Accession Number:

ADA516602

Title:

CTC Sentinel. Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2010. The Facade of Allegiance: Bin Ladin's Dubious Pledge to Mullah Omar

Descriptive Note:

Journal

Corporate Author:

MILITARY ACADEMY WEST POINT NY COMBATING TERRORISM CENTER

Personal Author(s):

• Brown, Vahid

Report Date:

2010-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

29.0

Abstract:

The Combating Terrorism Center is an independent educational and research institution based in the Department of Social Sciences at the United States Military Academy, West Point. The CTC Sentinel harnesses the Centers global network of scholars and practitioners to understand and confront contemporary threats posed by terrorism and other forms of political violence. The feature article in this issue concerns the Facade of Allegiance Bin Ladins Dubious Pledge to Mullah Omar. Other articles include Assessing the Al-Qaida Threat to the United States the Pakistan Militarys Adaptation to Counterinsurgency in 2009 Karachi Becoming a Taliban Safe Haven Uighur Dissent and Militancy in Chinas Xinjiang Province Ninawa Province Al Qaidas Remaining Stronghold and The French Approach to Counterterrorism.

Descriptors:

• *TERRORISM
• *TERRORISTS
• THREATS
• COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
• ADAPTATION
• UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
• COUNTERTERRORISM
• CHINA
• SOCIAL SCIENCES
• COUNTERINSURGENCY
• GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS
• UNITED STATES
• PAKISTAN
• MILITARY PLANNING

Subject Categories:

• Unconventional Warfare

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE