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Secret Osama bin Laden files reveal al Qaeda membership
[Telegraph.uk] A full list of al-Qaeda members first discovered in the late Osama bin Laden's... who used to be alive but now he's not... compound in Pakistain has been published, disclosing the various fates of the terrorist movement's followers. The list, dated August 7 2002, carries a total of 170 names with bin Laden himself registered at number 1. Notes have been added beside many of the names, recording a variety of fates, notably that of Abu Ubaydeh al-Banshiri, who "died in Lake Victoria" in East Africa in 1996. Another al-Qaeda member - named as Hamad al-Kuwaiti - is recorded as being "incarcerated Into the paddy wagon wit' yez! in England" in 1998, perhaps after the bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in August of that year. Another, registered only as Khaleefah, apparently "cooperated with the Omani government" - suggesting that he defected from al-Qaeda to aid an Arab regime considered one of its foremost enemies. Other al-Qaeda gunnies seem to have given up the struggle and chosen simply to return home. Abu al-Hussein al-Libi is down as having "resigned" from the terrorist network in 1995, while Omar al-Uswani apparently "returned home". The list also provides a vivid picture of the pressures on bin Laden's followers. Abdul Rauf al-Maghribi "broke down psychologically" and is recorded as betraying some of the "brothers in Soddy Arabia". ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in their national face... Meanwhile, ...back at the bake sale, Umberto's Mom's cannoli were a big hit... four al-Qaeda members are registered as being "martyred in Chechnya", where they apparently travelled to fight the Russian army during the war in that breakaway region in the 1990s. Another, named as Ahmed Hussein, is recorded as being "discharged", suggesting that al-Qaeda had a procedure for allowing those who had served the movement to have an honourable retirement. Some appear to have done their utmost to resume normal lives. Abu Majid, who appears as member number 79, is down as going to "Yemen to study". bin Laden worried about Al-Qaeda attacks causing "unnecessary" Mohammedan casualties and advised his deputies to take more care to spare civilian lives. The Al-Qaeda chief, killed in a US raid a year ago, underscores "the need to cancel other attacks due to the possible and unnecessary civilian casualties" in Mohammedan countries, according to the letter. "We ask every emir in the regions to be extremely keen and focused on controlling the military work," he wrote, referring to Al-Qaeda attacks. Bin Laden expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... about his network losing the sympathy of Mohammedans and described operations killing Mohammedans as "mistakes," adding that was important that "no Mohammedans fall victim except when it is absolutely essential." "It would lead us to winning several battles while losing the war at the end," he wrote. Until the end, bin Laden remained focused on attacking Americans and coming up with plots, however improbable, to kill U.S. leaders. He wished especially to target airplanes carrying Gen. David Petraeus and even President Barack Obama I don't sit around just talking to experts because this is a college seminar, we talk to these folks because they potentially have the best answers, so I know whose ass to kick... , reasoning that an liquidation would elevate an "utterly unprepared" Vice President  Joe Foreign Policy Whiz KidBiden The former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body... into the presidency and plunge the U.S. into crisis. Looks like he had the Dems' "foreign policy whiz kid" down pretty well... But a U.S. analysts' report released along with bin Laden's correspondence describes him as upset over the inability of spinoff terrorist groups to win public support for their cause, their unsuccessful media campaigns and poorly planned plots that, in bin Laden's view, killed too many innocent Mohammedans. Bin Laden adviser Adam Gadahn urged him to disassociate their organization from the acts of al-Qaeda's spinoff operation in Iraq, known as AQI, and bin Laden told other terrorist groups not to repeat AQI's mistakes. Even Binny couldn't stand Zarqawi... The correspondence includes letters by then-second-in-command Abu Yahya al-Libi, taking Pak offshoot Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain to task over its indiscriminate attacks on Mohammedans. The al-Qaeda leadership "threatened to take public measures unless we see from you serious and immediate practical and clear steps towards reforming (your ways) and dissociating yourself from these vile mistakes that violate Islamic Law," al-Libi wrote. And bin Laden warned the leader of Yemeni AQAP, Nasir al-Wuhayshi, against attempting a takeover of Yemen to establish an Islamic state, instead saying he should "refocus his efforts on attacking the United States." Bin Laden also seemed uninterested in recognizing Somali-based al-Shabaab  ... successor to the Islamic Courts... when the group pledged loyalty to him because he thought its leaders were poor governors of the areas they controlled and were too strict with their administration of Islamic penalties, like cutting off the hands of thieves. Posted by: tipper 2012-05-03 |
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