Among the books, periodicals and letters found in osama bin ladens hideout in pakistan was a copy of the. The movement began in late 2010 and continued through 2011 well past bin ladens death in. Osama bin ladens bookshelf reflects his fixation on west. An afp editor looks at osama bin laden appearing in a video document linked to bin ladens bookshelf, a package of declassified material posted on the website of the office of the director of. I n the weeks following the raid on osama bin laden s compound in abbottabad, pakistan, by united states forces, u.
Usama bin ladins personal journal and more than 18,000 document files. I n the weeks following the raid on osama bin ladens compound in abbottabad, pakistan, by united states forces, u. For different reasons, but still in a similar way, many were fascinated when the us office of the director of national intelligence recently released what it found on osama bin ladens bookshelf. Now we are told that osamas bookshelf included two books by blum, along with other excellent books including david ray griffins the new pearl harbor. Director of national intelligence calls bin ladens bookshelf reveals the cunning longterm planning that characterized the groups.
Osama bin ladens bookshelf had one of michael scheuers. The obama administration has released what it calls bin ladens bookshelf, more than 400 documents, reports, books and other. Osama bin ladens bookshelf is a library of odd stuff youtube. Back in 2006 bin laden allegedly told americans, in an audiotape authenticated by the cia but doubted by some, that they needed to read blums books. Odni listed 39 englishlanguage books, including two written by mit professor and linguist noam chomsky, a work by pulitzer prizewinner. I ts hard to imagine the mastermind of 911 cozying up to an issue of popular science magazine, but apparently the american monthly magazine was one of many publications on osama bin laden s. Buzzfeed news got a first look at the rare public accounting of some of the documents seized from osama bin ladens abbottabad compound. Today, alex johnson starts his weekly column delving into unique collections of titles owned by the great, the good and the. The us central intelligence agency cia has released 470,000 files that were captured during the raid that killed al.
Osama bin laden rehearses a speech in a video that is part of bin ladens bookshelf, a package of declassified material released may 20, 2015, by the u. The washingtonian article on osama bin ladens bookshelf. Noam chomsky, bob woodward, and jihad read more there are works by his mentor, abdallah azzam, and syed qutb, the egyptian intellectual considered the godfather of. Sanoff, profiled georgetown university professor john esposito. Osama bin laden was a fan of 911 conspiracy theories, according to a newly released list of english language books found in his pakistan. Bin ladens bookshelf office of the director of national intelligence. A january 2005 washingtonian article was among the many items on osama bin ladens englishlanguage bookshelf, details of which the us government released wednesday. In the weeks following the raid on osama bin ladens compound in abbottabad, pakistan by united states forces, u.
Bin laden had most of his reading material as scanned pdfs, rosie gray reports for. The thing that really jumped out to me about these documents is that osama bin laden was clearly engaged in the process of managing his network, up until, you know, just a few months before he was. With plenty of time to read on his hands, osama bin laden built up a collection of englishlanguage books that reflected his interest in conspiracy theories about america as. Today, alex johnson starts his weekly column delving into unique collections of. Opinion on bin ladens bookshelf the new york times. Bin laden papers include love notes, letter to america.
In one letter, bin laden appeared to cheer on the arab spring as it was erupted across the middle east and north africa. The documents were seized in the alqaida leaders compound during the raid in which bin laden was killed. Osama bin ladens bookshelf is a library of odd stuff. Complete declassified documents and letters by the terrorist leader on wide range of topics, plus letters from. Cia releases nearly 470,000 additional files recovered in. In the weeks following the raid on osama bin laden s compound in abbottabad, pakistan by united states forces, u. National intelligence released a list of books and articles found in osama bin ladens. Osama bin ladens bookshelf included 911 conspiracy. Declassified bin laden documents reveal delta force strategy guide found at pakistani compound. Releases contents of osama bin ladens bookshelf heres a list of english language texts recovered from the alqaida leaders compound after he was killed in 2011. Osama bin laden was an avid reader with varied interests, including relations between religious communities in early medieval spain, the economics of france in the 1930s, recent blunders by us. America wants to turn osama bin laden from a vague avatar of evil into a human being. Cia releases nearly 470,000 additional files recovered in may.
Osama bin ladens bookshelf reflects his fixation on west the. Langley, va the cia today released to the public nearly 470,000 additional files recovered in the may 2011 raid on usama bin ladins compound in abbottabad, pakistan. A trove of documents recovered from the compound where osama bin laden was killed including the al qaeda leaders reading list. Bin ladens bookshelf website open html 54 kb in the weeks following the raid on osama bin ladens compound in abbottabad, pakistan by united states forces, u. Noam chomsky, bob woodward, 911 conspiracy theories, islam these are the names and topics one would have found if perusing osama bin. Releases contents of bin ladens englishlanguage bookshelf from chomsky to woodward. Save up to 80% by choosing the etextbook option for isbn. Osama bin laden was an avid reader of 911 conspiracy theories, according to documents from the al qaeda leaders abbottabad, pakistan, hideout released wednesday by the u. In his pakistani redoubt where he hid for years from american intelligence services, osama bin laden worked as a ceoinexile for al qaeda. What did us forces find on osama bin ladens bookshelf. Osama bin ladens bookshelf included 911 conspiracy material. Washington the contents of osama bin ladens bookshelf the readings seized by seal team 6 when they raided his compound and killed him in 2011 were released wednesday, including a. Osama bin ladens bookshelf featured conspiracy theories. National intelligence director releases bin ladens.
Today, alex johnson starts his weekly column delving into unique. While searching for a link to a news article about osamas bookshelf, i found one slightly slipshod reporter at the telegraph mentioned black box voting and the osama bookshelf under the subhead cashing in, reporting that some authors spent the day checking to see if their book was on the infamous bookshelf. Michael scheuer served as the chief of the osama bin laden tracking unit at the cias counterterrorist center between 1996 and 1999 and then as special advisor to the chief of the bin laden unit. Osama bin ladens bookshelf refelcts his fixation on west. Spy agency releases documents found on bin ladens bookshelf. While the investigative journalist seymour hersh has been busy clouding the history of osama bin ladens years on the lam in pakistan. A newlyreleased list of osama bin ladens bookshelf has revealed the al qaeda leader was obsessed with 911 conspiracy theories and u. Osama bin ladens bookshelf reveals al qaedas long game.
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