Al Qaeda Collection & Index
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AL-QAEDA |
Table of Contents
1. Al-Qaeda and Associated Movements (AQAM) Collection
2. Al-Qaeda and Associated Movements (AQAM) Collection Overview (as of May, 2012)
3. Sample Records
4. Research Based on Captured AQAM Records
5. Index of All Records - PDF
Al-Qaeda and Associated Movements (AQAM) Collection
The AQAM records consist of a wide range of files, including financial records, theological and ideological documents, strategic plans, operational guidebooks, and histories of individual operations from the Afghan war in the 1980s through the early 2000s. These documents are grouped thematically. There are also a small number of documents generated by the Taliban government in Afghanistan. The CRRC currently includes 290 AQAM records (approximately 3,650 pages). The archive only contains records dated prior to 1 January 2003.
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Al-Qaeda and Associated Movements Collection Overview (as of January, 2012):
| Category | # of Records in Section | # of Pages in Section |
| AQAM Intelligence/Security | 28 | 730 |
| AQAM Materiel/Supply/Logistics/Finance | 16 | 183 |
| AQAM Media/Communications/Propaganda | 56 | 1009 |
| AQAM Miscellaneous | 30 | 413 |
| AQAM Personnel/Manpower/Recruiting | 20 | 168 |
| AQAM Plans/Operations/Attacks | 16 | 135 |
| AQAM Strategy/History/Politics | 59 | 135 |
| AQAM Theology | 17 | 143 |
| AQAM Training & Education | 27 | 480 |
| AQAM Weapons Tactics & Training | 5 | 42 |
| Taliban Government Documents | 15 | 208 |
Research Based on Captured AQAM Records:
| 1. | Fenner, Lorry M., Mark E. Stout, and Jessica L. Goldings. 9/11 Ten Years Later: Insights on al-Qaeda’s Past & Future Through Captured Records: Conference Proceedings. Washington, DC: Johns Hopkins University for Advanced and Governmental Studies, 2012. |
| 2. | Huckabey, Jessica M. and Mark Stout. “Al Qaida’s Views of Authoritarian Intelligence Services in the Middle East.” Intelligence and National Security, Vol. 25, No. 3, June 2010, p. 327-349. |
| 3. | Stout, Mark E. “In Search of Salafi Jihadist Strategic Thought: Mining the Words of the Terrorists.” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Vol. 32, Issue 10, October 2009, p. 876 – 892. |
| 4. | Stout, Mark E., Jessica M. Huckabey, and John R. Schindler with Jim Lacey. The Terrorist Perspectives Project: Strategic and Operational Views of Al Qaida and Associated Movement. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2008. |