On 16 September, a jihadist website posted a statement issued by Jaysh al-Mujahidin [Al-Mujahidin Army] in reaction to the recent statements of Pope Benedict XVI on Islam.
The following is a translation of the statement.
Statement by the Shari'ah Commission of Jaysh al-Mujahidin on the Statements on the Pope of the Vatican
In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
Never will the Jews or the Christians be satisfied with thee unless thou follow their form of religion. Say: "The Guidance of Allah,-that is the (only) Guidance." Wert thou to follow their desires after the knowledge which hath reached thee, then wouldst thou find neither Protector nor helper against Allah. [Koranic verses]
We, and many others, have not been surprised by the statements of the Pope and his attempt to attack and cast doubt on the religion of God, which God accepted for his slaves. God says:
If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to Allah), never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter He will be in the ranks of those who have lost (All spiritual good). [Koranic verses]
The developments that have taken place since the collapse of the Islamic state in Andalusia at the hands of the Crusaders, including the Inquisition, the Crusader wars, the events in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq, have all shown that Zionized Christianity and rancorous Crusaders, who believe in the Trinity and adhere to the myth of the Son of God (High is Allah above what they associate with Him!), are a poisonous dagger and a treacherous sword. Those people, along with their agents and stooges, and world Judaism and all the anti-Islam forces of darkness behind them, have been slaughtering the sons of the creed of monotheism and the bearers of the banner of "there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah." Those people have always been hostile to us and allied with our enemies.
By supporting the Jews in Palestine, this clique managed to settle in the place to which the prophet, God's mercy and blessings be upon him, traveled on his night journey, and its environs. By turning a blind eye to the crimes of the Communists, and in fact helping them, the Muslim people in the land of the Balkan were slaughtered, their honor was violated, and their mosques were destroyed. The calamity that has hit Afghanistan and Iraq these days is the treacherous knife of the cross. So, this is their truth and this is their habit. They antagonize our religion and they respect neither ties of kinship nor covenant. Hatred has already appeared from their mouths, through their Pope. What their hearts conceal is far worse. No wonder if they utter a word or express a position. Had they not been concerned about their interests, the Pope and his priests would have bared their teeth.
Did not Allah check one set of people by means of another, there would surely have been pulled down monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques, in which the name of Allah is commemorated in abundant measure. Allah will certainly aid those who aid his (cause);- for verily Allah is full of Strength, Exalted in Might, (able to enforce His Will). [Koranic verses]
They fear the giant of Islam and his might, which they have experienced throughout history.
Thou wilt indeed find them, of all people, most greedy of life,-even more than the idolaters: Each one of them wishes He could be given a life of a thousand years: But the grant of such life will not save him from (due) punishment. For Allah sees well all that they do. [Koranic verses]
The fabricated clamor by the statements of the Pope may be intended to serve many objectives, including leveling accusations at this religion and drawing the attention of laymen to certain suspicions that they raise because they saw how Islam is spreading fast in their countries and many of them are embracing it. We tell the rancorous Pope and others like him:
Fain would they extinguish Allah's light with thei r mouths, but Allah will not allow but that His light should be perfected, even though the Unbelievers may detest (it). [Koranic verses]
We remind him of the tradition of Prophet Muhammad, God's peace and prayer be upon him, when he said: "This matter (Islam) will keep spreading as far as the night and day reach, until Allah will not leave a house made of mud or hair, but will make this religion enter it, while bringing might to a mighty person (a Muslim) and humiliation to a disgraced person (who rejects Islam); might with which Allah elevates Islam (and its people), and disgrace with which Allah humiliates disbelief (and its people)."
In conclusion, we say:
By the Lord of the universe their cross
In the heart of Rome shall be crushed
The soldiers of Muhammad will conquer Rome
By the God of Muhammad this promise will be fulfilled
They shall witness a lethal attack on their Vatican
That will make the Pope and patriarchs cry
God is great. Honor belongs to Allah, His messenger, and the believers.
[Signed] The Shari'ah Commission of Jaysh al-Mujahidin
[Dated] 21 Sha'ban 1427 hegira [corresponding to 14 September]

Residents of Dagestan are tired of tasteless shows, meaningless humours and asexual creatures who have swamped Russian pop music, the imams of Makhachkala said, when commenting on their list of 20 Russian pop stars who are viewed as personae non grata in Dagestan.

The imam of the central mosque in Makhachkala, Magomed-Rasul Saaduyev, said that the Dagestani board of imams had asked some artists and performers "to seriously think before making trips to Makhachkala".

This "black" list includes such pop singers as Filipp Kirkorov, Sergey Penkin and Boris Moiseyev. Their nontraditional sexual orientation is the reason why Muslim believers do not want to see them in their republic. However, the organizers of concerts do not understand why this list includes such bands as Refleks. Nevertheless, the organizers agreed with the clerical leaders of the republic and cancelled the concerts, including by Refleks, despite financial losses. (RGVK Dagestan, "Vremya Novostey", 1830 gmt, 9 Sep 06)

Rebel militia leader re-emerges to "declare war" on Georgian forces in Kodori

CEP20060910950075 Tbilisi Imedi TV in Georgian 1700 GMT 10 Sep 06

Rebel militia leader re-emerges to "declare war" on Georgian forces in Kodori

Georgian Imedi TV has broadcast fragments of a 10-minute video statement released by rebel militia leader Emzar Kvitsiani. This is the first new television footage of Kvitsiani shown since 30 July, shortly after the Georgian government deployed forces in the Kodori Gorge to suppress a rebellion by Kvitsiani's once loyal militia. In the video Kvitsiani says he is still in the gorge and has "declared war" on Georgian forces there. The Georgian authorities say that Kvitsiani fled the gorge at the end of July, first to Sukhumi, in separatist-controlled Abkhazia, and then to Russia.

Kvitsiani is shown wearing camouflage and a large crucifix, lit by a single candle, and flanked by armed men. Imedi says Georgian security services refused to comment on the new video, which was delivered anonymously to their offices.

"I would like to warn pilots and officers, I would like to warn those to whom I am close and I know, to leave the Kodori Gorge. I have already declared a hunt for helicopters and police officers.

"I wanted to stop all this but to no avail, because you were bloodthirsty. I think there will soon be oceans of blood in your own families which you will not be able to mop up. Therefore it would be better for women and children to leave the gorge.

"We have declared a war and we are prepared for war. Many volunteers have already contacted us, including from the North Caucasus where the Karachay say they have a 300-year debt to us Svans.

"Free our captives immediately. They are not prisoners, they are captives. Moreover, those lads who were captured were the ones who did not agree with me about the revolt."

The video also included a message for Kvitsiani's sister, Nora, who is currently in custody: "I would like to apologize to my sister, Norachka, for the situation she is currently in. However, I am proud of you Nora. You are the one Georgian heroine. Just wait a little while and I will certainly free you. The only reason I feel sorry for you is that you think I am on the run, but know this: You will soon be freed."

Kvitsiani also defended Irakli Batiashvili, the leader of the Forward Georgia movement who is currently in prison awaiting trial on treason charges. Batiashvili was arrested shortly after the Interior Ministry released recordings of a telephone conversation with Kvitsiani in which he apparently supported his revolt.

"I spoke again to Irakli Batiashvili later on. He phoned me and asked me to reconsider, not do it. Batiashvili begged me not to do it. However, the recording of that conversation seems not to have appeared," Kvitsiani said.

Zurab Samushia, the former leader of the White Eagle pro-Georgian militia, which fought in Abkhazia, told "Droeba" that it would be very difficult for Georgia to fight a partisan war in Kodori. Samushia, who once fought alongside Kvitsiani in the early 1990s, says Kvitsiani's actions are "wrong, but he is not a traitor".

Levan Berdzenishvili, a leading member of the opposition Republican Party, told Imedi that he believes Kvitsiani is being backed by the Russian intelligence services.

"If it were not for the talk about Orthodox Christianity, the crucifix and his other accessories, this would look just like an Al-Qa'idah video. Emzar Kvitsiani seems to be intent on proving that the Georgian government was right when it labelled him a traitor. When he threatens to bring in foreigners from the North Caucasus to fight, is that not treachery? There is no longer any doubt that he is linked to and controlled by Russia," he said.

Berdzenishvili liked Kvitsiani's activities to those of exiled pro-Russian opposition leader Igor Giorgadze, some of whose supporters were arrested on 6 September accused of conspiring to overthrow the government

"It is possible that one of them is run by an FSB major, while the other is run by an FSB colonel - their offices are probably next to each other and they are competing," Berdzenishvili said, referring to Kvitsiani and Giorgadze."



[Description of Source: Tbilisi Imedi TV in Georgian -- Commercial TV station owned by a group of investors led by Georgian-born fugitive Russian businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili. The company's website (www.imedi.ge) claims that their broadcasts reach "about 75 percent" of the country's population.]

GMP20060908342026 Jihadist Websites -- OSC Report in Arabic 08 Sep 06


Terrorism: Participant Posts Russian Video Game Showing Suicide Operations, Beheading of American

On 3 September, a jihadist website posted a message with links to a Russian video game about suicide and military operations aimed at children. The participant praised the video and asked viewers to "spread this wonderful technological achievement around." The 15-minute, 3-second video had Russian captions and a song in Arabic and posted the horrific picture of Mr. Burg, an American who was killed and beheaded two years ago in Iraq.

A translation of the message and a description of the video follow:

"Peace and God's blessings be upon you dear brothers in Islam.

[Koranic verse omitted]

Praise be to God. Peace and prayers be upon the prophet of God.

Brothers in Islam, I brought you an unexpected cartoon film [video game] about the operations of suicide, sniping, and fierce battles against the infidels as strange as it sounds.

All you have to do is load this wonderful technological achievement and thank God.

I think when your son watches this film, he will ask you for a suicide operation or say find me a way to go with them.

Listen to what my son says, objecting to his mother when she runs the flash of the Mecca Sniper film of the mujahidin in Iraq. With God's blessings, he is only two and half years old and I am mixed up.

Peace be upon you, the best of prophets, Muhammad, his family, and companions."

A description of the video follows:

The 15-minute, 3-second video starts with a picture of a young man covering his face and holding the head of Mr. Burg, an American who was killed two years ago in Baghdad. A caption follows in Russian with the green flag of Saudi Arabia in the background. A Saudi jihadist song is played along with the Russian game which lasts for 15 minutes before it ends the same way it starts. The game itself is very violent and consists of shootings, sniping, and other attacks.