The image presents a banner link to a series published on the Tajdid (Tajdeed) forum, entitled “badr al-riyad” (“Badr of Riyadh”), which draws a reference to the attacks on residential compounds in Riyadh on 12 May 2003. The figures in the image are the al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula suicide bombers Abu Umar al-Ta’ifi (also known as Hazim bin Muhammad al-Kashmiri), Muhammad bin Shazzaf al-Shahri (also known as Abu Tariq al-Aswad) and Muhammad bin Abd al-Wahhab al-Maqit, who were involved in the attacks. The name “Badr of Riyadh” is also an historical reference to the battle of Badr (624 A.D.) between the Prophet and his nascent Muslim community, on one side, and his Meccan rivals from the tribe of Quraysh, on the other. Below the title in the image, the viewer is informed that the series is “akthar min arba‘ati ajza’” (“more than four parts”). The Tajdid forum logo is in the bottom right corner. The American flag, which appears on the right, is used liberally in jihadi propaganda to evoke negative sentiments towards U.S. foreign policy and military campaigns. The stars and stripes are also used to color other important motifs or symbols, thereby linking the symbols to U.S. foreign policy, politics and military intervention in the Muslim world.
