Statement on the Recent American Massacre in the Area of Qiffa.

 Yesterday I posted on this Blog pertinent to the American military attack on the AQAP, in Yemen that left Nawar al –Awlaki dead. Here is the official statement from AQAP in Yemen concerning the attack, its aftermath and their continued resolve to fight and kill Americans.   

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The English Translation:

By Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula [AQAP]

All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. Peace and blessings be on the most honourable of prophets and messengers. And henceforth… The American forces have committed a horrific massacre against Muslims in Yemen after they deployed to a village in the area of Qiffa in the middle of the country. As a result, dozens were killed, including a large number of children and women, in an unprecedented event in Yemen. The American soldiers proceeded to shooting children and women in cold blood and left the police dogs to crunch on the corpses of the dead in a scene which shows how devoid of human values these Americans are.

From this position, we offer condolences to all our Muslim brothers for the loss of these martyrs who fell at the hand of America, the protector of the Cross. We specifically condole the honourable and proud Qiffa tribes whose giving for Islam and Jihad has been continuous.

We say to them it is for Allah what He took and for Him what He gave and everything has its worth for Him.

So do not grieve nor despair, for your martyrs are your pride and the pride of every Muslim, and they are your honorable delegation to Allah.

This criminal raid came only a few days after the new American President Trump took the reins of power, thus confirming to the world that America is still the bearer of the banner of criminality against the oppressed in the world and that America persists on targeting Muslim peoples and unjustifiably attacking women and children in the ugliest of images.

What is happening in Yemen today is but a small part of what has befallen our brothers in Afghanistan, Waziristan and Iraq. They are a connected chain of violations and crimes driven by an all-encompassing hatred for every honourable and proud Muslim who seeks the freedom of Islam, the justice of Shariah, and the truth of Allah who says: “They shall keep fighting you until they turn you away from your faith, as much as they can” (Al-Baqara, 218). True was Allah when He said: “And never will the Jews or the Christians approve of you until you follow their religion” (Al-Baqara, 120).

This raid on the area of Qiffa comes in continuation of an American campaign that has not been quiet for months and that particularly targets the Mujahideen in al-Bayda.

The Americans seek to empty this area from the presence of the Mujahideen so that the Houthis can control it after the Mujahideen stopped their advance for two years. This clearly proves to all observers that it is mutual assistance between America and the Houthis, where America takes care of aerial bombing, whereas the Houthis attempt a ground advance on the areas where the Mujahideen do ribat.

This has occurred repeatedly in the last two years in Radaa’ and in the area of Mafraq al-Sa’eed in Shabwah,which indicates the latent American intentions to serve the Houthis and empower them on the ground.

In this respect, we reassure our Muslim brothers everywhere that these American attacks and this escalation will not turn away the Mujahideen, with Allah’s assistance, from honoring the obligation of repulsing the aggression of the invaders and fighting against the aggressors, Such American idiocies only strengthen Mujahideen entrenchment among their honorable brothers and tribes throughout Yemen.

So blood for blood, and destruction for destruction. Allah is our witness in light of this painful event, we bring glad tidings to Muslims that American soldiers had tasted the mettle of the Mujahideen in this failed operation. The heroes of Islam and the sons of Qiffa confronted them and clashed with them for two whole hours, and they shot down an Apache helicopter, with the admission by the enemy. They also killed a number of soldiers and wounded others.

The Americans returned with shame, humiliation and the despicable crime in which they poured all their anger and hatred on children and women without mercy or pity.

They burned two children in the cradle, which is proof of their sheer criminality and the immensity of their revenge.

We urge the honest journalists, activists, rights defenders and the free people all over the world to distribute the images that prove the crime of the Americans in this latest battle.

We urge them to expose these atrocities, because exposing these crimes to the public opinion contributes to repulsing the aggressor instead of letting them do it in the dark.

We say to the protector of the Cross America that by committing these crimes, you are only increasing the anger of the Muslim peoples against you. With these actions, you are only increasing the persistence of the Mujahideen to fight you and to harm you. War is what you see, not what you hear.

Our last prayer is that all praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.

From:  Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

Translated : The Global Islamic Media Front.