In an audio message released to jihadist forums today, Harith bin Ghazi al Nadhari (also known as Muhammad al Murshidi), an official in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), denounced the recent crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.  Al Nadhari charged that the actions taken by Egyptian security personnel against the Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters on Aug. 14 constituted a "serious crime."

...With regard to Afghanistan, al Nadhari praised Taliban emir Mullah Omar and the Afghan people for continuing "jihad" against the United States.  "America is retreating, pulling the tails of military defeat, as the Soviet Union pulled before, and before her, Britain," the AQAP official proclaimed. 

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