|
Page 1 of 1 |
|
Posted: Fri, 3rd Nov 2006 14:21 Post subject: Islam: Osama bin Laden's Recruitment Policies |
|
 |
Islam: Osama bin Laden's Recruitment Policies
A few days ago, the UK Telegraph featured articles on Osama bin Laden, based on 28 Pentagon papers, recently declassified and published by the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC), based at West Point Military Academy. More documents are to be released in the near future.
The papers which have been released come from a dossier of thousands of documents relating to the activities of Al Qaeda, kept on a database called "Harmony".
From the released documents, it appears that Al Qaeda is running itself as a business, paying $17 a month to jihadists if they are unmarried, and about $105 if they have wives, and an extra $8 for every child they have. Additional wives can earn a jihadist 700 rupees a month ($11), with extra allowances made available for the purchase of furniture, health care and for disability rehabilitaion.
The "firm" pays for air tickets to allow home leave. These cannot be redeemed in cash, but can be transferred if a jihadist wants to go on Haj.
One hitherto unknown writer, Abdel-Halim Adl, wrote to a man identified only as "Mukhtar" in June 2002 complaining of Osama bin Laden's stubbornness and "the capture of a large number of brothers". He said: "We will become the laughing stock of the world."
He urges al-Qa'eda to "stop rushing into action and take time out to consider all the fatal and successive disasters that have afflicted us during a period of no more than six months". All too often little is known about the documents - such as when they were written, who read them and how they were obtained.
Nevertheless, West Point academics argue that they add significantly to the body of knowledge about al-Qa'eda. "The overwhelming majority of the documents, to the best of our knowledge, have not been publicly available," said Jarret Brachman, the CTC director of research.
The Harmony database is also the subject of dispute in Congress over demands that tape recordings of Saddam Hussein be fully released.
There are also details of how personnel are expected to behave, written into a "contract". Potential jihadists must swear an oath: "I pledge by God's creed to become a Muslim soldier to support God's religion, and may God's word be the most supreme."
Recruits must be obedient, observant of secrecy, with no links to other groups, and be in physical health and of religious and moral integrity.
Additionally the Telegraph provides details of an attempt made by a member (Abdel-Halim Adi) to attempt to make Osama change some of his policies, and complains about Osama bin Laden's inflexibility and intransigence.
"During six months, we lost what we built in years. Does not that merit that we pause and sit down to identify the errors that have been behind these disasters, and not to blindly ignore them and become a joke for all the intelligence agencies in the world?
"My beloved brother, stop all foreign actions, stop sending people to captivity, stop devising new operations, regardless of whether orders come or do not come from Abu Abdallah [bin Laden]."
Some of the bizarre questions asked by novices to Al Qaeda in 2002 are also reproduced:
I owe some debt to Moslems back home and I came to the land of Jihad after a friend promised to pay this debt. I don't know whether he did or not. Should I go to the frontline or not because I am not sure of this matter?
There are infidels in Pakistan and India, of Christians and others. Is it OK for us to kill them and take their possessions and properties? Is it OK to steal from the infidels residing the Islamic and non Islamic countries?
Does the freedom fighter face his creator in his tomb if he goes out for jihad and dies as a result of a snake bite or a kick of mule?
You mentioned once that a front will open in Uzbekistan, but we heard nothing about it afterwards. Will this front open soon or not?
Why there isn't enough personal weapons (Kalashnikov) in the camp for all the fighters even for self defence, particularly there is a possibility of an attack by global infidel countries at any time?
I live in Europe because I was born there. What is the ruling on stealing their possessions and killing them in their homes?
I have a nephew who commits the big sins but he loves you and wishes to join the Jihad movement to atone for his sins. What is the best way to bring him here? oldie but goodie EVIL hehe
|
|
Back to top |
|
 |
Mutantius
VIP Member
Posts: 18594
Location: In Elektro looking for beans
|
Posted: Fri, 3rd Nov 2006 14:34 Post subject: |
|
 |
And this belongs to this section why?
"Why don't you zip it, Zipfero?" - fraich3
|
|
Back to top |
|
 |
|
|
Back to top |
|
 |
Page 1 of 1 |
All times are GMT + 1 Hour |
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
Powered by phpBB 2.0.8 © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group
|
|
 |
|