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The Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades ((アラビア語:كتائب أبو حفص المصري)), or Abu Hafs al-Masri Battalions, is a group which claims to be associated with the Islamic fundamentalist organisation al-Qaida. The group is named after a former policeman Mohammed Atef, aka Abu Hafs, of Egypt, who was a member of Ayman al-Zawahiri's al-Jihad al-Islami (Islamic Jihad). Al-Masri means "the Egyptian" in Arabic. He became a relative to Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaida leader, after his daughter married bin Laden's son, Mohammed bin Laden. He was killed by U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan in late 2001. He has been adopted as a "martyr" to the fundamentalist cause. ==Claimed attacks== The London-based Arabic language newspaper ''Al-Quds al-Arabi'' has received letters from this group, in which it has claimed responsibility for: * the blackout of August 14, 2003 in the northeastern United States and Canada; * the attack on the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad on August 19, 2003; * the bombing of two synagogues in Turkey on November 15, 2003 and the British consulate and HSBC bank in Istanbul on November 20; * a hotel bombing in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2003; * the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks; * a letter published July 2, 2004 endorsing the three months Al Qaeda ultimatum against Europe of April 14, 2004 * The terrorist bombings in London in July 2005 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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