Ah! Christmas In July: Afghan ‘Winter Of Hell’ Threat
(Sky News)
An al Qaeda commander who escaped from a US prison has threatened international forces with a “winter of hell” in Afghanistan.
Abu Yahia al Libi - who fled Bagram jail in 2005 - is believed to be behind an audio message posted on an Islamic militant website.
In the seven-minute recording, he assures Osama bin Laden that the mujahideen in Afghanistan have got stronger.
Al Libi praises fighters with poetry, calling them a “shining star in this dark age and a luminous moon in its dark sky”.
He says Islamic fighters in Afghanistan “are going through continuous triumphs … and are in a better shape compared with what they had been before.”
The message says they are “attacking the Christian and apostate enemies in their own bases with suicide operations and sudden attacks and wide sweeps and tight raids and intensive bombing”.
Al Libi said militants are “determined to turn the upcoming winter to hell for the infidels”.
He also appealed for religious scholars to offer guidance to fighters.
“The mujahideen trust you … and you might not know how much you have influence on them,” he said.
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