Interview with Haji Muslim Khan, Chief Spokesman of Tehrik-e-Taliban Swat Valley (Pakistan) (Part 2 of 2) (May 2009)
The NEFA Foundation has released part 2 of its exclusive interview with Haji Muslim Khan, the chief spokesman for Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the restive Swat Valley. During the second part of the interview, Khan addressed the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States and the Taliban view regarding future terrorist attacks inside U.S. borders. Regarding 9/11, according to Khan, "We can't tell [if] this plan [was] from Jews or from Afghanistan. [Even] if this is from Afghanistan, so you have killed how many? ...Regardless how many million they killed on 9/11, how many millions did they kill in Afghanistan, the USSR? And how many million did they kill in south and in Yugoslavia--everywhere. But they're thinking of only the 9/11 attack." Khan insisted that because U.S.-backed forces have "killed civilians here, so they [the mujahideen] must attack there, attack in the United States."
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Interview with Haji Muslim Khan, Chief Spokesman of Tehrik-e-Taliban Swat Valley (Pakistan) (Part 1 of 2) (April 2009)
The NEFA Foundation has obtained an exclusive English-language interview with Haji Muslim Khan, the spokesman of Tehrik-e-Taliban Swat Valley (Pakistan). During the interview, conducted on April 27, Muslim Khan discussed the Taliban implementation of Shariah law in Swat and neighboring regions. When asked about the notion of "moderate Taliban" versus "hardline Taliban", Khan began laughing and replied, "No, there is no difference... they are the same." Khan also accused U.S. President Barack Obama of ordering a Pakistani military attack on the TTP in Swat, referring to Obama as "an enemy of Islam and Muslims."
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Exclusive Video of Recently Convicted Defendants in the Ft. Dix Case (December 2008)
The NEFA Foundation has obtained an exclusive video of the recently convicted defendants in the Fort Dix, New Jersey homegrown terrorism case training with firearms, apparently in Pennsylvania. The video, recorded with a cell phone, depicts one of the men teaching a small child how to fire a weapon. For more information on this case, see the NEFA Foundation "Target America" report, NEFA's comprehensive library of trial exhibits, and NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann's expert witness report.
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Exclusive New Interview with Maulana Faquir Mohammed (October 2008)
The NEFA Foundation has obtained an exclusive new interview with Maulana Faquir Mohammed, deputy commander of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). During the interview, Maulana Faquir insisted that the TTP closely supports the activities of Al-Qaida in Pakistan and Afghanistan because these jihadi operations represent the "will of all Muslims." Faquir also discussed the loyalty of Pakistani Taliban forces to the leader of the Afghan Taliban movement, Mullah Mohammed Omar, recognized by them as "the spiritual leader of the jihadi movement." When asked about Taliban interest in launching 9/11-style attacks on U.S. soil, Faquir assured his audience that Al-Qaida "can plan another such attack. Al-Qaida and the Taliban can do anything they want... and we certainly have the desire to launch one."
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NEFA Exclusive: Video of "Terror Training Camp" in Ontario, Canada (September 16, 2008)
The NEFA Foundation has obtained exclusive footage of a would-be "terrorist training camp" that took place near Washago, Ontario, in a rural section of Canada in 2006. The camp, directed by CSIS confidential informant Mubin Shaikh, included members of the alleged “Toronto 18” terror cell, who are accused of conspiring to carry out a large-scale terrorist attack in southern Ontario, including plans for truck bombings and storming local buildings such as the Canadian Parliament and the headquarters of the CSIS. The video features footage of the men receiving instruction on the use of handguns, sniper tactics, and basic calisthenics. Crudely edited by its creators to include nasheed music, the video also shows the men practicing evasive driving maneuvers at night in an abandoned parking lot.
The initial public release period for this video has expired, and it is no longer available for unrestricted download on the NEFA Foundation website. Interested parties from media organizations and law enforcement agencies seeking future access to the video should contact the NEFA Foundation directly at info@nefafoundation.org. |
NEFA Exclusives: Video Interviews with Top Pakistani Taliban Spokesman Maulvi Omar (August 29, 2008)
NEFA has obtained two exclusive interviews with Maulvi Omar, the main spokesman for and a Shura Council member of the Pakistani Taliban movement, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). During the first interview, recorded in May 2008, Maulvi Omar emphasized the connection between both the Pakistani and Afghan Taliban movements and Al-Qaida, saying there is no difference between them, and that they are merely different words for the same ideology, working towards precisely the same goals. Similarly, he accuses former Pakistani President General Pervaiz Musharraf together with the U.S. and its international allies of having "crusader" and "infidel" designs against the entire Muslim world and, as such, are to be considered irreconcilable enemies of Islam. During the second interview, obtained by NEFA in August 2008, Maulvi Omar declared the TTP to be in total control of Pakistan's tribal areas. Maulvi Omar further claimed that all other local mujahideen militias—including foreign Uzbek militants and tribal fighters—have all been either incorporated into the TTP, or expelled from the tribal areas. He denies reports that al-Zawahiri was wounded, or even ever at the location, of the recent U.S. airstrikes in Damadola. Omar even suggests a link between the TTP and several terrorist attacks in Western countries—including the July 7, 2005 suicide bombings in London, which he claimed were planned from Bajaur.
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Interview with Taliban Commander Sirajuddin Haqqani (August 18, 2008)
The NEFA Foundation has obtained video of a conversation with Taliban Deputy Commander Sirajuddin Haqqani, the son of the infamous Afghan mujahideen leader Jalaluddin Haqqani. Though only in his early thirties, Haqqani is considered one of the most powerful Taliban military commanders in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and has been rumored as a possible internal political rival to the current Taliban administration of Mullah Mohammed Omar. Haqqani has freely acknowledged his role in organizing recent terrorist attacks in the Afghan capital Kabul, and his partnership with foreign fighters arriving from elsewhere in the Muslim world. This video was made by Rahimullah Yousufzai, a veteran reporter/analyst based in Peshawar.
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NEFA Exclusive: Video of Haji Namdar Interview (August 16, 2008)
The NEFA Foundation has released excerpts of an exclusive interview with Haji Namdar, who was shot to death at a mosque in Khyber Agency on August 13, 2008; the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan took credit for the attack. Among the most well-known radical ‘leaders’ in Khyber, Namdar served as head of the now-defunct militant organization ‘Amr Bilmaroof Wa Nahi Anilmunkar; he also joined forces with Mangal Bagh, supporting him in the recent clashes against government forces. On June 30, 2008, Namdar’s house was destroyed during the recent military offensive ordered by Islamabad. NEFA interviewed Haji Namadar at an undisclosed location in the Bar Qambarkhel area, Khyber Agency on May 2, 2008, one day after he was unsuccessfully targeted by a Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) suicide bomber.
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NEFA Exclusive: Interview with Pakistani Taliban Commander Maulvi Faqir Mohammad (June 17, 2008)
The NEFA Foundation has obtained an exclusive video-recorded interview with Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, a senior commander of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and an acknowledged deputy of notorious Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud. When asked during the interview whether the TTP would host Usama Bin Laden and fugitive Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar as guests in northwestern Pakistan, Faqir responded, "Throughout the world, a war is being fought under the leadership of Sheikh Usama and Amir al-Mumineen Mullah Mohammad Omar. The war against America and its allies has being going on under the leadership of these two personalities. We have stated that if we were given the honor of hosting these guests, it would be a great privilege for us… We consider them as our leaders. They are Muslim heroes. The activities of both these leaders are against the U.S. and its allies." Faqir also boasted of having personally met with both Usama Bin Laden and Mullah Omar inside Afghanistan, and confirmed that the TTP has been providing logistical support for foreign nationals traveling through Pakistan to the jihad in Afghanistan: "Traditionally, we do cooperate fully with our guests. The tribals are providing assistance and hospitality to all those guests who are fighting against America."
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NEFA Exclusive: Interview with Taliban Spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid (February 1, 2008)
On January 25, 2008, NEFA Foundation Investigator Claudio Franco conducted a telephone interview with Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid. During the interview, Mujahid discussed the recent suicide bombing of the Serena hotel in Kabul, noting that the attack was an attempt at targeting the Norwegian Foreign Minister. The Taliban spokesman again denied any role in recent turmoil in neighboring Pakistan, insisting, “our activities are inside Afghanistan. This election is an internal matter for Pakistan… we do not care who gets power.” (Click to view English-language text transcript).
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NEFA Exclusive: Interview with Taliban Spokesman Zahidullah Mujahid (January 22, 2008)
On January 4, 2008, NEFA Foundation Investigator Claudio Franco conducted a telephone interview with Taliban spokesman Zahidullah Mujahid. During the interview, Mujahid strongly denied any suggestion that Taliban elements in either Pakistan or Afghanistan were behind the recent assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. The Taliban spokesman also denied that two European diplomats expelled from Afghanistan in late December were involved in any negotiations with Taliban officials. (Click to view English-language text transcript).
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NBC News Airs NEFA Terror Training Camp Video from Afghanistan (September 11, 2007)
NEFA Investigator Claudio Franco was interviewed during an NBC Nightly News segment by Senior Investigative Correspondent Lisa Myers about his trip to observe an underground Taliban training camp operating north of the Afghan capital Kabul. Asked if they would be ready to strike as "martyrdom volunteers" on targets in Western countries, the men responded, "Allah willing, we will, once we have defeated the infidels. if we are still alive, we will go to other countries and push the infidels out from other Islamic countries." They also acknowledged that "there are mujahideen coming to us from various countries to carry out martyrdom missions... They are coming from Islamic countries, even from Europe, America, (Australia) and from all over the world, to train and, yes, also for suicide attacks."
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Interview with Mullah Dadullah, former military commander of the Taliban (May 10, 2007)
Thirty-six hours before he was killed by U.S. forces, Taliban Commander Mullah Dadullah said he was training American and British citizens to carry out suicide missions in their home countries, according to a videotaped interview obtained by the NEFA Foundation and broadcast on ABC News' "World News." "We will be executing attacks in Britain and the U.S. to demonstrate our sincerity," he told an Afghan interviewer, "to destroy their cities as they have destroyed our cities."
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Interview with Mullah Dadullah, former military commander of the Taliban (April 8, 2007)
In a new interview recorded on April 8 and obtained exclusively by the NEFA Foundation, Taliban military commander Mullah Dadullah boasted that "Muslims from Britain, America, and other countries" are currently attending terrorist training camps inside Afghanistan. According to Dadullah, "It is no secret that we have people from Britain, the U.S., Chechnya, and Turkey... Among these men, there are suicide bombers who desire to return home to their countries of origin and carry out suicide attacks."
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Video of Protest by Islamic Militants Outside the Israeli Embassy in New York (April 2006)
On April 17, 2006, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) suicide bomber killed nine Israelis in an attack on a restaurant in Tel Aviv. Three days later--thanks to ongoing surveillance of extremist communication networks--NEFA investigators were on hand to videotape a rally held outside the Israeli consulate in midtown Manhattan by the so-called "Islamic Thinkers Society" in order to demonstrate their support for anti-Israeli suicide bombings. The Islamic Thinkers Society is a faction of the U.K.-based extremist movement formerly known as Al-Muhajiroun. In 2003, a British member of Al-Muhajiroun carried out a suicide bomb attack at a British-themed restaurant in Tel Aviv, killing three bystanders.
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Video of Protest by Islamic Militants Outside the Danish Embassy in London (Feb. 2006)
The January 2006 republication of cartoons from Denmark lampooning the Prophet Mohammed has caused a growing wave of bitter anger and violence to spread throughout the Muslim world--and likewise among well-organized groups of extremists living in Western nations. On February 3, a U.K.-based militant faction formerly known as "Al-Muhajiroun" ("The Emigrants") helped organize a raucous demonstration outside the Danish, Norwegian, and French embassies in central London. Video excerpts from the demonstration are now available for download c/o the NEFA Foundation website.
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