Al Qaida er ikke lenger en organisasjon i streng betydning, men en ideologi som folk slutter seg til. Al Qaidas mål er å skape krig mellom islam og Vesten, bekrefter Osama bin Ladens tidligere livvakt, Nasser Ahmad Nasser Al-Bahri i et intervu med London-avisen Al-Quds Al-Arabi.

«A large number of Al-Qa’ida operatives have entered Iraq and they are currently fighting in the ranks of the Iraqi resistance… The problem is that today Al-Qa’ida is not an organization in the true sense of the word but only an idea that has become a faith.
Irak:
«Many among the youth have begun to believe in Al-Qa’ida’s views and beliefs regarding the struggle against America. Abu Mus’ab Al-Zarkawi was in Afghanistan and in Kabul. He met with Osama bin Laden a great many times, but I do not believe that he is number one in the Al-Qa’ida organization, since Al-Qa’ida has Iraqi leaders present on the ground in Iraq and they are not in need of Al-Zarkawi.»

Al-Bahri sier noe interessant om Saudi-Arabia: sheikene som tidligere oppfordret til jihad og handling, har nå trukket seg tilbake og tar avstand fra angrep på utlendinger, selv om det var den logiske konklusjon på deres prekener.

Sikkerhetsstyrkene går så brutalt frem at det provoserer frem motstand fra folk som opprinnelig tok avstand fra vold.

«I think that it is the stupid policies of the Saudi government regarding these people. Those who blew up the Al-Muhaya compound spoke in their recorded messages on the internet sites about the fact that they went to the Jihad with the permission and sanction of the state and with the encouragement of Sheikh Sa’d Al-Bureik, Sheikh ‘A’idh Al-Qarni, and Sheikh Salman Al-Odeh, as well as many others who incited among these young men. However, when the struggle against the government began, the youth were surprised to find that the same sheikhs who in the past had urged them on, now disavowed them. Not only that, but people like Sheikh Sa’d Al-Bureik and Sheikh ‘Ai’dh Al-Qarni have even begun to attack these youth, despite the fact that their actions were the logical outcome of their own lectures, sermons, [and] classes…

«The operations in Saudi Arabia were reactions [against the Saudi government]. The case of Abd Allah Al-Ma’badi, whom I know personally, is a good example. Not only was he opposed to the idea of [perpetrating] operations in Saudi Arabia, he was even against any operation that would harm Saudi Arabia. How, then, did he end up committing an operation in Saudi Arabia? Abd Al-Aziz Al-Muqrin was also completely opposed to the idea [of operations in Saudi Arabia]. What caused him to carry out such an attack was the fact that [members of] the [Saudi] Criminal Investigations Department broke into Abd Allah Al-Ma’badi’s house [in which Al-Muqrin was staying at the time], they beat Al-Muqrin’s mother and broke his brother’s hand, and broke into his sister’s bedroom. What can you expect from a guy who was in solitary confinement for a year and five months for no reason other than that he went to [fight] the Jihad?»

According to Al-Bahri, the armed operations against Saudi Arabia will continue.

På spørsmål hvorfor Saddam ble tatt, mens Osama fremdeles er på frifot, svarer Al-Bahri at Saddam har mange mørke sider, mens Osama blir elsket over hele verden. Han bekrefter at Al Qaida ønsker krig mellom islam og Vesten.

«The Al-Qa’ida organization’s goal from its inception is to sow conflict between the United States and the Islamic world. I remember that Sheikh Osama bin Laden used to say that we can not, as an organization, continue in quality operations,(3) but rather we must aspire to commit operations that will drag the United States into a regional confrontation with the Islamic peoples.»

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