Number: RL32759
Title: Al Qaeda: Statements and Evolving Ideology
Authors: Christopher M. Blanchard, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: This report reviews Al Qaeda's use of public statements from the mid-1990s to the present and analyzes the evolving ideological and political content of those statements. The report focuses primarily on statements made by Osama Bin Laden, but also considers: statements made by Ayman al Zawahiri, the late Abu Musab al Zarqawi, Iraq-based Al Qaeda affiliates, and Al Qaeda military leader Sayf al Adl.
Pages: 18
Date: July 9, 2007