Letters from Abbottabad
Subtitle: Bin Ladin sidelined?
By: Nelly Lahoud ... [et al.].
Contributors: Combating Terrorism Center (U.S.). Harmony Program
Publisher: Harmony Program, Combating Terrorism Center
Published: 2012
Place of publication: West Point, NY]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 59
Subjects: Correspondence; Sources; Qaida (Organization)
Description: "This report is a study of 17 declassified documents captured during the Abbottabad raid and released to the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC). They consist of electronic letters or draft letters, totaling 175 pages in the original Arabic and 197 pages in the English translation. The earliest is dated September 2006 and the latest April 2011. Some of the letters are incomplete and/or are missing their dates, and not all of the letters explicitly attribute their author(s) and/or indicate the addressee. In addition to Bin Ladin, the recognizable individuals who appear in the letters either as authors or as recipients are Atiyyatullah and Abu Yahya al-Libi, both of whom are al-Qaida leaders; Adam Yahya Gadahn, the American al-Qaida spokesman and media advisor; Mukhtar Abu al-Zubayr, the leader of the Somali militant group Harakat al-Shabab al-Mujahidin; Abu Basir (Nasir al-Wuhayshi), the leader of the Yemen-based al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP); and Hakimullah Mahsud, the leader of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Given the small collection of documents released to the CTC, it is impossible to construct a coherent evolution of al-Qaida or its current state. "Letters from Abbottabad" is an initial exploration and contextualization of 17 documents that will be the grist for future academic debate and discussion."-- Publisher's website.
Notes: Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 3, 2012).

"3 May 2012."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: From Abbottabad to the CTC : the 17 declassified documents; title: Al-Qaida and regional jihadi groups; title: The construction of an "Al-Qaida central"; title: The affiliates. Islamic State of Iraq/AQI; title: AQAP; title: TTP; title: Al-Shabab; title: Al-Qaida ties to Iran and Pakistan?; title: Iran; title: Pakistan; title: Bini Ladin's plans; title: Conclusion.