 In response to NATO's upcoming Chicago summit on Afghanistan, the Afghan Taliban urged Americans and citizens of NATO member countries to arrange large-scale protests prior to the meeting.  Nokhba Jihadi Media, a jihadist media group, released a video of a Friday sermon given by Awad Muhammad Ba Nijar, a Yemeni cleric, regarding the current state of Yemen and calling to support al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).  A jihadist gave an "exclusive" picture of Abu Naseer al-Saya'ari, an Ansar al-Shariah member who carried out a suicide bombing against a Yemeni military site in Marib on February 15, 2012.  Masada al-Mujahideen claimed setting a fire in a residential complex in Umm al-Fahm, a city in Haifa district of Israel.  The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement reported that elements from its "special forces" brigade killed a high-ranking Burundian officer in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, and took documents from him.  Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri called upon Yemenis to continue their revolution against their government and demand the ouster of President Abu Rabbuh Mansur and all corrupt politicians who obey American orders.  The Afghan Taliban promoted its new military offensive, "al-Farooq," and announced that fighters have already infiltrated the ranks of the Afghan army and police and are "impatiently waiting" to strike NATO-led ISAF forces.  The al-Nusra Front denied the authenticity of a video attributed to it that claimed the twin car bombings in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on May 10, 2012, that killed 55 people.  Ansar al-Islam released a video of its fighters attacking Iraqi military barracks in the city of Mosul in Ninawa province of Iraq. The 23-minute video is produced by the group's media arm, al-Ansar Foundation, and is the fifth episode in its "Protectors of the House" series.  Madad News Agency reported on a revenge attack carried out by Ansar al-Shariah in Lahaj province of Yemen, and the group's visit to child victims of a US drone strike in Shabwa.  A fighter in the Afghan-Pakistan region announced that a fellow fighter from Oman, Abu Hamza al-Omani AKA Imran Bin Abdullah bin Khamis al-Balochi, was killed in a US airstrike on May 5, 2012. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a posthumous guide authored by Samir Khan for what Muslims should expect in the jihadi battlefields.  Madad News Agency released a video showing a delegation of scholars and tribal officials meeting with Ansar al-Shariah for the release of the 73 Yemeni soldier it held.  A jihadist called upon fighters in Iraq to strike oil pipelines, explaining that Iraqi Shi'ites, Iran, and the United States benefit from the oil while the Sunnis receiving nothing.  The Afghan Taliban reported that an Afghan soldier killed 12 NATO-led ISAF forces inside a military base in Kunar province of eastern Afghanistan. Masada al-Mujahideen claimed an act of arson in a warplane factory in Haifa, Israel, two days after alleging to have set a fire at a military base in Ashkelon in Israel's South District. The al-Nusra Front claiming responsibility for the May 5, 2012, twin bombing on a central Damascus highway.  Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri called upon Somalis to defy the February 2012 London conference on Somalia and embrace jihad.  Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released an English-language booklet containing a collection of the "methodological instructions, words and poetry" of former al-Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden.  A jihadist drew conclusions from a recent speech by Abu Sufyan al-Azdi, the deputy leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), as it regards Saudi male prisoners supporting female prisoners. |
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