Bombers, Bank Accounts, and Bleedout

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The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point is pleased to announce the release of its second report of al-Qa'ida's foreign fighters in Iraq: Bombers, Bank Accounts, and Bleedout: al-Qa`ida's Road in and Out of Iraq. The report expands on and contextualizes an analysis of al-Qa'ida in Iraq personnel records conducted by the CTC in December 2007.

New Raw Data

Bombers, Bank Accounts, and Bleedout not only expands on the analysis of the Sinjar Records conducted in the first report, it also introduces a
host of new data, including:

• Statistics on the exact number and nationality of foreign fighters held by the US at Camp Bucca in Iraq.
• Contracts signed by AQI's foreign suicide bombers.
• Contracts signed by AQI fighters entering and leaving Iraq.
• Accounting sheets signed by various fighters that indicate funding sources and expenditures.
• Several narratives describing AQI's network in Syria, personnel problems, and ties to Fatah al-Islam in Lebanon

The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and not of the U.S. Military Academy, the Department of the Army, or any other agency of the U.S. Government.

The Sinjar Records (Arabic)
The Sinjar Records (Translated)

AQI Financial and Accounting Documents
Suicide Bomber Contracts
Separation Contracts (fighters leaving Iraq permanently)
Temporary Leave Contracts (fighters leaving Iraq temporarily)
Partial Contracts
Personnel and Material Records
Syrian Network Report
ISI apology to Sheikh Abad Lufan al-Hadeb
Essay explaining the importance of the banner in Islam
ISI Directive to its Border Emirate
ISI Border Emirate Statement of Responsibility
Memo from the MSC to the Border Emirate
Border Activity Report Template
Six-Month ISI Report on Border Activity
Message regarding Abu Umar al-Tunisi
Password Instructions
Samarra Attack Summary Report