Bombers, Bank Accounts, & Bleedout. Al-Qa'ida's Road In and Out of Iraq

Abstract

This report is the second by the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point to assess the demographics, procedures, finances, and leadership of al-Qa'ida's foreign fighters, especially those currently fighting in Iraq. This report analyzes al-Qa'ida in Iraq's (AQI) operations from spring 2006 to summer 2007 and is being issued with a trove of AQI documents captured by coalition forces near Sinjar, Iraq. The documents include almost 600 AQI personnel records for foreign fighters crossing into Iraq, AQI contracts for suicide bombers, AQI contracts for fighters leaving Iraq, narratives written by al-Qa'ida's Syrian smugglers, and AQI financial records. The CTC also acquired demographic information on all Third Country Nationals (TCNs) in detention at Camp Bucca, Iraq. Most of this data has not previously been released to the public.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA484494

Entities

People

  • Brian Fishman
  • Jacob Shapiro
  • Joseph Felter
  • Peter Bergen
  • Vahid Brown

Organizations

  • United States Military Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arabia
  • Commerce
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Geography
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Instructors
  • Insurgency
  • Intelligence Community (United States)
  • Man Borne Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Money
  • Personnel Management
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Students
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.