Al-Qaida critiques its Afghan errors:
"Top official says bad planning, betrayal aided U.S. victory
A soldier from the 10th Mountain Division escorts al-Qaida suspects from Shibergan prison in northern Afghanistan on Dec. 29, 2001.
SAIF AL-ADIL, currently the al-Qaida military commander, claims that during one night in October 2001, U.S. missiles came close to killing him three times.
The critique is carried in a magazine called The Voice of Jihad (Sawt Jihad), parts of which were published this week in Sharq al-Awsat, a respected Saudi newspaper, and translated by the U.S. intelligence community.
One senior U.S. official said the intelligence community had seen the article and believed it to be authentic, although since there are no time references in it beyond 2001 it is impossible to know when it was written. Another official noted that al-Adil �fancies himself as a military strategist and thinker� and such a critique would fit within what he sees as his responsibilities.
"Top official says bad planning, betrayal aided U.S. victory
A soldier from the 10th Mountain Division escorts al-Qaida suspects from Shibergan prison in northern Afghanistan on Dec. 29, 2001.
SAIF AL-ADIL, currently the al-Qaida military commander, claims that during one night in October 2001, U.S. missiles came close to killing him three times.
The critique is carried in a magazine called The Voice of Jihad (Sawt Jihad), parts of which were published this week in Sharq al-Awsat, a respected Saudi newspaper, and translated by the U.S. intelligence community.
One senior U.S. official said the intelligence community had seen the article and believed it to be authentic, although since there are no time references in it beyond 2001 it is impossible to know when it was written. Another official noted that al-Adil �fancies himself as a military strategist and thinker� and such a critique would fit within what he sees as his responsibilities.
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