Detailed Assessment of "The Abdulhamid Abu Zaid Battle" 2013 Signatories in Blood Video

Above: screen shot of minute mark 00:52Merger Announced, Video ReleasedAl-Minbar Media, apparent propaganda arm of "The Signatories in Blood Brigade," has released a new video. "The Signatories in Blood Brigade," mother of "The Masked Brigade" or "Al-Mulathameen” is headed by the wanted terrorist Mokhtar Belmokhtar (aka Khalid abu al-Abbas).  The Signatories in Blood Brigade merged last month with the Movement for the Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), forming a major Al-Qaida ally in the Sahel region named al-Murabitoune.  Al-Mulathameen gained notoriety with the May 2013 brazen suicide bombings in Niger targeting a French uranium plant and Niger army barracks; and the January 2013 assault on a BP gas facility, bombing parts of the facility and taking hostages including US and European nationals, in In Amenas, Algeria. This video release sheds a better light on the ideology and militant practices of Belmokhtar's force. The video, entitled "The Abdulhamid Abu Zaid…

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Laith Alkhouri

Mr. Alkhouri conducts research and analysis on a wide range of foreign policy and terrorism-related documents in his native tongue, Arabic, and possesses a deep knowledge and understanding of global...