Video Shows Jihad Fighters Firing Rockets at U.S. Army Base in Khorasan
On February 11, 2007, Islamist websites posted a three-minute video headed "BM Rockets Fired on an American Army Base in Warah on the Second Day of [the Muslim month of] Dhu Al-Qa'da [November 23, 2006]." The video, produced by Al-Qaeda's media company Al-Sahab, is part of a series called "The Americans' Holocaust in Khorasan, the Islamic Emirate." It shows a number of fighters setting up a rocket launcher, unpacking and preparing the rockets, and then firing 11 of them in sequence. After the operation, the fighters pack up their gear and leave.
The video can be viewed at: http://switch3.castup.net/cunet/gm.asp?ClipMediaID=588078&ak=null
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Video Shows Al-Qaeda Operations Against Algerian Army
On February 15, 2007, Islamist websites posted a 24-minute video produced by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb organization (formerly called Al-Jama'a Al-Salafiyya Lil-Da'wa Wal-Qital). The video, dated February 2007 and titled "Ambush and Five Bombings against the Betrayers of Islam in Algeria," was described as the first in a series of videos called "Sword Shadows."
The film opens with an excerpt from an address by Osama bin-Laden, followed by an address by the commander of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Abu Mus'ab Abd Al-Wudud. The latter calls on Muslim youths to "join the contemporary war of Islam, waged by the camp of the believers against the camp of the infidels."
- A caption then states that the film will show the following:
- An ambush laid out for Algerian military forces in Al-Akhdariya.
- Two bombs set off next to an Algerian army convoy in Dalas.
- Two land mines set off next to soldiers from the Al-Akhdariya army base.
- A bomb set off next to a City Guard commander in Shu'bat Al-'Amir.
- A bomb set off next to Budkhan City Guard forces.
The captions for the footage of the first attack explain that it targeted forces from the National Army's Al-Sham base in the Al-Akhdariya mountains. They state further that 24 "betrayers of Islam" were killed in this operation, while no jihad fighters were killed or injured.
The footage shows a convoy of trucks traveling across mountainous terrain, and several jihad fighters opening heavy fire from an ambush. Next, the film shows the bodies of Algerian soldiers as well as equipment captured by the jihad fighters, including guns, ammunition and a radio communications device.
The next two operations shown in the film both involve two explosions. According to the video, the first explosion was to draw as many soldiers as possible to the area, to kill them with the second explosion.
The last two operations were against City Guard forces in two different locations.
A link to the video will not be provided due to the sensitive nature of its content.
Below are images from the video.
