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Al-Qaida-linked militant warns Assad
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September 10, 2012, Monday
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A JORDANIAN militant leader linked to al-Qaida warned yesterday that his extremist group will launch "deadly attacks" in neighboring Syria to topple President Bashar Assad.
In a speech delivered to a crowd protesting outside the prime minister's office in Amman, Mohammad al-Shalabi, better known as Abu Sayyaf, told Assad that "our fighters are coming to get you."
Abu Sayyaf is the head of the Salafi Jihadi group that produced several al-Qaida linked militants who fought US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past 10 years.
They are also blamed for the 2002 assassination of US aid worker Laurence Foley outside his Amman home.
The militant leader was himself convicted in 2004 of plotting attacks on Jordanian air bases hosting Americans trainers, but served his term and was released last year.
Syria's rebels enjoy widespread sympathy across Sunni Arab countries.
Western officials say there is little doubt that Islamist extremists, including fighters from other Muslim countries, have made inroads in Syria as instability has spread.
Al-Qaida-style suicide bombings in Syria have become increasingly common.
In a speech delivered to a crowd protesting outside the prime minister's office in Amman, Mohammad al-Shalabi, better known as Abu Sayyaf, told Assad that "our fighters are coming to get you."
Abu Sayyaf is the head of the Salafi Jihadi group that produced several al-Qaida linked militants who fought US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past 10 years.
They are also blamed for the 2002 assassination of US aid worker Laurence Foley outside his Amman home.
The militant leader was himself convicted in 2004 of plotting attacks on Jordanian air bases hosting Americans trainers, but served his term and was released last year.
Syria's rebels enjoy widespread sympathy across Sunni Arab countries.
Western officials say there is little doubt that Islamist extremists, including fighters from other Muslim countries, have made inroads in Syria as instability has spread.
Al-Qaida-style suicide bombings in Syria have become increasingly common.
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