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'Chilling' Al Qaeda Memo Obtained
Oct. 6, 2005
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<http://www.cbsnews.com/images/2005/10/06/image924486g.jpg> Abu Musab al
Zarqawi (CBS)
(CBS) The U.S. has obtained a 13-page letter written by Osama bin Laden's
deputy, Ayman al Zawahiri, to Abu Musab al Zarqawi in Iraq, outlining with
what one senior official calls "chilling clarity" al Qaeda's stretagy for
Iraq and beyond, reports CBS News national security correspondent David
Martin.
The letter, which was written shortly after the London bombings in July,
calls Iraq "the place for the greatest battle of Islam in this era."
Zarqawi is America's most-wanted insurgent in Iraq. Zawahiri, the man most
intelligence analysts believe is the brains behind bin Laden and his al
Qaeda terrorist organization, is considered the world's second most wanted
man.
As outlined by Zawahiri in the letter, al Qaeda's battle plan calls for
driving the Americans out of Iraq, establishing an Islamic regime in as much
of the country as possible and then extending the holy war to other Arab
countries, including Egypt, Lebanon and Syria.
In the letter, Zawahari complains to Zarqawi that some of his violent
tactics are hurting public support for al Qaeda's cause, particularly the
videotaped beheadings of hostages.
"We don't need this," the letter says. "Use a bullet instead."
Zawahiri also complains about Zarqawi's all-out war against the Shiites of
Iraq, saying the Arab man in the street doesn't understand why suicide
bombings are killing so many fellow Muslims.
The letter also indicates Zawahiri's life in hiding has left him cut off
from news and financial support. He asks Zarqawi to provide him more
information about operations in Iraq, saying he should know at least as much
as the enemy knows, and he even asks Zarqawi to send money.
The letter is 6,300 words long and a senior official calls it the clearest
and most comprehensive exposition of al Qaeda's objectives and strategy the
U.S. has ever seen.
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