Voices of Jihad - RAND Corporation

“We entered and found young Arabian men wearing Aramco
company uniforms. They asked us, ‘What is the matter? What happened?’
We told them, ‘Do not fear, we do not want you, we want the
Americans.’
“. . . All present in the reception area were very surprised. They all
asked, ‘What is the matter? Who are you?’ We told them: ‘We are jihad
fighters and we want the Americans. We did not come to raise our
weapons in the faces of Muslims. We came to purify the Arabian Peninsula
from infidels and polytheists who kill our brethren in Afghanistan
and Iraq, in accordance with the will of our Prophet, Muhammad,
peace and blessings upon him. We want you to lead us to them.’
“We headed upstairs. The building contained a number of companies.
There were a number of doors. Whenever we opened a door, we
found a large hall containing many desks, and a main office with a
glass front.
“We entered into one of the companies and found an American infidel
who appeared to be the director. I entered into his office and called
to him, and when he looked at me, I shot him in the head, which
exploded. We entered another office and found another infidel. Our
brother Hussein (we ask God to accept from him and from us) cut his
throat—this was the South African infidel.
. . . .
“We left the company and found our heroic brother Nimr standing
at the entrance to the company. He was drinking some water [and
appeared] as though he was [as relaxed as if he were] on a pleasant
walk, such was his bravery, may God have mercy on him. We exited
and got into our vehicle, and found forces that had rushed to defend
the Americans. Perhaps some of them were Marines. We engaged them
for the third time. The strange cowardice was clear in their actions, for
they stayed far away, while we were approaching them.
. . . .
“We proceeded to the third and most fortified location. Our plan
was to remain in the vehicle until we came next to the American
Humvee. When we came alongside it, the brothers stuck their heads
out the windows and began to shout ‘God is greater’ and fire at them. I
saw the skull of the soldier behind the machine gun explode before me,
praise God, and I think the driver was killed also.
“We had planned to enter from the exit gateway and, as soon as we
were in, I would blow up the vehicle in their midst, so that the brothers
could continue to force their way in.
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