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October 25, 2007
Special Dispatch No.1749

Jihad Commander in Afghanistan Sheikh Al-Ustadh Yasser in New Al-Sahab Video: "The American is an Infidel Fighting the Muslims – Hence, the Muslims Must Fight Him Everywhere"

On October 21, 2007, the Islamist website Al-Ekhlaas, hosted by Layered Technologies, Inc. in Texas, USA, posted a 90-minute video, produced by Al-Sahab, featuring an interview with Afghani jihad commander Sheikh Muhammad Yasser (known as Sheikh Al-Ustadh Yasser). The sheikh was released from an Afghan prison in March 2007 in exchange for an Italian journalist abducted by the Taliban.

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