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Intro -- AL QAEDA PERSPECTIVE AND A PATH TO DELEGITIMIZATION -- AL QAEDA PERSPECTIVE AND A PATH TO DELEGITIMIZATION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 AL QAEDA AND AFFILIATES: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, GLOBAL PRESENCE, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. POLICY* -- SUMMARY -- BACKGROUND1 -- ORIGINS OF AL QAEDA15 -- The Threat Unfolds -- AFGHANISTAN23 -- Background and Threat Assessment -- Implications for U.S. Policy -- PAKISTAN30 -- Background and Threat Assessment -- Implications for U.S. Policy -- AL QAEDA IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA (AQAP)52 -- Background and Threat Assessment -- Implications for U.S. Policy -- NORTH AFRICA/SAHEL: AL QAEDA IN THE ISLAMIC MAGHREB (AQIM)72 -- Background and Threat Assessment -- Algeria -- The Sahel -- Implications for U.S. Policy -- EAST AFRICA87 -- Background and Threat Assessment -- Al Shabaab and the Islamist Movements in Somalia -- The Evolution of Al Shabaab90 -- Al Shabaab and Other Somali Terrorist Groups in Somalia -- Implications for U.S. Policy92 -- AL QAEDA AND RADICAL ISLAMIST EXTREMISTS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA96 -- Background and Threat Assessment -- Implications for U.S. Policy -- AL QAEDA'S GLOBAL STRATEGY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. POLICY110 -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 DELEGITIMIZING AL-QAEDA: A JIHAD-REALIST APPROACH* -- FOREWORD -- SUMMARY -- DELEGITIMIZING AL-QAEDA: A JIHAD-REALIST APPROACH -- How Al-Qaeda Ends -- A Jihad-Realist Jurisprudential Approach -- Waging Jihad: Al-Qaeda's Violations of the Shari'a32 -- The Jihad-Realist Rejection of Violent Rebellion and Takfir44 -- The Jihad-Realist Rejection of al-Qaeda Based and Inspired Terrorism.57 -- CONCLUSION AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- Conclusion -- Policy Suggestions -- End Notes -- INDEX -- Blank Page

Foreword -- Two to remember -- FYI : planes of 9/11 -- A different kind of war -- FYI : Osama bin Laden -- Building "the base" -- FYI : Sharia law -- Going global -- FYI : the roots of Islamic terrorism -- By any other name -- FYI : al-Qaeda today -- Principal people -- Timeline -- Chapter notes -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Index

Intro -- AL QAEDA IN IRAQ -- AL QAEDA IN IRAQ -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 AL QAEDA IN IRAQ: ASSESSMENT AND OUTSIDE LINKS* -- ABSTRACT -- BACKGROUND ON SADDAM - AL QAEDA LINKS -- Major Themes in the Administration Argument -- Links in Sudan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan -- Ansar Al-Islam Presence in Northern Iraq -- The September 11, 2001, Plot -- AL QAEDA AND THE IRAQ INSURGENCY -- AQ-I Strategy and Role in the Insurgency -- AQ-I Strategy -- 2007 Iraqi Sunni "Awakening" Movement/ U.S. Operations and "Troop Surge" -- The "Awakening" Movement Against AQ-I -- Current Status of AQ-I -- Estimated Numbers of Foreign Fighters -- Linkages to Al Qaeda Central Leadership -- REFERENCS -- Chapter 2 IRAQ: POST-SADDAM GOVERNANCE AND SECURITY* -- ABSTRACT -- POLICY IN THE 1990S EMPHASIZED CONTAINMENT -- The Clinton Administration, the Iraq Liberation Act, and Major Anti-Saddam Factions -- POST-SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: REGIME CHANGE AND WAR -- Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) -- Congressional and Security Council Action -- POST-SADDAM TRANSITION AND GOVERNANCE -- Transition Process -- Occupation Period/Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) -- Transitional Administrative Law (TAL) -- Sovereignty Handover/Interim (Allawi) Government -- U.N. Involvement/Coalition Military Mandate/Status of U.S. Forces (SOFA)/Permanent Basing -- Current Status of U.S.-Iraq Strategic and SOFA Negotiations -- U.N. Involvement in Governance Issues -- Elections in 2005[27] -- Political Reconciliation, Provincial Elections, and Other "Benchmarks" -- Iraqi Pledges and Status of Accomplishment -- Regional and International Diplomatic Efforts to Promote Iraq Stability -- Human Rights and Rule of Law -- Economic Reconstruction and U.S. Assistance -- Oil Revenues -- Lifting U.S. Sanctions -- Debt Relief/WTO Membership/IMF -- SECURITY CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES.