Message from Majed al-Majed to Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri

Leader of Abdullah Azzam Brigade [Killed under torture after being captured by Lebanese forces]

A few days after the creation of the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham.

1. I am sending you this message hoping you are in the best of health and that God might bless you and aid you.
2. I am talking to you after Shaikh al-Bagdadi a United State in Syria and Iraq, and when Shaykh al-Jawlani rejected it.
3. And the consequences of the two speeches and the Fitnah that will occur if God does not help the Mujahidin realize the Fitnah and contain it.
4. I would like to connect the events of today to those in the past. A year ago we sent a letter to Abu Yahya al-Libby.
5. And There's a version of it at Shaykh **** where we pointed at certain things in regards to the Shami arena and its attributes.
6. And issues regarding the Jihad before the revolution and in it were some recomondations/plans which he could correct and comment on.
7. His reply was that he did not disagree with almost anything and that he stressed on the same points to the Islamic State of Iraq.
8. The war in Syria will be long, and will have effects on Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan and as for Shaykh al-Baghdadi's announcement of a State;
9. We say that, having analyzed the situation, that if it (ISIS) continues that it will break the back of the Jihad in Sham.
10. It will divide the Jihadi groups and will enable the enemy to squeeze in and turn one group against the other.
11. Sometimes in the open and sometimes using media, spies, neighboring countries and influencing the naive/weakminded.
12. And that's for some reasons. For example:
13. FIRST REASON: Nusra being unable to carry the burden of having a State (by itself). As well as not having reached the Shari (Islamic) conditions of creating a state.
14. And is unable from a realistic point of view to carry the burden of costs and duties.
15. And is unable to deal with what it will face, domestically and internationally whether it be friend or foe, agent or sincere or those deceived.
16. And this is what Jawlani himself meant when he refused the creation of a State by an audio announcement
17. And even though we advice each other in private like now, we find that because of the danger of the situation that he had to go public.
18. And I say that people that are aware sincere will confront this project and nobody should call them traitors/agents based on flimsy evidence and in some cases mere thought like some brothers do.
19. And the majority of Mujahidin do not find this the right time to anounce a state, and find it to be rushing it.
20. And they find it that it will corrupt the Jihad and help the enemy. Whether you agree with this or not you have to know that this will cause a clash.  
21. And this clash needs not but mere provocation to ignite. And this with the way the two sides look at each other with suspicion.
22. Because they are sensitive to the Iraqi experience, and do not trust our brothers there.
23. And they find that they have no islamic discipline or political understanding that makes them suitable to run a state which is supported by the Mujahidin.
24. So they will not respond to this call, not because they don't want it (Islamic State) but because it's rushing it and how they see the runners of the project.
25. So how will the two sides meet? And one would wonder that if a group by itself is able to announce a state it that it would be able...
26. to contain the others and being just to them and fair and ignoring their mistakes and working on winning them over.
27. And we don't see any group as being able to do this, knowing that they will be fought through media and on the ground.
28. Not a single group can reach the people which will equal what all the others can reach to distort their image by using their mistakes against them.
29. Which will lead them (ISIS) to look at all the other groups in a negative way.
30. And this is how the enemy will manipulate the arena, so the door should be closed while it still can.
31. SECOND REASON: The strength and trust of the brothers will be in the North and East. So this state will redirect all its efforts here.
32. So this State will put all its efforts to consolidate their power in this area and over all the other (opposing sides).
33. This will take all the time of the Mujahidin and revolutionaries, and this is something the regime and the Americans want.
34. Because all the Jihadi and revolutionary work will be attracted towards North and East.
35. So the Americans can use their secular puppets and focus on the most important areas in the country like Homs and Damascus.
36. So that they can achieve something which they were unable to achieve for over two years!
37. Because the Western problem is geographical and the danger of these areas to their interests if they go out of control.
38. And controlling these important areas will save them, and they will agree with the regime in one way or the other.
39. So where will the force be that can stop them? They will be depleted in other areas.
40. So if they (West/Assad) are capable to win in these areas (Damascus/Homs) they will make it a launching ground to kick them out from the other areas.
41. After the brothers have been drained from unimportant battles.
42. THIRD REASON: The regime wants to mass where their sect is, so Homs and Lattakia. Where they will get aid from Lebanon and the sea.
43. So it wants to strengthen its power and state there. So it can fight the Mujahidin in other areas with help from the West and East.
44. No matter what the western viewpoint is, whether they want to keep him (Assad) or want to keep a majority of his institutes or replace it with an interm gov.
45. Whatever the answer is it won't be in the interest of Muslims. And the enemy will rip the fruits of their revolution.
46. To create a state submissive to them, like they did in the previous century or with other revolutions.
47. After consulting with others in this group and outside, we see that the announcement of a state in this time and way will be a lifeline for Assad, Israel and West.
48. They will be able to draw Syria in whatever way they want and the Syrian regime/gov which most revolutionaries were against will be an option again.
49. And this is due to the crumbling of the revolutionary body against it. So this announcement strengthens outside projects.
50. Why do we not gather with the other Mujahidin and establish a project even if it has a deficiency.
51. As long as it implements Shariah and is not submissive to the west. This will be toughest project and will need work from all those sincere.
52. And removing all the obstacles in its way and as you know that the revolutionary powers rejected foreign commands and did not accept foreign agents.
53. And they stood with Nusra when it was classified as a terrorist group and fought by the media and west.
54. And the Jihadi groups supported Nusra so working with them is possible and this should be the first priority.
55. And all disputes with them should be solved with Fiqh looking at the legitimate needs of the Ummah.
56. And this is what we see you calling to and inciting the believers to understand so they can rip the fruits of the Jihad.
57. I will end this with another issue, the issue of creating states in this time.
58. The international regime, even though its weakening is still able to mass their agents into war against anyone they want.
59. And the Islamic people have become the driving force, they have the ambition and desire but they are lacking the Shar'i/Islamic and political awareness.
60. So I hope you address this issue from a Fiqhi perspective especially in this new era.
61. Is this a stage of establishing states or stage of creating awareness & attracting the Ummah to goals of jihadi program in prep for next stage?
62. Dont we need more Jihad and patience until the international regime and America are unable to prevent the rise of an Islamic State.
63. We ask Allah to preserve you with what you have been tasked.