QUESTION: A new video from #AQAP is out w/info that suggests the Saudi Airman, responsible for the attack at the #PensacolaNAS was in communication with them. Is this video legitimate? We ask @FightExtremism Sr. Director Hans-Jakob Schindler. Follow this thread for his answer.
"In the video (put out by @siteintelgroup) AQAP claims that they are responsible for the attack. As far as the video is concerned, it features the will of the attacker, which was clearly made before the attack. Therefore, I would give the video some credibility"
"Furthermore, AQAP has links into Saudi Arabia and has several times attacked targets in Saudi Arabia, including most famously the attempt to kill the Saudi Crown prince in 2009."
"Therefore, I would not doubt AQAP's ability to recruit someone in Saudi Arabia and be patient until the individual is in the best position to do a headline attack."
Here is a short bio that we have on al-Rimi from
counterextremism.com/extremists/qas…, and thanks to Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, former head of the UN Al Qaida Taliban monitoring team, now Sr. Director at @FightExtremism.
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