Special Reports
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| July 2008 The FARC In Transition: The Fatal Weakening of the Western Hemisphere's Oldest Guerilla Movement This paper by NEFA Senior Investigator Douglas Farah is a follow-up to a report by the NEFA Foundation on April 1, 2008, on the state of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-FARC), the Western Hemisphere's oldest insurgency. The purpose of this paper is to give a more detailed look at the future of the most prominent and largest designated terrorist organization operating in the Western Hemisphere. The first paper, "What the FARC Papers Show Us About Latin American Terrorism," analyzed part of the trove of guerrilla documents seized by the Colombian government in March 2008. This paper examines: the impact of the deaths of three senior FARC commanders in the space of a month; the naming of a long-time political operative rather than a recognized military commander as the group's new commander-in-chief; the shifting rhetoric of the group's primary international backer, president Hugo Chavez of Venezuela; and, what these developments could mean for the hemisphere's oldest insurgency. |
| June 2008 NEFA Exclusive: An Interview with Mangal Bagh, Commander of Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) - Pakistan The NEFA Foundation has obtained an exclusive video-recorded interview with Mangal Bagh, the charismatic, de-facto leader of Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) in control of approximately three-quarters of Pakistan’s Khyber Agency. Bagh took control of Lashkar-e-Islam approximately two years ago from its original founder Deobandi cleric Mufti Munir Shakir. In the span of those two years, LI has evolved into a tribe-based militant outfit which has successfully wrested control of the area from criminal networks and the central government. On June 28, 2008, the Pakistani army launched military operations targeting positions held by Mangal Bagh and LI in the Khyber Agency. |
| June 2008 NEFA Briefing - Operation Orbile: The Case of Samina Malik and Sohail Qureshi Following the U.K. Court of Appeal decision to overturn the conviction of the "Lyrical Terrorist" Samina Malik, the NEFA Foundation is releasing a PowerPoint briefing, authored by NEFA Senior Analyst Josh Lefkowitz, that provides an overview of Operation Orbile, the British counterterrorism investigation that targeted Malik and Sohail Qureshi. The briefing includes more than a dozen exhibits entered into evidence in the course of those prosecutions, including email correspondence between Malik and Qureshi in which Qureshi sought information on airport security from Malik, who worked at a newsstand in Heathrow Airport: "Wat is the situation like at work? Is the checking still very harsh? or have things cooled down a bit?...Delete after read!" Qureshi, who trained at an Al-Qaida camp in Pakistan and was arrested at Heathrow on his way "to commit acts of terrorism overseas, possibly against coalition forces in Afghanistan," pled guilty to terror charges. In addition to providing Qureshi with details on airport security, Malik compiled an extensive library of jihadist material, including The Al Qaeda Manual, The Terrorists Handbook, The Mujahideen Poisons Handbook, a manual for a Dragunov Sniper Rifle, The Firearms and RPG handbook, and a document titled "How to Win hand to hand fighting." In announcing its decision not to retry Malik, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) stated, "Ms Malik was not prosecuted for her poetry. She was prosecuted for possessing documents that could provide practical assistance to terrorists." However, with the redefining of Section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000, some of the documents CPS "relied on in Ms Malik's trial would no longer be held capable of giving practical assistance to terrorists." |
| June 2008 Exclusive Documents from Amawi, Hindi Case in Toledo In the wake of today’s conviction of three men in federal court in Toledo, Ohio for conspiring to help kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq, the NEFA Foundation is providing an expert report submitted in the case by NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann. During the investigation of the three men—Mohammed Amawi, Marwan al-Hindi, and Wassim Mazloum—FBI agents uncovered a wealth of terrorist propaganda and other incriminating evidence indicating that the men were habitual users of such notorious terrorist websites as Muntada al-Ansar and Al-Ekhlaas. Evidence seized from Marwan al-Hindi included login information for an account on the Al-Ekhlaas discussion forum which, in February 2005, was used to post a message which proclaimed to other Al-Ekhlaas users, “I am a terrorist. Please add my name to the list of wanted terrorists. I am a Palestinian Muslim from the Army of Mohammed, may Peace be Upon Him. Terrorist, Terrorist, Terrorist, Terrorist, Terrorist, Terrorist, Terrorist!” |
| June 2008 Exclusive: NEFA Dossier on Al-Qaida's Shaykh Mustafa Abu al-Yazid The NEFA Foundation has released a new dossier written by NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann examining the role of Shaykh Mustafa Abu al-Yazid (a.k.a. “Shaykh Saeed”), appointed in May 2007 as “the overall head of al-Qaida Organization in Afghanistan.” According to Al-Qaida’s official As-Sahab Media Wing, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid personally “took part in founding al-Qaida in 1989, and is a member of the Shura council of Qaida al-Jihad.” Considered quite close to Al-Qaida Deputy Commander Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Yazid has likewise been implicated by other Al-Qaida members in sworn testimony as playing a critical role in the financing and coordination of Al-Qaida’s international terrorist operations. Allegedly, al-Yazid even assisted in financing the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States. |
| May 2008 Terrorists Behind Bars The NEFA Foundation has released a new report by Senior Analyst Josh Lefkowitz titled "Terrorists Behind Bars," which examines the myriad complexities the worldwide prison system must address when managing incarcerated extremists. While in prison, jihadists have caused officials fits by radicalizing fellow inmates, planning jailbreaks, distributing propaganda to associates, continuing to exercise operational control over their organizations, and plotting attacks. Reflecting these trends, Jordanian researcher Hassan Abu Hanieh has observed, "Things no longer end in prison anymore. In fact, increasingly they begin there." Additionally, the report analyzes campaigns by Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Yemen, and even the U.S. military in Iraq to "reeducate" jailed militants. |
| May 2008 The Muslim Brotherhood in Belgium The NEFA Foundation has released a new report by NEFA Senior Analyst Steve Merley titled "The Muslim Brotherhood in Belgium." Belgium has become an important center for the global Muslim Brotherhood in Europe. Since its origins in early student organizations, the Belgian Brotherhood network has grown to include Hamas support infrastructure and local Islamic groups that in turn are part of the Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe (FIOE), the global Muslim Brotherhood umbrella group in Europe. Belgium also serves as the FIOE national office. One individual, Bassem Hatahet, appears to be the most important figure in the Belgian Muslim Brotherhood. [Note: The NEFA Foundation is releasing a new version of this report to reflect a correction on p. 11. Hassan Swaid was replaced as President of CECIV by M. Mohammed Arabate, not Michael Privot. Privot was elected Treasurer.] |
| April 2008 What the FARC Papers Show Us about Latin American Terrorism The NEFA Foundation has released a new report by NEFA Senior Investigator Douglas Farah titled "What the FARC Papers Show Us about Latin American Terrorism." On May 1, 2008, Raúl Reyes, a senior commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), was killed when Colombian troops raided his command center in the neighboring country of Ecuador. Colombian troops recovered computers and other documents that, for the first time in Colombia's 43-year-old conflict, provide direct evidence of the FARC's involvement in the international cocaine trade, the close ties of its leaders with Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, and the decision to help fund the successful presidential campaign of Rafael Correa in Ecuador. Taken together, the documents paint a compelling picture of the FARC as an international criminal enterprise that has, in the past two years, made significant inroads in creating alliances across Latin America. |
| March 2008 NEFA "Spot Report": Muthanna al-Hanooti and Life for Relief and Development The NEFA Foundation has released a new "Spot Report" in the wake of the March 26, 2008 indictment of Muthanna al-Hanooti, the long-time public relations coordinator for Life for Relief and Development (LRD), a charitable organization based in Southfield, Michigan. The Department of Justice alleges that in the late 1990s, the Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS) "targeted LRD and...al-Hanooti to cooperate with and serve the IIS." The report provides photographic evidence of the remarkable access that LRD was able to secure to government officials, both in the U.S. and abroad. For instance, al-Hanooti is pictured with the Governor of Michigan, the President of Syria, and a British MP. Moreover, LRD's leadership can be seen with high-ranking U.S. law enforcement officials, such as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan and the Special Agent in Charge of ICE's Detroit field office, as well as the U.S. Ambassador to Syria. LRD further secured access to members of Congress, including John Conyers, who is pictured at LRD's office. |
| March 2008 NEFA Chart: State of the Sunni Insurgency in Iraq 2008 The NEFA Foundation has released a new chart by NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann mapping the complex network of Sunni insurgent groups fighting in Iraq. The chart includes representations for the four dominant insurgent umbrella groups--Al-Qaida's Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), the Reform and Jihad Front (RJF), the Political Council for the Iraqi Resistance (PCIR), and the Front for Jihad and Change (FJC)--as well as over twenty individual organizations, including Al-Qaida, the Ansar al-Sunnah Army, the Army of al-Mustafa, the Dera Islam Brigade, the Islamic Army in Iraq (IAI), the Mujahideen Army, the Fatihin Army, the Salahudeen Brigades, Hamas al-Iraq, Asaeb al-Iraq al-Jihadiya, the Army of Abi Bakr al-Siddiq, the Saad Bin Abi Waqqas Brigades, the Brigades of Medina al-Munawwara, the Al-Naqshabandiya Army, the Al-Qassas Brigade, the 1920 Revolution Brigades, the Al-Rashideen Army, the Islamic Movement of Iraqi Mujahideen (IMIM), the Al-Muslimeen Army (JAM), the Al-Tabiin Army, the Army of Mohammed al-Fatih, and Saraya Dawa Wal Ribat (SDWR). |
| March 2008 Developments in the Jihadi Resurgence in Pakistan: January 2008 The NEFA Foundation has released a new report by NEFA Senior Investigator Claudio Franco and NEFA Director of Analysis and Research Ronald Sandee titled "Developments in the Jihadi Resurgence in Pakistan: January 2008." The report serves as a comprehensive study of events across various turbulent regions of Pakistan during the month of January, including a spate of recent suicide bombing attacks and the U.S. airstrike in Mir Ali that killed senior Al-Qaida commander Abu al-Laith al-Liby and a host of his lieutenants. The report is accompanied by two detailed appendixes: |
| March 2008 Evan Kohlmann's Expert Report from U.S. v. Abu-Jihaad The NEFA Foundation is making available the expert witness report filed by NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann on behalf of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut in U.S. v. Hassan Abu-Jihaad. On March 5, a jury in New Haven found Abu-Jihaad guilty of providing material support to terrorists and disclosing classified national defense information. During the trial, federal prosecutors detailed how Abu-Jihaad--a former U.S. Navy signalman--had secretly passed along details regarding the planned movements of U.S. Navy vessels in the Persian Gulf to an Al-Qaida website known as "Azzam Publications." The information was later recovered by British authorities during a raid of the London home of Babar Ahmad, the former administrator in charge of Azzam Publications. |
| February 2008 An Analysis of the Spanish Suicide Bombers Case The NEFA Foundation has released a new report by NEFA Senior Investigator Douglas Farah titled "An Analysis of the Spanish Suicide Bombers Case." The report studies a recent criminal case in Madrid focusing on 10 individuals, nine of them citizens of Pakistan and one of India, who were detained shortly before carrying out what police describe as an imminent terrorist attack on Spanish soil. The case in discussion is based on the following document which was filed in the Spanish court in January 2008: Case 30/2008-C, Before Judge Ismael Moreno Chamarro, Magistrate Judge Central Court of Instruction #2 Madrid, Spain. January 23, 2008. All citations are taken directly from this official court document, and translated by the author. |
| January 2008 Douglas Farah: The Criminal-Terrorist Nexus and its Pipelines The NEFA Foundation has released a new analytical report titled "The Criminal-Terrorist Nexus and its Pipelines." This report is adapted from a presentation NEFA Senior Investigator Doug Farah delivered to the U.S. Special Operations Command in Tampa, Florida. In March 2000, Farah was named West Africa bureau chief for The Washington Post-traveling and writing extensively about the brutal civil wars in Sierra Leone and Liberia, and the interlocking networks of agents which profited from those conflicts and the diamonds-for-weapons trade. Farah describes the impact of globalization on illegal business activity and the resulting challenges posed to international governments. |
| January 2008 Evan Kohlmann's Irhaby007 Expert Report The NEFA Foundation is making available the expert witness report produced by NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann on behalf of New Scotland Yard in the case of Younis Tsouli (jihad webmaster Irhaby007), Waseem Mughal, and Tariq Al-Daour. The three defendants were accused of various criminal charges, including inciting others to commit acts of terrorism “wholly or partly” outside the U.K. and conspiracy to murder. Kohlmann testified as an expert witness for the U.K. Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), and Tsouli and his co-conspirators pled guilty in July 2007 to inciting murder for terrorist purposes. |
| January 2008 Excerpts from Evan Kohlmann's Expert Report in U.S. v. Muntasser et al. The NEFA Foundation is making available exclusive excerpts from the expert witness report filed by NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann on behalf of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston, in U.S. v. Muhamed Mubayyid, Emaddedine Muntasser, and Samir al-Monla. On January 11, a Massachusetts jury found Mubayyid, Muntasser, and al-Monla guilty of seven of eight criminal charges, including tax code violations, making false statements, and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. The three men had concealed that their "religious charity" Care International was, in fact, a cover for financing armed Islamic extremist groups. |
| December 2007 The Influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Netherlands A report is available for download authored by NEFA Director of Analysis and Research Ronald Sandee, titled "The Influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Netherlands." A former senior analyst in the Dutch Defense Intelligence Service, Mr. Sandee attempts to "paint as complete a picture as possible of the Muslim Brotherhood's operations in the Netherlands" and its fairly "sophisticated infrastructure"-- even at a local level. The report includes various sub-sections, including on the "Al-Aqsa Network in the Netherlands", "International Muslim Brotherhood Activity in the Netherlands", and "Independent Brotherhood-Linked Activities in the Netherlands." |
| November 2007 The Madrid Indictment: Steps Toward Countering the Global Jihad Movement A report is available for download by Senior Investigator Douglas Farah and titled "The Madrid Indictment: Steps Toward Countering the Global Jihad Movement." The report is based primarily upon facts revealed during the recent trial in Spain of eighteen suspects alleged to be members of terrorist organizations including several accused of assisting Al-Qaida sympathizers based in Europe with traveling to Iraq in order to become suicide bombers. According to the final ruling of the presiding Judge Magistrate in the case, Baltasar Garzon, at least two such individuals succeeded in carrying out actual suicide missions in Iraq. Garzon's intimate knowledge of the Salafist-jihadist network structure is demonstrated in his lengthy explanation of his decision. According to that decision, "The[se] people... were part of a cell that was formed, both locally and internationally, to operate in Spain (Catalonia and Madrid) and outside the country (Belgium, the Netherlands, Turkey, Morocco, Syria and Iraq) with a very specific purpose: to send people (mujahidin or militants) to Iraq to become involved in the terrorist activity sponsored and led by al Qaeda in Iraq. The recruits into these ranks were trained to attack vital civilian and military objectives, as well as public and private targets, or they were used as auxiliary personnel, who were equally necessary for carrying out their attacks To obtain the cohesion necessary to achieve their ends, there are intense contacts among small groups... It is true that the conceptualization of this type of terrorism is different from that of a traditional terrorist organization, but it perfectly fits the purposes of these local cells in their loose networks, tied to international organizations (al Qaeda)." |
| November 2007 The 1993 Philadelphia Meeting: Roadmap for Future Muslim Brotherhood Actions in the U.S. A report is available for download from the NEFA website authored by Senior Analyst Josh Lefkowitz and titled "The 1993 Philadelphia Meeting: A Roadmap for Future Muslim Brotherhood Actions in the U.S." In October 1993, key members of the Muslim Brotherhood's U.S. Palestine Committee primarily representing the Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP) and the Holy Land Foundation (HLF) came together in Philadelphia for a conference monitored by the FBI. Wiretaps, entered into evidence at the 2007 HLF trial, reveal an extremely savvy group committed to exploiting Americas freedoms in order to turn the U.S. into a safe place for the Movement (a.k.a. Hamas). The wiretaps also provide incontrovertible evidence of the deeply duplicitous nature of the attendees and their organizations; from calling Hamas Samah throughout the meeting to advising that War is deception," the attendees display a cunning that served them effectively for years. Further, attendees exhibit an acute awareness of the language they must use, the institutions they must infiltrate, and the manner in which they must exploit the media and Congress to achieve their goals. Also of deep significance is discussion about the need to form a political organization and public relations organ, whose Islamic hue is not very conspicuous. Less than a year after the meeting, two attendees and one-time IAP officials founded the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which now serves as the self-appointed voice of the American Muslim community in the national media. Protecting their own, CAIR identified as a Palestine Committee member by federal prosecutors has vigorously supported those who attended the 1993 Philadelphia meeting when they have run afoul of the law. The report is accompanied by a chart produced by NEFA Director of Analysis and Research Ron Sandee. |
| November 2007 A Taliban Resurgence: The Destabilization of Kabul An exclusive report is available for download from the NEFA website by NEFA Senior Investigator Claudio Franco, titled "A Taliban Resurgence: The Destabilization of Kabul?" Although the defeat of the Taliban regime in 2001 seemed complete and virtually effortless, the initial optimism has long since given way to a security situation which is once again seriously deteriorating. Over the past few years, the Taliban has introduced the sinister tactic of suicide bombing to Afghanistan, and maintains its alliance with international terrorists. The movement of Koranic students that the U.S. bombed out of power has undergone a metamorphosis. In his report, Mr. Franco examines the resurgent Taliban organization in Afghanistan, its new generation of leaders, and what its future intentions are--and, moreover, whether rumours of a possible split within the movement are actually credible, or just wishful thinking. |
| October 2007 The Muslim Brotherhood in the United States An exclusive report is available for download from the NEFA website focusing on "The Muslim Brotherhood in the United States" by NEFA Senior Investigator Douglas Farah, NEFA Director of Analysis and Research Ron Sandee, and NEFA Senior Analyst Josh Lefkowitz. The report is based upon exhibits from the recent criminal investigation targeting the Holy Land Foundation (HLF). On Oct. 22, 2007, a federal judge in Dallas declared a mistrial on most counts in the federal case against HLF. Despite this outcome, the case still offers an unprecedented inside look into the history of the Muslim Brotherhood in the United States, as well as its goals and structure. |
| October 2007 Dossier: The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) An analytical report is available for download from the NEFA website focusing on the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), authored by NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann (with NEFA Senior Analyst Josh Lefkowitz). This document is based upon an expert witness report filed in 2007 on behalf of Scotland Yard's SO-15 Counter Terrorism Command and the U.K. Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) during Operation Cavern (Regina v. Al Bashir Mohammed al-Faqih). In July 2007, Mr. al-Faqih pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing a document or record containing information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorismspecifically documents demonstrating how to fabricate explosives and set up a terror cell. The report is divided into the following sections: Part I: Origins in the 1980s Part II: Exile in the Sudan (1992-1995) Part III: The Libyan Theater (1990-1997) Part IV: A Return to Jihad in Afghanistan (1998-2001) Part V: The LIFG and the Contemporary War on Terrorism Additionally, the report includes an appendix featuring an actual personnel form completed by recruits seeking to enlist in courses offered at the LIFG-run "Abu Yahya al-Liby" terrorist training camp near Kabul, Afghanistan in 2000-2001. |
| August 2007 The Ikhwan in North America: A Short History A report is available for download from the NEFA website, titled "The Ikhwan in North America", co-authored by NEFA Senior Investigator Douglas Farah and NEFA Director of Analysis and Research Ron Sandee. This report is intended to offer readers a short history of the Muslim Brotherhood's activities in the United States--as well as its goals and structure--as revealed by evidence recently presented during the ongoing criminal trial in the Northern District of Texas (Dallas): United States of America v. Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development. The prosecution in the case has presented many internal Muslim Brotherhood documents from the 1980s and early 1990s that give a first-ever public view of the history and ideology behind the operations of the Muslim Brothers (known as the Ikhwan or The Group) in the U.S. over the past four decades. For researchers, the documents have the added weight of being written by the Ikhwan leaders themselves, rather than interpretations of secondary sources. |
| August 2007 State of the Sunni Insurgency in Iraq: August 2007 A report is available for download from the NEFA website, titled "State of the Sunni Insurgency in Iraq." This 31-page document is intended to offer readers a clearer understanding of the changing dynamics behind the Sunni insurgency in Iraq, based primarily upon a critical analysis of open source intelligence and propaganda material published by insurgents themselves, and also by the U.S. and Iraqi governments. It follows up on a previous inaugural version released through Globalterroralert.com in December 2006. The report is divided into five sub-sections, as follows: "The Rise of Al-Qaidas 'Islamic State of Iraq' (ISI)"; "Conflict Over Al-Qaidas Expansion; "Emergence of the Reformation and Jihad Front (RJF)"; "Hot and Cold War Between the ISI and RJF"; and, "Conclusions." |
| May 2007 Two Decades of Jihad in Algeria: the GIA, the GSPC, and Al-Qaida A report is available for download from the NEFA website, titled "Two Decades of Jihad in Algeria: the GIA, the GSPC, and Al-Qaida", by NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann. The report examines the rise of the jihadist movement in Algeria and attempts to trace its evolution in tactics, ideology, and its now official relationship with Al-Qaida. It includes separate chapters on the following subjects: The Afghan Theater, The Founding of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA), Collapse of the GIA, Arrival of the Salafist Group for Prayer and Combat (GSPC), The GSPC and the "War on Terrorism", The GSPC's Transformation into Al-Qaida, and The GIA/GSPC Operational Presence in Europe. |
| August 2006 1995 Philippine Intelligence Report on Ramzi Yousef's Interest in a "Liquid Bomb" Plot Though for some, news of a reported Al-Qaida plot to down multiple commercial airliners with liquid explosives may sound exotic and unusual, in fact, U.S. authorities have been aware of such a threat from Al-Qaida affiliates for over a decade. In 1995, when U.S. and Philippine security services uncovered a plot by 1993 World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef and his uncle 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to bomb over a dozen U.S. airliners simultaneously over the Pacific Ocean [Operation Bojinka], they quickly moved in and arrested their co-conspirators. One of the detained men, trained commercial pilot Abdel Hakim Murad, described Ramzi Yousef's plans in detail -- including his intention to travel to "France, Egypt, and Algeria after the activities here in the Philippines. The purpose was to train those Muslim brothers thereat, on using a Casio watch as a timing device, chemical mixtures to compound bombs, and to share his expertise in eluding detection on an airport's x-ray machine, and eventually smuggling [onboard] this liquid chemical bombs. Furthermore, France has a lot of Algerians staying and that these Egyptians and Algerians ha[ve] no experience on making these bombs and [do] not know the basics of smuggling liquid bombs through the airport." Eleven years later, we once again return to the same threat to commercial aviation posed by liquid explosives. Only now, it would appear that the fabrication of such high-tech terrorist weapons by Al-Qaida operatives inside Western Europe is no longer an insurmountable challenge. |
| August 2006 The Jihadists of Pakistan: Jaish-e-Muhammad, Harakat ul-Mujahideen, and Sipah-e-Sahaba A report is available for download from the NEFA website titled, "The Jihadists of Pakistan: Jaish-e-Muhammad (JEM), Harakat ul-Mujahideen (HUM), and Anjuman Sipah-e-Sahaba (SSP)." The document is based upon an expert witness report that was submitted by NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann on behalf of federal prosecutors in the recent case of United States v. Hamid Hayat (U.S. Dist. Court for the Eastern District of California, CR#05-240GB). The report contains a detailed discussion of Pakistan-based military training camps used by JEM and HUM, and further analysis of what has become of those camps under the so-called "Regime of Controlled Freedom." |
| December 2005 Al-Qaida in Saudi Arabia: 2002-2003 An occasional report prepared on behalf of the NEFA Foundation is available for download analyzing the origins and structure of Al-Qaida's Committee in the Arabian Peninsula during its first two years of operation, 2002-2003. The report focuses on the cells inspired by senior Saudi Al-Qaida operative Shaykh Yousef al-Ayyiri (a.k.a. "Al-Battar") and includes analysis of the roles played by extremist Saudi Arabian clerics and U.S. national Ahmed Omar Abu Ali--convicted of conspiring with Saudi Al-Qaida members to carry out terrorist attacks in the United States, including the assassination of President George Bush. |
| October 2005 Chart: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Leadership Network in Iraq A leadership chart is available for download focusing on the Iraq-based network of known operatives loyal to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and Al-Qaida's Committee in Mesopotamia. Though much more expansive than previous efforts, this chart is based upon similar products distributed in recent months by the Iraqi government and U.S. military. |
