
(2) www.cheriberens.net/roots-of-violent-islamist-extremism-muslim-brotherhood.html
and; http://www.cheriberens.net/al-qaeda-the-many-faces-of-an-islamist-threat.html
(3) https://www.counterextremism.com/extremists/ayman-al-zawahiri/
(4) Zawahiri has maintained that al-Qaeda’s primary target is the United States: Ayman al-Zawahiri, “General Guidelines for Jihad: https://azelin.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/dr-ayman-al-e1ba93awc481hirc4ab-22general-guidelines-for-the-work-of-a-jihc481dc4ab22-en.pdf.
Terrorists entering the U.S. via Mexico
https://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2016/08/26/30000-illegals-from-countries-of-terrorist-concern-crossed-sw-border-into-u-s-in-2015/ and https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2016/08/military-intel-confirms-jw-reporting-muslim-terrorists-entering-u-s-via-mexico/
https://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2016/09/26/fbi-data-reveal-7700-terrorist-encounters-in-usa-in-1-year/ and
https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/09/26/leaked-fbi-data-reveal-7700-terrorist-encounters-usa-one-year-border-states-targeted/
https://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2016/08/20/thousands-of-middle-eastern-illegal-immigrants-busted-with-forged-papers-at-border/ and
https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/08/18/thousands-middle-eastern-illegal-immigrants-busted-forged-papers-border/
24 Muslims from Bangladesh illegally entered the US from the Mexican border in March, 2018: http://www.cheriberens.net/24-illegal-muslims-from-bangladesh-entered-us-in-march.html ; 4 more Bangladeshis arrived in July, 2018: https://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2018/07/26/illegal-bangladeshi-muslims/
and; the number of Bangladeshis hits 500+ in 2018: https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/08/07/bangladeshi-migrant-apprehensions-in-laredo-sector-top-500-in-2018/
https://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2017/01/30/10-cases-border-terror/ and https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2017/0115/Are-terrorists-crossing-the-US-Mexico-border-Excerpts-from-the-case-file
More on al-Qaeda
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jun/16/ayman-al-zawahiri-osama-bin-laden.
https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/122599.pdf.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/27/world/asia/al-qaeda-kidnap-threat/.
al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
Nusra Front
al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS)
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/09/al_qaeda_opens_branc.php.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/RL32759.pdf.
https://azelin.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/dr-ayman-al-e1ba93awc481hirc4ab-22general-guidelines-for-the-work-of-a-jihc481dc4ab22-en.pdf.
al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
al-Shabab
(1) http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/9/13/al-qaida-leader-callsforeconomicattacksonus.html and;
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/14/world/al-qaeda-leader-ayman-al-zawahiri-urges-muslims-to-attack-america.html and;
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/09/al-qaeda-top-dog-911-will-be-repeated-thousands-of-times-by-the-will-of-allah and;
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/11/al-qaida-top-dog-al-zawahiri-calls-for-lone-wolf-jihad-attacks-in-u-s-and-other-western-countries and;
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/09/al-qaeda-top-dog-urges-jihad-in-the-homes-and-cities-of-the-crusader-west
Additionally:
Al-Qaeda's Inspire Magazine repeated calls for attacks, stating: 'America Is Our First Target'
2014: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released the 12th issue of its English-language magazine Inspire:
https://www.memri.org/reports/issue-xii-al-qaedas-inspire-magazine-repeats-calls-attacks-west-america-our-first-target
and;
Al-Qaeda is devoted to targeting America: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/12/new-issue-of-al-qaeda-magazine-devoted-to-jihad-in-america
and; Al-Qaeda says to attack the U.S. railway system:
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/08/al-qaeda-threatens-jihad-attacks-on-vulnerable-us-rail-system-its-time-we-instill-fear
and; Al-Qaeda calls for murder of U.S. business leaders:
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/05/al-qaeda-calls-for-jihad-murder-of-u-s-business-leaders
and; Al-Qaeda says jihadists should target white Americans so no one mistakes their terror attacks for hate crimes unrelated to the cause of radical Islam:
https://counterjihadreport.com/category/inspire-magazine/
and; al-Qaeda says to Ignite a Firebomb, and gives detailed instructions on how to ignite an "ember bomb" in a U.S. forest:
https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/al-qaeda-calls-massive-forest-fires-montana/story?id=16263981
and; calls for simple attacks: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2017/05/aqap-leader-calls-for-simple-attacks-in-the-west.php
(2) www.cheriberens.net/roots-of-violent-islamist-extremism-muslim-brotherhood.html
and; http://www.cheriberens.net/al-qaeda-the-many-faces-of-an-islamist-threat.html
(3) https://www.counterextremism.com/extremists/ayman-al-zawahiri/
(4) Zawahiri has maintained that al-Qaeda’s primary target is the United States: Ayman al-Zawahiri, “General Guidelines for Jihad: https://azelin.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/dr-ayman-al-e1ba93awc481hirc4ab-22general-guidelines-for-the-work-of-a-jihc481dc4ab22-en.pdf.
Terrorists entering the U.S. via Mexico
https://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2016/08/26/30000-illegals-from-countries-of-terrorist-concern-crossed-sw-border-into-u-s-in-2015/ and https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2016/08/military-intel-confirms-jw-reporting-muslim-terrorists-entering-u-s-via-mexico/
https://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2016/09/26/fbi-data-reveal-7700-terrorist-encounters-in-usa-in-1-year/ and
https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/09/26/leaked-fbi-data-reveal-7700-terrorist-encounters-usa-one-year-border-states-targeted/
https://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2016/08/20/thousands-of-middle-eastern-illegal-immigrants-busted-with-forged-papers-at-border/ and
https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/08/18/thousands-middle-eastern-illegal-immigrants-busted-forged-papers-border/
24 Muslims from Bangladesh illegally entered the US from the Mexican border in March, 2018: http://www.cheriberens.net/24-illegal-muslims-from-bangladesh-entered-us-in-march.html ; 4 more Bangladeshis arrived in July, 2018: https://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2018/07/26/illegal-bangladeshi-muslims/
and; the number of Bangladeshis hits 500+ in 2018: https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/08/07/bangladeshi-migrant-apprehensions-in-laredo-sector-top-500-in-2018/
https://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2017/01/30/10-cases-border-terror/ and https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2017/0115/Are-terrorists-crossing-the-US-Mexico-border-Excerpts-from-the-case-file
More on al-Qaeda
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jun/16/ayman-al-zawahiri-osama-bin-laden.
https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/122599.pdf.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/27/world/asia/al-qaeda-kidnap-threat/.
al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
Nusra Front
al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS)
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/09/al_qaeda_opens_branc.php.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/RL32759.pdf.
https://azelin.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/dr-ayman-al-e1ba93awc481hirc4ab-22general-guidelines-for-the-work-of-a-jihc481dc4ab22-en.pdf.
al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
al-Shabab