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http://www.dni.gov/release_letter_101105.html
This document was declassified and authorized for release.
This document was declassified and authorized for release.
Today the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a letter between two senior al Qa'ida leaders, Ayman al-Zawahiri and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, that was obtained during counterterrorism operations in Iraq. This lengthy document provides a comprehensive view of al Qa'ida's strategy in Iraq and globally.
The letter from al-Zawahiri to al-Zarqawi is dated July 9, 2005.
The gracious brother/Abu Musab, God protect him and watch over him
By God, if by chance you're going to Fallujah, send greetings to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
As for the battles that are going on in the far-flung regions of the Islamic world, such
as Chechnya, Afghanistan, Kashmir, and Bosnia...
...to establish a stable state which could proclaim a caliphate, and to keep the Jihadist
groups in a constant state of war
semper said:at the moment most of the bombing are killing Muslims, coalition soldiers only make a small fraction of the victims , not a good way of gaining support for muslim causes.
tricam said:Sergey - I presume the letter was written in arabic originally, the translation would explain the slightly unusual wording eh?
God also blessed you not only with the splendor of the spearhead of Jihad, but with the
splendor as well of the doctrines of monotheism, the rejection of polytheism..
XYZBush said:There seems to be a industry creating these letters which suit the progaganda need of the moment.
I would have thought that the bad guys were to busy replacing No 1 aides/key figures in the organization to write them
crabtastic said:Reuters currently reporting that there are suggestions that the letter may be fake. Al Qaeda in Iraq are at the top of the naysayers, along with some analyst from the Congressional Research Service (normally pretty reserved chaps who talk a lot of sense) and a couple of former Agency types. Govt sources are, predictably, maintaining the letter is genuine but are, understandably, unwilling to give more details in order to protect sources an methods.
crabtastic said:Govt sources are, predictably, maintaining the letter is genuine but are, understandably, unwilling to give more details in order to protect sources an methods..