Synopsis
This volume is the third in "The al-Qaeda Documents" series of books by Tempest Publishing and IntelCenter. The series is designed to pull together key documents necessary to develop a solid understanding of how al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations operate. The documents enclosed in this first volume consist of court documents related to al-Qaeda operatives in the US, the USS Cole Bombing, the East Africa Embassy Bombings and the Zacarias Moussaoui case. This volume also contains the translations of five articles/statements from al-Qaeda members Osama bin Laden, Saif al-Adel, Abu 'Ubeid al-Qurashi, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, Seif al-Din al-Ansari and al-Qaeda's Political Bureau. The article entitled, "Message to Our People in Iraq and the Gulf [region] Specifically, and to our Islamic Ummah in General: The Islamic Resistance Against the American Invasion of Qandahar and Lessons Learned" by Saif al-Adel is of particular note. As the name implies, the article is essentially a lessons learned report covering various aspects of the fighting in Afghanistan and how this knowledge can be applied by mujahideen in Iraq. It provides valuable insights into al-Qaeda's operations in Afghanistan, as well as the mujahideen tactics being employed in Iraq today. It is my hope that this volume and others to follow will help increase the level of understanding of al-Qaeda and its affiliates by counterterrorism professionals and thus better prepare us for this most difficult of conflicts. <P>Sincerely, <P>Ben Venzke <P>Editor
About the Author
Ben Venzke is the founder and CEO of IntelCenter which provides intelligence support to the intelligence, law enforcement, military and security communities. He has been working for the past 14 years to create professional-level intelligence products that place timely, actionable intelligence into the hands of those who need it, whether it is an operator prepping to perform an entry, an analyst sitting at Langley, or a chief of police attempting to assess the threat to his or her city. Venzke has recently co-authored "The al-Qaeda Threat: An Analytical Guide to al-Qaeda's Tactics & Targets", which has provided readers for the first time in a publicly available format the ability to see what al-Qaeda has said in its own words about targets and tactics. <P>Venzke started his work on the counterintelligence side with a focus on foreign intelligence agencies. After it became clear the value the different methodologies he developed for that problem set would have on the terrorist threat, he picked up the counterterrorism mission eight years ago and it has remained his core focus ever since. <P>While running IntelCenter and its sister company Tempest Publishing, Venzke has managed intelligence products at Jane's Information Group where he worked as an Editor and iDEFENSE where he was the Director of Intelligence Special Projects. He also spent two years as Pinkerton Global Intelligence Service's senior consultant for the Middle East and Africa. He can frequently be seen appearing on CNN, MSNBC and NBC.
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