Publication

This report analyzes al-Qaida in Iraq’s (AQI) operations from spring 2006 to summer 2007. The report utilizes a trove of AQI documents captured by coalition forces near Sinjar, Iraq. The documents include almost 600 AQI personnel records for foreign fighters crossing into Iraq, AQI contracts for suicide bombers, AQI contracts for fighters leaving Iraq, narratives written by al-Qaida’s Syrian smugglers, and AQI financial records. The authors also use demographic information on all Third Country Nationals (TCNs) in detention at Camp Bucca, Iraq.