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MEMRI Daily: Septemeber 1, 2012 Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Weekend Summary Final Week Of Special Summer Subscription Offer MEMRI | MEMRI TV | JIHAD AND TERRORISM THREAT MONITOR | SOUTH ASIA STUDIES PROJECT

The following are some of this week's reports from the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Project, which translates and analyzes content from sources monitored around the clock – among them the most important jihadi websites and blogs. (To view these reports in full, you must be a paying member of the JTTM; for membership information, send an email tojttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject line.) Final Week Of Special Summer Subscription Offer MEMRI offers an additional option for jihad and terrorism news – the Global Jihad News (GJN) website (http://www.memriglobaljihadnews.org/). Access is by annual subscription – now available at a special price of $260; to subscribe, visit the MEMRI E-Store and use the discount code SUMMER 2012 at checkout.  Note to media and government: For a full copy of these reports, send an email with the title of the report in the subject line to media@memri.org. Please include your name, title, and organization in your email.  Image Of Nidal Hasan Posted On Leading Jihadist Forum, Members Pray For His Release On August 26, 2012, Gharib Al-Ghurabaa, a senior member of the leading jihadi forum Shumoukh Al-Islam, published a new image of Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Hasan wearing a long beard and what appeared to be orange prison outfit. In Eid-ul-Fitr Message, Hizb-e-Islami Chief Hekmatyar Urges Jihad Against America, Accuses West Of Starting 'Genocide' Against Muslims In Myanmar  In an Eid-ul-Fitr message, Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan Chief Gulbuddin Hekmatyar urged his followers to pursue the path of jihad in Afghanistan, saying that a solution to the Afghan issue cannot be achieved as long as foreign troops are present in the country. Hekmatyar also accused the West of working against the Islamic world, stating that Iraq was attacked and suppressed so it could no longer pose a security threat to Israel, that the West is targeting Pakistan and Iran, and that it has started a "genocide against Muslims in Myanmar." Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan is the second largest militia in Afghanistan, after the Taliban. His Eid-ul-Fitr message was published on a Pashtu-language website. On Forum, Jihadist's Call to Take Down U.S. State Department Digital Outreach Team's YouTube Channel Receives Minimal Response On August 26, 2012, "Ansar Al-Mujahedeen," a member of the leading jihadi forum Shumoukh Al-Islam, posted an item titled "Media Raid On Digital Outreach Team, Participation Is Mandatory," targeting the official YouTube channel of the U.S. State Department's Digital Outreach Team (DOT).  AQIM: MOJWA Has Extended Till Friday Deadline For Prisoner Exchange To Free Algerian Diplomat On August 30, 2012, the jihadi organization Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) announced that its affiliate group Harakat Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad Fi Gharbi Afriqia (MOJWA) had agreed to extend by three days the deadline it had given the Algerian authorities to effect a prisoner exchange for the release of Algerian diplomat Al-Taher Al-Tawati, whom it has held prisoner in Mali.  In Exclusive Video, Algerian Diplomat Abducted In Mali By Radical Group MOJWA Urges Algeria To Negotiate On August 26, 2012, the Mauritanian news website Saharamedias.net published an exclusive video featuring Algerian diplomat Al-Taher Al-Tawati, who was abducted in April 2012 along with the Algerian consul and two others in an attack on the Algerian Consulate in Gao, Mali by the radical group Harakat Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad Fi Gharbi Afriqia (MOJWA). In the video, Al-Taher Al-Tawati, who is the Algerian military attaché, urged his government to negotiate with the group and to exchange imprisoned jihadis for him and the other hostages. Man Crucified By Al-Qaeda-Affiliated Ansar Al-Shari'a For Allegedly Directing U.S. Drones In Yemen – Video Posted On YouTube – Warning: Graphic Images On August 27, 2012, a member of the leading jihadi forum Shumoukh Al-Islam posted a YouTube link to a video showing a man accused of spying for the U.S. by placing chips to direct drones targeting terrorists being crucified on an electric pylon in Abyan province in south of Yemen. A sign placed above the man's head shows the group's flag and verse 5:33 of the Koran, which reads: "The recompense of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and do mischief in the land is only that they shall be killed or crucified or their hands and their feet be cut off from opposite sides, or be exiled from the land. That is their disgrace in this world, and a great torment is theirs in the Hereafter." AQIM Commander Calls On Algerian People To Help Syrian Refugees In Their Country, Unlike The Algerian Government, Which Humiliates And Neglects Them In a 10-minute audio recording titled "Apology To Our Syrian Brethren," Abu Mus'ab 'Abd Al-Wadoud, commander of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), condemns the Algerian authorities for their "cool reception" of the Sunni Syrians who have fled to Algeria, and accuses them of humiliating and neglecting these refugees who have fled the genocide in Syria. He explains that Algeria's policy stems from an approach that regards revolution as a crime, as reflected in its position on the Tunisian and Libyan revolutions, and now in its support for the murderous Syrian regime under the pretext of non-interference in the affairs of other countries. He calls on the Algerian people not to emulate their government, but to help their Syrian brethren until Syria is restored to its "[rightful] owners and religion." 'Abd Al-Wadoud points out that Islam enjoins the Muslims to help even an infidel who asks for their protection, let alone the monotheist Sunni Syrians who have fled the mass-murder perpetrated by the 'Alawite Syrian regime. He stresses that Islam obligates the Algerians to host the refugees and to help them, especially considering that most of them are women, children and elderly people. GIMF Says It Will Provide Regular English Translations Of Al-Shabab's Statements, Welcomes Correspondence From Members On August 29, 2012, the "Language and Translation Department" of the Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF) announced it would provide English translations of statements issued by the Somali jihadi organization Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen on a regular basis. In a statement issued in English and posted on the leading jihadi forum Shumoukh Al-Islam, GIMF explained that its goal in doing so was to "deliver the news clearly," unsullied by "disinformation." Al-Shabab Calls On Kenyan Muslims To Rally Against Their Government Aboud Rogo Following the killing of Aboud Rogo Mohammed, a Kenyan Muslim cleric who was suspected of supporting the Somali jihad organization Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen and was shot in Mombassa on August 27, 2012,[1] Al-Shabab issued a communiqué calling on Kenya's Muslims to rally against their government. The communiqué condemns Rogo's killing, which has sparked protests and riots in Kenya, and accuses the Kenyan authorities of executing Muslim clerics without trial. It urges the Muslims in Kenya to come out in defense of their Muslim brethren who are falling victim to "the infidels' deep-seated hatred of Islam and Muslims," else they themselves will fall prey to their government's "evil plots." Afghan Taliban Deny Badruddin Haqqani's Death In Pakistan, Pakistani Taliban Confirm Mullah Dadullah's Death In Afghanistan Mullah Dadullah Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban's umbrella organization in Afghanistan and Pakistan), has rejected media reports that militant commander Badruddin Haqqani was killed in a U.S. drone attack in Pakistan, according to an Afghan website. Badruddin Haqqani is the son of Jalaluddin Haqqani, who leads the Haqqani Network of the Islamic Emirate in carrying out anti-U.S. operations in Afghanistan. Pakistani intelligence officials said that they are 90 percent certain that Badruddin Haqqani was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan on Friday. Report: Hizb-e-Islami Militants Taking Advantage Of Anti-Taliban Uprisings In Afghanistan Anti-Taliban uprising leaders in Afghanistan In Afghanistan, senators have warned that Hizb-e-Islami militants are taking advantage of the anti-Taliban uprisings in southern and eastern regions of Afghanistan, according to an Afghan website. Hizb-e-Islami is the second largest militant organization in Afghanistan, after the Taliban. An uprising of students against the Taliban control was first reported in Ghazni province in late June, but similar protests and armed uprisings against the Taliban have since spread to several districts in Nangarhar, Faryab, Laghman, and Badghis provinces, according to an August 26 report on the Afghan website Tolonews.com. Please remember the environment b