The Slow Death Of Al Qaeda In Iraq

Letters From Al Qaeda Leaders Show Iraqi Effort Is In Disarray -- Long War journal Al Qaeda in Iraq's sanctuaries have virtually disappeared from December 2006 to August 2008. Light red is where al Qaeda can operate, dark red is al Qaeda-controled areas.

Letters From Al Qaeda Leaders Show Iraqi Effort
Is In Disarray -- Long War Journal

Al Qaeda's senior leadership has lost confidence in its commander in Iraq and views the situation in the country as dire, according to a series of letters intercepted by Multinational Forces Iraq earlier this year.

The letters, which have been sent exclusively to The Long War Journal by Multinational Forces Iraq, are a series of communications between Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda's second in command, Abu Ayyub al Masri, al Qaeda in Iraq's leader, and Abu Omar al Baghdadi, the leader of al Qaeda's Islamic State of Iraq. These letters were intercepted by Coalition forces in Baghdad on April 24, 2008. One of the letters written by Zawahiri is dated March 6, 2008.

Coalition forces found the letters in the possession of a senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader called Abu Nizar, whose real name is Ali Hamid Ardeny al Essawi. He was killed after he stopped at a checkpoint in Baghdad and later identified by al Qaeda operatives in custody.

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My Comment: If this letter is true, it is a revealing look at how Al Qaeda does its communications. No satellite or cell phones, everything by courier and letters.