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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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  • Caliphate Complaint Box 50

    This is a report of police action based on a complaint. The details of the actual complaint are not clear,...

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  • Caliphate Complaint Box 49

    This is a complaint from the police chief against the head of the real estate center for not providing the...

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  • Caliphate Complaint Box 48

    This is an administrative document providing a summary of the weekly activities of an Islamic State police department.

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  • Caliphate Complaint Box 47

    This is a complaint to the general administration in which the author complains about three soldiers assigned to him. He...

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  • Caliphate Complaint Box 46

    This complaint is from an individual who was insulted by someone else, either in the form of a personal attack...

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  • Caliphate Complaint Box 35

    This is a response to a complaint, which is apparently about a soldier who transferred from one place to another,...

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  • Caliphate Complaint Box 34

    This is an order transferring a complaint to another unit regarding the mother of a martyr who is having a...

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  • Caliphate Complaint Box 33

    This is an order transferring a complaint to another unit regarding a brother who is in a disciplinary camp and...

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