New Martyrdom Video from Saudi Al-Qaida Leader

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Last Updated (Monday, 29 November 1999 19:00) Written by Evan Kohlmann Saturday, 18 March 2006 19:00

On March 15, Al-Qaida’s Committee in the Arabian Peninsula released the first edition of a new video series titled “Blood that will never be forgotten” commemorating its “martyred” operatives in Saudi Arabia.  This first edition, subtitled “The Battle of Al-Yarmuk District in Eastern Riyadh” featured the recorded will of Al-Qaida commander Fahd bin Farraj al-Juwair al-Farraj, who headed the organization at the time of his death.  Al-Farraj—one of the original participants at the notorious Al-Battar training camp inside Saudi Arabia during 2002-2003—was also named by Al-Qaida as the mastermind behind the failed February 2006 suicide bomb attack on a major oil refinery in the eastern Saudi town of Abqaiq.  On February 27, only days after the clash at Abqaiq, al-Farraj was killed in a shootout with Saudi police in an affluent section of the capital Riyadh.

- English transcript of martyrdom video from Fahd al-Farraj
Video of al-Farraj at the Al-Battar training camp in Saudi