West Point: Combating Terrorism Center publications

August 8, 2008 8:10 AM

The Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at the United States Military Academy, West Point, has published another report in their analysis of captured al-Qa'ida documents: Bombers, Bank Accounts, and Bleedout: al‐Qa`ida’s Road In and Out of Iraq [pdf] (note to UK readers).

The latest from CTS also introduces a host of new data, including:
* Statistics on the exact number and nationality of foreign fighters held by the US at Camp Bucca in Iraq.
* Contracts signed by AQI's foreign suicide bombers.
* Contracts signed by AQI fighters entering and leaving Iraq.
* Accounting sheets signed by various fighters that indicate funding sources and expenditures.
* Several narratives describing AQI's network in Syria, personnel problems, and ties to Fatah al-Islam in Lebanon
Past analysis of captured al-Qa'ida ducuments: Cracks in the Foundation: Leadership Schisms in al-Qa’ida from 1989-2006 The Militant Ideology Atlas Al-Qai'da's Foreign Fighters in Iraq: A First Look at the Sinjar Records Harmony and Disharmony: Exploiting Al-Qai'da's Organizational Vulnerabilities Al-Qai'da's (mis)Adventures in the Horn of Africa

posted by acro (1 comment total)

Thanks for posting this.
posted by proj at 10:20 AM on August 8, 2008