{"id":747,"date":"2015-02-26T06:36:53","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T06:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=747"},"modified":"2015-03-04T18:00:23","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T18:00:23","slug":"the-iraqi-perspectives-project-saddam-and-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/the-iraqi-perspectives-project-saddam-and-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"The Iraqi Perspectives Project &#8212; Saddam and Terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) has released online an unclassified redacted version of the Joint Center for Operational Analysis (JCOA)-sponsored study entitled &#8220;The Iraqi Perspectives Project &#8212; Saddam and Terrorism:\u00a0 Emerging Insights from Captured Iraqi Documents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The five volumes of the document, linked below, documents the history of the Saddam regime.<\/p>\n<p>The Institute for Defense Analyses produced the report under contract for the command as part of the broader Iraqi Perspectives Project.<\/p>\n<p>The Iraqi Perspectives Project examines operational and strategic insights and lessons from the perspective of former senior Iraqi decision-makers through the analysis of primary source material such as interviews and captured regime documents.<\/p>\n<p>The study&#8217;s authors completed the report after screening more than 600,000 captured documents including several hundred hours of audio and video files archived by U.S. Department of Defense.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/iraq\/P-4287Vol1.pdf\">Volume 1<\/a> [45.90mb, 95 Pages]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/iraq\/P-4287Vol2.pdf\">Volume 2<\/a> [22.96mb,\u00a0560 Pages]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/iraq\/P-4287Vol3.pdf\">Volume 3<\/a> [33.89mb,\u00a0448 Pages]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/iraq\/P-4287Vol4.pdf\">Volume 4<\/a> [38.68mb,\u00a0456 Pages]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/iraq\/P-4287Vol5.pdf\">Volume 5<\/a> [42.63mb,\u00a0470 Pages]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Other Captured Documents<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>The following is a list of documents that were captured from Iraq and later translated by the military.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/bylaws.pdf\">Al-Qa&#8217;ida Bylaws<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/charter.pdf\">Al-Qa&#8217;ida Constitutional Charter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/employment.pdf\">Al-Qa&#8217;ida Employment Contract<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/structure.pdf\">Al-Qa&#8217;ida Goals and Structure<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/appts.pdf\">Al-Qa&#8217;ida Staff Count Public Appointments<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/al.pdf\">Al Adl Letter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/zaw.pdf\">Biography of Ayman Al-Zawahiri<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/book.pdf\">Book by Mustafa Hamid<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/call.pdf\">Call to Jihad Against the Syrian Regime<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/condolence.pdf\">Camp Acceptance Requirements<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/condolence.pdf\">Condolence Letter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/criticism.pdf\">Criticism of Abu Al-Bara&#8217;a<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/criticism2.pdf\">Criticism of Sheikh Bin Baz<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/response.pdf\">A Response to Accusations Against Sheikh Albani<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/five.pdf\">Five Letters to the Africa Corps<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/get.pdf\">Get the Idolaters Out of Arab Island<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/interior.pdf\">Interior Organization<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/lessons.pdf\">Lessons Learned from the Jihad Ordeal in Syria<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/usthreat.pdf\">Letter of Threat to Americans<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/kuwaitpow.pdf\">Letter from Qusay Hussein concerning Kuwaiti POWs being used as human shields<\/a> &#8211; This is a letter from Qusay Saddam Hussein directing the transfer of 448 Kuwaiti prisoners to essential Ministries, radio and television buildings, and Military Industrial Commissions to be used as human shields during the expected US attack on Iraq.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/binladenletters.pdf\">Letter to Pakistani Scholars from bin Laden<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/binladenletters2.pdf\">Letters from bin Laden<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/aba.pdf\">Letter to Aba Khalid from bin Laden<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/mullah.pdf\">Letter to Mullah Mohammed &#8216;Omar from bin Laden<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/sheikhmemo.pdf\">A Memo to Sheikh Abu Abdullah<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/kingfahd.pdf\">Open Letter to King Fahd from bin Laden<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/political.pdf\">Political Speculation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/response.pdf\">A Response to Accusations Against Sheikh Albani<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/volunteers.pdf\">Rumors of Iraqi and Saudi volunteers to fight against the US in Afghanistan<\/a> &#8211; Fedayeen Saddam received news of a rumor that 3,000 volunteers from Iraq and Saudi Arabia had traveled to Afghanistan to fight with the Mujahideen against the US. This letter is a request to investigate the rumor to determine whether it is true.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/short.pdf\">A Short Report on the Trip from Nairobi<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/status.pdf\">Status of Jihad<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/squads.pdf\">Thoughts About Security of Principal Squads<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/equipment.pdf\">Usage of Special Equipment<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/various.pdf\">Various Admin Documents and Questions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Captured Documents during Operation Iraqi Freedom &#8211; Originals Only &#8211; No Translations. Summaries are compliments of Ft. Leavenworth, United States Army<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/AFGP-2002-000100.pdf\">Document: AFGP-2002-000100 <\/a>&#8211; This document contains a flyer addressed to all Arab immigrants. The flyer lists the Islamic Emirate officials&#8217; names that would assist the Arab immigrants in entering the Emirate.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/CMPC-2003-001488.pdf\">Document: CMPC-2003-001488 <\/a>&#8211; No Summary Provided<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/CMPC-2003-005934.pdf\">Document: CMPC-2003-005934 <\/a>&#8211; The first page of this two-page file contains a list of a number pieces of equipment needed for detonation of explosive materials. It appears that they are giving time schedules for preparation of specific numbers of various devices.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/ISGZ-2004-027808.pdf\">Document: ISGZ-2004-027808 <\/a>&#8211; Correspondence among various governmental offices regarding the French law for funding and financing election campaigns. The original French text of the law translated into Arabic, referring to the rules of the authority to regulate the financing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/capturediraq\/ISGZ-2004-028947.pdf\">Document: ISGZ-2004-028947 <\/a>&#8211; This 2 page document includes a memo from the Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS)(M6), to all general managers of the departments. 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