The Yemen-based Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) - the umbrella organization of Al-Qaeda members in Yemen and Saudi Arabia - has recently been strongly emphasizing and encouraging the recurring protests in Saudi Arabia demanding the release of male and female jihadis from Saudi prisons.
This emphasis follows the organization's realization that such protests are an effective means of stirring up popular opinion in Saudi Arabia.
AQAP is also particularly underlining the demand for the release of the wives of mujahideen who were arrested after demonstrating in protest against the incarceration of their husbands and other family members, and also calling on Saudis to launch jihad against the Saudi regime, and to topple it. ...
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