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Freed Gitmo detainee emerges as prominent al-Qaeda leader

Feb 17, 2016 5:33 pm By Robert Spencer

Obama replenished the enemy ranks.

Ibrahim al Qosi2

“Freed Gitmo detainee, ex-bin Laden aide cements place as top jihadist in videos,” Fox News, February 17, 2016:

When Ibrahim al Qosi was released from Guantanamo Bay in 2012, a lawyer for the former Usama bin Laden aide said he looked forward to living a life of peace in his native Sudan.

Three years later, Qosi has emerged as a prominent voice of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, appearing in a number of AQAP propaganda videos — including a 50-minute lecture calling for the takeover of Saudi Arabia.

The 56-year-old Qosi delivered a scathing critique of the Saudi monarchy — which appeared online on Feb. 6 — denouncing the Saudi government’s execution of more than 40 “mujahedeen” in January, according to the Long War Journal.

In the two-part lecture, titled “A Message to Our People in the Land of the Two Holy Mosques,” Qosi says the men were killed because they declared jihad against the “Crusaders” and opposition to American interests abroad.

Qosi speaks about Al Qaeda’s jihad against the Saudi monarchy, claiming Usama bin Laden was motivated by the U.S. government’s “occupation” of the country’s two holiest sanctuaries, the journal reported.

Qosi’s call for an end to the Saudi-U.S. alliance came at nearly the same time an Al Qaeda newsletter published a 9/11 “insider account” from a former AQAP leader who was killed by a U.S. drone strike in Yemen in June.

Nasir al Wuhayshi, who was once one of bin Laden’s top lieutenants, claimed he got the idea for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks after watching news coverage of the 1999 crash of EgyptAir Flight 990, in which a jihadist co-pilot caused the airliner to nosedive into the Atlantic.

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  1. Angemon says

    Feb 17, 2016 at 5:56 pm

    When Ibrahim al Qosi was released from Guantanamo Bay in 2012, a lawyer for the former Usama bin Laden aide said he looked forward to living a life of peace in his native Sudan.

    Three years later, Qosi has emerged as a prominent voice of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, appearing in a number of AQAP propaganda videos — including a 50-minute lecture calling for the takeover of Saudi Arabia.

    I wonder how Obama feels about this. On one hand, he released an anti-american, anti-West terrorist. On the other hand, that terrorist is setting its sight on Saudi Arabia, to whose king Obama bowed to.

    If he had a conscience, I bet he’d be struggling with it now.

  2. Peter Charles says

    Feb 17, 2016 at 6:28 pm

    The only human being on Earth this news surprises is President Obama. And just maybe not him either. So why is it he wants such murderers free?

  3. Georg says

    Feb 17, 2016 at 8:42 pm

    One for the “Don’t be mean to terrorists/We care much more about terrorists than we do victims of 9/11” crowd.

    There is a group of grade A1-Supremo FREAKS at the helm and controlling the narratives and it better change.

  4. Sam says

    Feb 18, 2016 at 11:03 am

    Really? No way!!!!

  5. Marcieann says

    Feb 18, 2016 at 11:39 am

    Aiding and abetting the enemy…isn’t that treason? There is no way Obama wasn’t warned that this jihadi would return to his prime occupation, but Obama let him go anyway.

    Before The One’s term is over, he will have emptied Guantanamo and those hardcore Muslims will be killing more innocents and wreaking havoc all around the world.

    God have mercy on our nation and men and women of goodwill everywhere!

  6. mortimer says

    Feb 18, 2016 at 10:49 pm

    Ibrahim al Qosi is now on a few more hitlists. He’s living on the run. It’s only a short time before they’ll find him. Thousands of police are searching for him.

    It was a grave mistake to let this bird out of his cage. The fact that someone like him can hide shows how many jihad supporters are out there…at least a few hundred million.

  7. premecqia says

    Mar 4, 2016 at 7:00 pm

    6 — denouncing the Saudi government’s execution of more than 40 “mujahedeen” in January, according to the Long War Journal. Where is this information?

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