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Declassified letters reveal bin Laden's opinions and strategies
Seventeen declassified documents captured during the raid of Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad compound were posted online by the Combating Terrorism Center.
Osama bin Laden 'struggled' to exercise minimal influence over affiliates
The framing of an al Qaeda core as an organization in control of regional "affiliates" reflects a conceptual construction by outsiders rather than the messy reality of insiders," analysis authors state.
Humanitarian aid has limited effect on intense anti-Americanism
Humanitarian aid to foreign countries is unlikely to have a significant effect on national attitudes in places of intense anti-Americanism, concludes a March 6 brief from the Pew Research Center. In
Canada's counterterrorism strategy mistake
Is the West at war with violent Islamist extremism? The United States isn't, a position it laudably maintains in recognition of the fact that 1) to say so hands a propaganda victory to al Qaeda in
Counter-extremism requires hyper-local intervention, says Rosen
The central core of al Qaeda is on a "path of decline that we think will be difficult to reverse," said a State Department official while speaking Feb. 3 during an event put on by the Potomac
Coast Guard safety inspection database problematic, says GAO
A Coast Guard database meant to capture information about federal security inspections of outer continental shelf energy extraction infrastructure and terminals has design limitations constraining
Bin Laden's statements focused on policy more than religion
Osama bin Laden justified his actions on the basis of policy grievances more often than religion, according to a quantitative analysis (.pdf) by the Minaret of Freedom Institute of 49 statements he
Haqqani network 'fountainhead of jihad' asserts paper
A shadowy organization operating primarily in southeast Afghanistan called the Haqqani network--and not the Quetta Shura Taliban headed by Mulla Omar--has been the primary jihadi enemy along with al
Panetta: defeat of al Qaeda 'within reach'
The United States is within reach of strategically defeating al Qaeda, said Defense Secretary Leon Panetta during a July 8 media availability conducted while the new DoD secretary was en route to
Spotlight: New al-Qaeda leader Zawahiri draws mixed predictions from analysts
Ayman al-Zawahiri has succeeded Osama bin Laden as leader of al-Qaeda, and the media is abuzz with predictions about al-Qaeda's future. Most commentators believe that, especially as al-Qaeda's brand
