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The jihad files: Qaeda life in Afghanistan

On Aug. 17, 1995, Amir Maawia Siddiqi, the son of a bookshop owner in a small village in Pakistan, set down his oath of allegiance. “I, Amir Maawia Siddiqi, son of Abdul Rahman Siddiqi, state in the presence of God that I will slaughter infidels my entire life,” he wrote. “And with the will of God I will do these killings in the supervision and guidance with Harkat ul Ansar.” Full Story