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Harmony Program

The CTC launched the Harmony Program in 2005 in order to release and analyze documents from the Department of Defense’s Harmony database. The focus of this program is to contextualize the inner-functioning of al-Qa’ida, its associated movement, and other security threats through primary source documents. Harmony products released by the CTC are typically accompanied by an analytical report and the primary source material from which its conclusions are based. By releasing this material, the CTC aims to make these sources, which are captured in the course of operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other theaters, available to other scholars for further study.

While captured documents offer unique insight into the decision-making process of terrorist groups they are most valuable when contextualized with information drawn from other sources. Scholars and practitioners should be aware that analyzing such data is fraught with risk. Documents in the Harmony database were collected on the battlefield unscientifically. There is no way to know just how representative documents captured by U.S. forces are of the larger body of information produced by al‐Qa`ida or other insurgents. Likewise, the vast database in which they are stored is imperfect and virtually impossible to search systematically. Readers and researchers should therefore be wary of conclusions drawn from Harmony documents alone.

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`Atiyah’s Letter to Zarqawi

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This is a letter from `Atiyah `Abd al-Rahman, mostly known as `Atiyatullah al-Libi, to Abu Mus`ab al-Zarqawi. The letter was...

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Zawahiri’s Letter to Zarqawi

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This is a critical letter from Ayman al-Zawahiri to Abu Mus`ab al-Zarqawi in which the author presents his strategy of...

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Letter from UBL to `Atiyatullah Al-Libi 4

SOCOM-2012-0000019

This document is a long letter authored by Usama bin Ladin after the death of Sheikh Sa'id (Mustafa Abu'l-Yazid) in...

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Lessons Learned from the Jihad Ordeal in Syria

AFGP-2002-600080

This is a lengthy document that examines the jihad waged by the Muslim Brotherhood against the Syrian regime of Hafiz...

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  • AFGP-2002-011159

    This document is a Pakistani passport issued to Sar Jan, son of Karim Khan, on 6 March 1992 by Pakistan’s...

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  • AFGP-2002-008627

    This 230-page document is a collection of letters recovered in 2002 from a facility associated with Haqqani network leaders.  Translations...

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  • AFGP-2002-011157

    This document is a Pakistani passport issued to Bukhter (alt: Bakhta) Jan, son of Karim Khan, on 1 June 1984...

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  • AFGP-2002-011154

    This document includes pages of a Pakistani passport belonging to Muhammad Jan, son of Karim, that was issued on 7...

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  • AFGP-2002-008624

    This is a collection of letters branded with Hizb-e-Islami that were recovered in 2002 at a facility associated with Haqqani...

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  • AFGP-2005-000K1170

    This document is the cover of a Pashto-language version of Manba al-Jihad, a magazine released by Jalaluddin Haqqani from 1989-1993. ...

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  • AFGP-2002-008602

    This document is a collection of letters that were recovered in 2002 at a facility associated with the Haqqani network....

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  • AFGP-2002-011119

    This collection of documents includes the front of an envelope that was sent from Saudi Arabia (indicated by the pre-paid...

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