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. 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. A trove of documents recovered from the compound where osama bin laden was killed including the al qaeda leaders reading list. Osama bin ladens bookshelf reflects his fixation on west. In one letter, bin laden appeared to cheer on the arab spring as it was erupted across the middle east and north africa. Osama bin ladens bookshelf included 911 conspiracy. Osama bin ladens bookshelf reveals al qaedas long game. Among the books, periodicals and letters found in osama bin ladens hideout in pakistan was a copy of the. Osama bin ladens bookshelf had one of michael scheuers. 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. Usama bin ladins personal journal and more than 18,000 document files. Today, alex johnson starts his weekly column delving into unique collections of titles owned by the great, the good and the. The movement began in late 2010 and continued through 2011 well past bin ladens death in.
New documents offer fascinating clues into osama bin ladens life, and al qaedas efforts to develop new lines of attack. Osama bin ladens bookshelf is a library of odd stuff. Osama bin ladens english language reading list included numerous books by conspiracy theorists and an inordinate number on france, suggesting he may have planned to strike the countrys economy. Osama bin ladens bookshelf featured conspiracy theories. In his pakistani redoubt where he hid for years from american intelligence services, osama bin laden worked as a ceoinexile for al qaeda. Osama bin ladens bookshelf reflects his fixation on west the. National intelligence director releases bin ladens. Osama bin ladens bookshelf included 911 conspiracy material. Bin laden had most of his reading material as scanned pdfs, rosie gray reports for. Today, alex johnson starts his weekly column delving into unique. 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. Sanoff, profiled georgetown university professor john esposito. The washingtonian article on osama bin ladens bookshelf.
What did us forces find on osama bin laden s 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. Noam chomsky, bob woodward, 911 conspiracy theories, islam these are the names and topics one would have found if perusing osama bin. 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. Osama bin ladens odd digital book collection is among a trove of documents recovered during the raid on his abbottabad, pakistan hideout.
A newlyreleased list of osama bin ladens bookshelf has revealed the al qaeda leader was obsessed with 911 conspiracy theories and 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. The us central intelligence agency cia has released 470,000 files that were captured during the raid that killed al. Cia releases nearly 470,000 additional files recovered in. What did us forces find on osama bin ladens bookshelf. In the weeks following the raid on osama bin ladens compound in abbottabad, pakistan by united states forces, u. 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. 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 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. 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.
Osama bin ladens bookshelf is a library of odd stuff youtube. America wants to turn osama bin laden from a vague avatar of evil into a human being. 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. Opinion on bin ladens bookshelf the new york times. Spy agency releases documents found on bin ladens bookshelf. 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. Bin ladens bookshelf office of the director of national intelligence. Releases osama bin ladens bookshelf by charlotte alfred u. Save up to 80% by choosing the etextbook option for isbn. 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 ladens bookshelf refelcts his fixation on west. The conspiracists guide to osama bin ladens bookshelf. Releases contents of bin ladens englishlanguage bookshelf from chomsky to woodward. A january 2005 washingtonian article was among the many items on osama bin ladens englishlanguage bookshelf, details of which the us government released wednesday.
What osama bin ladens book shelf tells us about the war for. Bin laden had texts from bob woodward and noam chomsky, as well as pdfs related to 911 conspiracy theories. Buzzfeed news got a first look at the rare public accounting of some of the documents seized from osama bin ladens abbottabad compound. Odni listed 39 englishlanguage books, including two written by mit professor and linguist noam chomsky, a work by pulitzer prizewinner. Declassified bin laden documents reveal delta force strategy guide found at pakistani compound.
National intelligence director releases bin ladens bookshelf favorites include chomsky, computer game manuals. 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 laden papers include love notes, letter to america. 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. 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. 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. Cia releases nearly 470,000 additional files recovered in may. Today, alex johnson starts his weekly column delving into unique collections of. Complete declassified documents and letters by the terrorist leader on wide range of topics, plus letters from.
Director of national intelligence calls bin ladens bookshelf reveals the cunning longterm planning that characterized the groups. I n the weeks following the raid on osama bin laden s compound in abbottabad, pakistan, by united states forces, u. In the weeks following the raid on osama bin laden s compound in abbottabad, pakistan by united states forces, u. The obama administration has released what it calls bin ladens bookshelf, more than 400 documents, reports, books and other. National intelligence released a list of books and articles found in osama bin ladens. The documents were seized in the alqaida leaders compound during the raid in which bin laden was killed.
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