REQUIRED READING for Counterintelligence, Counterterrorism, Intelligence, Security, Defense, Homeland Security and Law Enforcement Professionals
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“LET US DARE TO READ, THINK AND SPEAK THE TRUTH.” (PARAPHRASE OF JOHN ADAMS IN 1765) REQUIRED READING For Counterintelligence, Counterterrorism, Intelligence, Security, Defense, Homeland Security and Law Enforcement Professionals. Those with War on Terrorism responsibilities have a PROFESSIONAL DUTY to know the enemy. Note this is not called “Recommended Reading” because professionals must take the time to read books that explain the mindset, motivations, laws and doctrines that guide Islamic Jihadist terrorists who want to kill Americans—here in the US or overseas. As a member of the US national security/homeland security community whose ultimate and only job is to protect the United States and U.S. citizens, you do not have the luxury of participating in the philosophical debate of what Islam supposedly is or isn’t. In order to protect lives, you must know what the jihadi terrorists think and say Islam is and what Islamic Law and Doctrine states—because they act on those beliefs, whether their views of Islam are wrong or right. Reading the following books will help you gain a better understanding of this threat. Many of the authors have to publish under pen names and live in hiding to protect themselves (Islamic apologist authors don’t have to do this). They have provided us a warning—wake up and listen to what they have to say. Updates to this required reading list can be found on the CI Centre website, WWW.CICENTRE.COM, under the Required Reading button. Also on this page are online articles, podcasts, videos and other resources to learn more about the threat. “If you know the enemy and know “I say you need to get out and read what our enemies have said. Remember yourself, you need not fear the Hitler. Remember he wrote Mein Kampf. He said in writing exactly what his plan result of a hundred battles. If you was, and we collectively ignored that to our great detriment. Now, our enemies know yourself but not the enemy, have said publicly on film, on the Internet their goal is to destroy our way of life. for every victory gained you will No equivocation on their part.”—General Peter Pace, Joint Chiefs of Staff also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, “We must defeat the extremism of bin you will succumb in every Laden and his associated movement. battle.”—Sun Tzu, The Art of War It’s murderous. It’s ruthless. It’s very capable. It’s got strength as a network “The threat posed by violent Islamic unlike any nonstate actor the world has extremism is real—and it is not ever seen before. We’ve got to defeat going away.”—US Secretary of it...Think of it as an opportunity to Defense Robert Gates, 10 Feb 08 READ confront fascism in 920 if only we’d had the guts to do it then. I believe that if we don’t have guts enough to confront this ideology today, we will “We never had an enemy who is more concerned with us knowing what he is move toward World War III tomorrow. going to do, why he is going to do it, and how long it is going to continue and We can walk away from this enemy, but we continue to behave as if the enemy doesn’t exist or is somehow a minor force they will not walk away from us.”— in the world.”—Michael Scheuer, former head of CIA’s Al Qaeda unit, in his General John Abizaid, former chief of testimony before Congress 17 Apr 07 CENTCOM Required Reading for Professionals WWW.CICENTRE.COM Page From Secularism to Jihad: Sayyid Qutb and the Foundations of In Their Own Words Radical Islamism by Adnan A. Musallam The Quranic Concept of War by Brigadier S.K. Malik The Quranic Concept of War is essentially a manifesto of religious His Own Words: Translation and Analysis of the Writings of terror—the Islamist’s version of Hitler’s Mein Kampf. “The universal- Dr. Ayman Al Zawahiri by Laura Mansfield ism of Islam, in its all-embracing creed, is imposed on the believers Al Qaeda second in command Dr. Ayman Zawahiri is often referred as a continuous process of warfare, psychological and political, if to as the “brains of Al Qaeda”. This book translates into English not strictly military. The Jihad, accordingly, may be stated as a the writings of Zawahiri, as well as the post-September 11 com- doctrine of a permanent state of war, not continuous fighting.”— muniques of the Egyptian physician turned terrorist. It includes a Majid Khadduri complete translation of his December 200 book “Knights Under the Army Colonel Says U.S. Needs Better Focus in the War on Terror Prophet’s Banner”. To better understand the Quranic basis of jihad as practiced by extremists without sifting through a library of interpretations, you should read one book The al-Qaeda Threat: An Analytical Guide to al-Qaeda’s Tactics above all others, says Lt. Col. Joseph Myers. “The Quranic Concept of War,” by & Targets by Ben Venzke, Aimee Ibrahim Pakistani Brig. Gen. S.K. Malik in the late 970s, isn’t much studied in the West. But it should be, Myers said, if America, and more specifically, the U.S. From the Authors: We set out to review the last 0+ years of al- military, wants to gain a better understanding of the enemy in the war on Qaeda statements, audio tapes, videos and training manuals and terrorism.....(Congressional Quarterly, 5 May 08) then extract all references we could find to its tactics and targeting A link to a review of The Quaranic Concept of War, by Joseph C. Myers, is on the philosophy. We then took all of the references, deconflicted transla- Required Reading page, WWW.CICENTRE.COM tions and produced corresponding assessments on 8 classes of The Management of Savagery by senior Al-Qaeda strategic thinker tactics and 22 classes of targets. All of this was done with the goal Abu Bakr Naji. of producing a non-sensitive book that could sit on the shelf of an He calls for: “Infiltrating the adversaries and their fellow travelers intelligence analyst at Langley or fit in a local SWAT operator’s gear and establishing a strong security apparatus that is more supportive bag. of the security of the [revolutionary Islamic] movement now, and later the [resultant Islamic] state. We should infiltrate the police In the Words of Our Enemies by Jed Babbin forces, the armies, the different political parties, the newspapers, Years before September 11, our enemy warned us--and we weren’t the Islamic groups, the petroleum companies (as an employee or listening. We are being warned today--by enemies like Iran, North as an engineer), private security companies, sensitive civil institu- Korea, and radicals and terrorists across the globe--but we are still tions, etc.” He notes that this “actually began several decades ago,” not listening. Includes what the Islamists themselves are saying but adds, “we need to increase it in light of recent developments. about their plans for America--mass murder followed by imposition of Islamic sharia law. The Al Qaeda Reader by Raymond Ibrahim “This extraordinary collection of the key texts of the al-Qaeda Warrant for Terror: The Fatwas of Radical Islam, and the Duty of movement—including incendiary materials never before translated Jihad by Shmuel Bar into English—lays bare the minds, motives, messages, and ultimate Warrant for Terror examines fatwas, which are legal opinions declar- goals of an enemy bent on total victory. Al-Qaeda’s chilling ideology ing whether a given act under Islam is obligatory, permitted, or calls for a relentless jihad against non-Muslim “infidels,” repudi- forbidden and which serve as a major instrument by which religious ates democracy in favor of Islamic law, stresses the importance of leaders impel believers to engage in acts of jihad. martyrdom, and mocks the notion of “moderate” Islam.” Messages to the World: The Statements of Osama bin Laden by Al Qaeda in Its Own Words by Gilles Kepel (Editor), Jean-Pierre Osama bin Laden, Bruce Lawrence (Editor), James Howarth (Transla- Milelli (Editor), Pascale Ghazaleh (Translator) tor) Reliance of the Traveller: The Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred The Secret History of al Qaeda by Abdel Atwan Law Umdat Al-Salik by Ahmad Ibn Lulu Ibn Al-Naqib Atwan’s outspoken London-based newspaper al-Quds al-Arabi, of Critical to understanding Islamic Sharia law. Intelligence officers, which he is Editor-in-Chief, has been the vehicle of choice for the Legislators, Criminal Justice Officials, Educators, Scholars, Journal- release of many al Qaeda electronic communiqués. ists, and ordinary citizens who value “truth” may find the passages contained in Book R, Section 8, on Lying (pages 744 - 746) quite illuminating. Islam Not a New Issue: In 786, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, then The Meaning Of The Holy Quran by Abdullah Yusuf Ali serving as American ambassadors to France and Britain, respec- tively, met in London with the Tripolitan Ambassador to Britain, Milestones by Sayyid Qutb Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja. These future American presidents The Islamic Jihadist’s ‘Mein Kampf’ were attempting to negotiate a peace treaty which would spare the United States the ravages of jihad piracy—murder, enslavement Basic Principles of Islamic Worldview by Sayyid Qutb (with ransoming for redemption), and expropriation of valuable “The philosopher of Islamic terror and godfather ideologue of al- commercial assets—emanating from the Barbary states (modern Qaeda.” Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya). During their discussions, they Required Reading for Professionals WWW.CICENTRE.COM Page 2 questioned Ambassador Adja as to the source of the unprovoked Islam Unveiled: Disturbing Questions About the World’s Fastest animus directed at the nascent United States republic.