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A survey of al-Qaeda : Sources and acknowledgments

Jul 17th 2008


Acknowledgments:

The author would like to thank the following for their generous assistance: Karen Greenberg and the staff at New York University's Centre on Law and Security; Dean Godson, research director at Policy Exchange; Gilles Kepel, professor at the Institut d'Études Politiques; Jason Burke, author of “Al-Qaeda” ; Lyse Doucet of the BBC; David Ignatius of the Washington Post; Pierre Rousselin and Jean Chichizola of Le Figaro; Jean-François Clair, formerly of France's DST; Gary LaFree of the National Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism; Olivier Roy, professor at L'Ecole de Hautes Études des Sciences Sociales; Colleen Graffy of the State Department; Michael Scheuer, formerly of the CIA; Paul Pillar, visiting professor at Georgetown University; Joanne Mariner of Human Rights Watch; Michael Sheehan, formerly New York deputy commissioner for counterterrorism; Brigadier-General Mark Milley, Lieutenant-Colonel Rumi Nielson-Green and Major Patrick Seiber of the 101st Airborne division; Iqbal Khattak and Rahimullah Yusufzai, journalists in Peshawar; Ahmed Rashid, Talat Hussain, Declan Walsh and Baker Atyani, journalists in Islamabad; Khalid Aziz, chairman of the RIPORT institute; Owais Ahmad Ghani, governor of North-West Frontier Province; Brigadier Mahmoud Shah and generals Talat Hussain and Mirza Aslam Beg, Pakistani ex-officers; General Mansour al-Turki and Major Omer al-Zallal of the Saudi interior ministry; Jamal Khashoggi, editor of Al-Watan; Jumaa al-Dossari, Ghanem al-Harbi and Khaled al-Hubyshi, former Guantánamo detainees; Maajid Nawaz, director of the Quilliam Foundation; Stephen Ulph of the Jamestown Foundation; and Mohammed Khozbar and Ahmed Saad of the North London Central Mosque. Some of the most important contributions came from government officials in both Western and Muslim countries who asked to remain anonymous.

Sources:

BOOKS:

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11”, Lawrence Wright, Vintage Books, New York, 2006

Al-Qaeda”, Jason Burke, Penguin Books, London, 2007

Leaderless Jihad: Terror Networks in the Twenty-First Century”, Marc Sageman, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 2008

Crush the Cell: How to Defeat Terrorism Without Terrorizing Ourselves”, Michael A. Sheehan, Crown Publishers, New York, 2008

Architect of Global Jihad: The Life of Al-Qaida Strategist Abu Mus'ab al-Suri”, Brynjar Lia, Columbia University Press, New York, 2008

Al-Qaeda in its own Words”, Gilles Kepel and Jean-Pierre Milelli (eds), Belknap Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2008

His own Words: A Translation of the Writings of Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri”, Laura Mansfield, TLG Publications, 2006

Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-First Century”, Philip Bobbitt, Penguin Books, London, 2008

Inside Terrorism”, Bruce Hoffman, Victor Gollancz, London, 1998

Understanding Jihad”, David Cook, University of California Press, Berkeley, 2005

Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam”, Gilles Kepel, I.B. Tauris, London, 2004

Frontline Pakistan: The Struggle with Militant Islam”, Zahid Hussain, Vanguard Books, Lahore, 2007

Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop: The Neo-Taliban Insurgency in Afghanistan”, Antonio Giustozzi, Hurst and Company, London, 2007

FM 3-24: Counterinsurgency”, Headquarters, Department of the Army, 2006

REPORTS, PERIODICALS AND ARTICLES:

Office of the Director of National Intelligence:

“Annual Threat Assessment of the Intelligence Community for the Senate Armed Services Committee”, J. Mitchell McConnell, Director of National Intelligence, 27 February 2008

US Department of State:

Country Reports on Terrorism 2007

US Department of Defence:

Combatant Status Review Tribunals

MI5:

“Intelligence, Counter-terrorism and Trust”, Jonathan Evans, Director General of the Security Service, November 5th 2007

"The International Terrorist Threat to the UK", Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, Director General of the Security Service, November 9th 2006

Foreign Affairs:

“After Guantanamo”, Kenneth Roth, Foreign Affairs Volume 87, Number 3, May/June 2008

“The Myth of Grassroots Terrorism”, Bruce Hoffman, Foreign Affairs Volume 87, Number 3, May/June 2008

“Al-Qaeda Strikes Back”, Bruce Reidel, Volume 86, Number 3, May/June 2007

“The Moderate Muslim Brotherhood”, Robert S. Leiken and Steven Brooke, Volume 86, Number 2, March/April 2007

Combating Terrorism Centre at West Point:

Monthly issues of CTC Sentinel

Harmony database and translations of captured al-Qaeda documents, including the letters of Ayman al-Zawahiri and Atiyah to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

Cracks in the Foundation: Leadership Schisms in al-Qa'ida from 1989-2006

Harmony and Disharmony: Exploiting Al-Qa'ida's Organizational Vulnerabilities

Al-Qa'ida's Foreign Fighters in Iraq

Militant Ideology Atlas

International Crisis Group:

“Indonesia: Jemaah Islamiyah's Current Status”, Asia Briefing N°63, 3 May 2007

“Pakistan's Tribal Areas: Appeasing the Militants”, Asia Report N°125, 11 December 2006

“Countering Afghanistan's Insurgency: No Quick Fixes,” Asia Report N°123, 2 November 2006

“Saudi Arabia Backgrounder: Who are the Islamists?”, Middle East Report N°31, 21 September 2004

Centre for Law and Security at New York University:

Terrorist Trial Report Card January 2008

Rand Corporation:

“Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan”, Seth Jones, 2008

“Beyond al-Qaeda: The Global Jihadist Movement”, 2006

“The Future Course of International Terrorism”, Brian Michael Jenkins, September 1985

Washington Quarterly:

“Al-Qaeda's Third Front: Saudi Arabia”, Bruce Reidel and Bilal Y. Saab, Spring 2008

International Institute for Strategic Studies:

“Ending Terrorism: Lessons for Defeating al-Qaeda”, Audrey Ruth Kronin, Adelphi Paper 394, 2008

Jamestown Foundation:

Terrorism Monitor

Terrorism Focus

Terrorism Research Initiative:

Perspectives on Terrorism

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:

“Iraqi Insurgent Media: The War Of Images And Ideas”, Daniel Kimmage and Kathleen Ridolfo, June 2007

Policy Exchange:

Learning from Experience: Counter Terrorism in the UK since 9/11”, Peter Clarke, June 2007

Military Review:

“Anbar Awakens: The Tipping Point”, Major Niel Smithy and Colonel Sea MacFarland, March-April 2008

New Republic:

“The Unravelling: The Jihadist revolt against Bin Laden”, Peter Bergen and Paul Cruikshank, June 11th 2008

New Yorker:

“The Rebellion Within: An Al Qaeda mastermind questions terrorism”, Lawrence Wright, June 2nd 2008

WEBSITES AND BLOGS:

SITE Intelligence Group: Timely translations of jihadist material online

Jihadica

Counterterrorism Blog

Long War Journal

Middle East Media Research Institute

NEFA Foundation

Iraq Coalition Casualty Count

Afghanistan Conflict Monitor

National Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism,

University of Maryland

OPINION POLLS:

Pew Global Attitudes Project:

“Global Unease With Major World Powers: Rising Environmental Concern in 47-Nation Survey”, June 27th 2007

“A Rising Tide Lifts Mood in the Developing World: Sharp Decline in Support for Suicide Bombing in Muslim Countries”, July 24th 2007

Terror Free Tomorrow:

New Poll of Pakistan before June 2008 By-Elections

Pakistan: New Poll before 2008 Elections

Saudi Arabia: Unprecedented Nationwide Survey


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