Al Qaida Leader behind 1998 US Embassy Bombings Killed

In a video released by GIMF, the Global Ismalic Media Front, it was revealed that Abu Talha al Sudani, aka Tariq Abdullah, was killed more than a year ago. Abu Talha al Sudani was a senior al Qaida operative who was behind the 1998 US Embassy bombings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya. H/T: Bill Roggio via Dr. Rusty

From Long War Journal

Al Qaeda has reported one of its senior operatives in eastern Africa was killed during fighting in Somalia more than one year ago. Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, a senior al Qaeda operative in eastern Africa, announced the death of Abu Talha al Sudani while discussing the May 1 airstrike that killed Aden Hashi Ayro, the leader of Shabab in Somalia.

"And before him [Ayro], more than a year ago, our leader was martyred, the leader of the mujahideen in Somalia, Abu Talha al Sudani, while he was leading one of the battalions of the mujahideen,” according to a translation provided by Nick Grace. “And this is the first time that we make it public." Grace monitors al Qaeda and other jihadi forums.

The 24 minute video is the latest evidence that shows how al Shabaad is reaching out to al Qaida in an effort to merge together. The video features an al Qaida operative, Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, aka Abu Yusuf along with al Shabaab spokesman Mukhtar Robow.

The video includes short clips of Nabhan meeting with Shabab spokesman Mukhtar Robow, aka Abu Mansur, and training Jihadis at a terror training camp. He declares that the camps are open for anyone and calls for Muslim youth in Africa to come to Somalia. "Oh Muslim youth everywhere, don't forget the calls of your brothers in Somalia," he said. "What are you waiting for if you do not wage Jihad now? When will you wage Jihad? Oh Muslim youth! Free your brothers from the nightmare of oppression and the hammer of punishment. Seek death so that you will be offered life, come forward to Jihad so that you will be granted dignity in this life and in the next... I say, people of Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, Uganda and Chad! Will you not take your share of the Jihad? Will you nut rush to the help of your brothers in the army of difficulty? We are waiting for reinforcement from Sudan and Yemen, of wisdom and faith. Rise up from your seats in the house of your mothers and join in the caravan of the protectors of Tawheed in the forests of glory and dignity and be among those who raise the black banner in Somalia, the first time after the invasion of the Abyssinian rabble."

Cross-post at The Jawa Report