An Index of Newly Declassified Bin Laden Documents

ODNI Title: Answer to Questions about Custody of Children and Related issues

To/from: ?/Atiyya Abu Abd al-Rahman

Date: December/January, 2008/2009 (Muharam 1430)

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Chief of Staff Committee

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Comments on the question of Abu Mus’ab

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Course of Islamic Study for Soldiers and Members

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Dear Brother Abu al-‘Abbas

To/From: Abu al-‘Abbas/Raja

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

[English and Arabic mismatch. Arabic duplicates doc with ODNI Title “Dear brother Abu-‘Abdallah al-Haj ‘Uthman.”]

ODNI Title: Dear Brother Abu-‘Abdallah al-Haj ‘Uthman

To/From: Abu-‘Abdallah al-Haj ‘Uthman/ ?

Date: 17 December 2007

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Dear Brother Shaykh Mahmud

To/From: Shaykh Mahmud (Atiyya Abu Abd al-Rahman)/ ?

Date: 3 December 2010

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Dear Honorable Brother Shaykh Azmaray

To/From: Shaykh Azmaray (Usama bin Laden)/ ?

Date: 5 March 2008

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Dear Muslim Brothers and Sisters

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Disclaimer

To/From: ?/ Tribal Leaders of al-‘Ubayd in Diyala

Date: 28 April (year not given)

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Do not ignore the plank and look for the speck

To/From: ?/Abu Yahya al-Libi

Date: 3 January 2010

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Draft Speech about Iran and America with Mahmud’s Comments

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: From Abu Ma’adh

To/From: (his dad, mom, and her aunt)/Abu Ma’adh and Um Ma’adh

Date: 6 January 2011 (2 Safar 1432)

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Give the tribes more than they can handle

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: His Eminence Shaykh Mahmud

To/From: Shaykh Mahmud (Atiyya Abu Abd al-Rahman/ Ahmad

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Honorable brother

To/From: ?/ Abu Abdullah (Usama bin Laden)

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: In Kuram, Kandahar, and Khost, measures thereon for all of Afghanistan

To/From: ?/ ?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: In regard to the money that is in Sudan – Bin Laden’s Will

To/From: ?/Usama Bin Laden

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: In the name of Allah

To/From: Shaykh Mahmud (Atiyya Abu Abd al-Rahman) and Abu Yahya/ ?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

[English and Arabic mismatch. English duplicates ODNI document titled “In the name of Allah, the merciful the compassionate”]

ODNI Title: In the name of Allah, the merciful the compassionate

To/From: ?/?

Date: (After April 2011)

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: In the name of God, the merciful

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Jihad in Pakistan

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Kind Brother

To/From: ?/?

Date: 25 January 2010

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter about matter of the Islamic Maghreb

To/From: ?/Mukhtar Abu al-Zubayr (Salah al-Din)

Date: 5 March 2010

Link: English/Arabic

[English and Arabic mismatch. Arabic duplicates Arabic doc with ODNI Title “Our honorable Shaykh.”]

ODNI Title: Letter from Abu al-Tayyib

To/From: Shaykh Zamaray/ Abu al-Tayyib

Date: 29 February 2008

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter from Basir to the Brother in Command

To/From: ?/ Basir

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter from Brother ‘Atiyah to Shaykh Abi al-Zubayr

To/From: Shaykh Abi al-Zubayr/ Brother ‘Atiyah (Atiyya Abu Abd al-Rahman)

Date: 11 December 2010

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter from Muhammad Tayib

To/From: ?/Muhammad Tayib

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter from one of our mujahidin

To/From: Abu-Yahya al-Libi/ Jamal al-Din

Date: 10 January 2010

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter on the First Day of Rabi’al-Akbar

To/From: ?/?

Date: 17 March 2010

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter regarding working in Islamic countries

To/From: ?/?

Date: 17 March 2010

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to Abdallah and ‘A’ishah

To/From: Abdallah and ‘A’ishah/ ?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to Abu Basir

To/From: Abu Basir/ ?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to Abu Khalid

To/From: Abu Khalid/ Abu ‘Abdallah (Usama bin Laden)

Date: 20 January 2011

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to Abu Nawaf

To/From: Abu Nawaf/ ?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to Abu Salah

To/From: Abu Salah/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to Karim

To/From: Karim/ ?

Date: 18 October 2007

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to Mawlawi ‘Abd-al Aziz

To/From: Mawlawi ‘Abd-al-‘Aziz/ ?

Date: 3 December 2002

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to my caring family

To/From: ?/?

Date: 05 February 2011

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to my dear Brother Shaykh Abu-Muhammad

To/From: Shaykh Abu-Muhammad/?

Date: 07 May 2008

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to my dear brother

To/From: Muhammad Aslam/ ?

Date: 23 January 2012

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to my dear father

To/From: (his dad)/Abd-al-Latif

Date: Rejab 24 (unknown year)

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to my two noble brothers, Abu Muhammad and Abu Khalid

To/From: Abu Muhammad and Abu Khalid/ Abu ‘Abdallah (Usama bin Laden)

Date: 14 January 2011

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to Occupying Countries

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to our esteemed Shaykhs

To/From: ?/ Al-Husayn Abu al-Faraj, al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to our honorable Shaykh

To/From: ?/Abu Yahya

Date: 24 January 2010 (9 Safar 1431)

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to our Honored Commander of the Faithful

To/From: ?/Usama bin Laden

Date: 5 November 2010

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to Shaykh Abu Muhammad

To/From: Shaykh Abu Muhammad/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to the generous brother Shaykh Abu Muhammad

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to Shaykh Abu Muhammad

To/From: Shaykh Abu Muhammad/ ?

Date: 17 August 2007

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to Shaykh Abu-‘Abdallah al-Shafi’i

To/From: Shaykh Abu-‘Abdallah al-Shafi’i/ Ayman al-Zawahiri

Date: 26 January 2006 (26 Dhu al-Hujjah 1426)

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to Shaykh Azmarai

To/From: Shaykh Azmarai (Usama bin Laden)/ ?

Date: 09 January 2009 (13 Muharram 1430)

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to the eminent Shaykh

To/From: ?/The Shari’a committee

Date: 15 April 2009

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to the honorable brother Shaykh Mahmud

To/From: Shaykh Mahmud (Atiyya Abu Abd al-Rahman)/ ?

Date: 27 August 2010 (17 Ramadan 1431)

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to the Islamic nation at large

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to the Muslim Nation on Eid al-Adha

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Letter to wife

To/From: (his wife)/ Abu-‘Abdallah

Date: 3 January 2011

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Liberating humans before liberating countries

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Message from one of Shaykh Hamid’s students

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Mufti’s fatwa regarding the alliance of Shari’ah courts

To/From: Brothers in Jaysh al-‘Usrah/ Shaykh ‘Umar Ayman Abu-Bakir

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Mujahidin Shura council in Iraq

To/From: ?/ Media Committee for Mujahidin Shura

Date: 17 June 2006 ( 21 Jumada I-Ula 1427)

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: My dear Brother ‘Adnan

To/From: Adnan/ Mahmud

Date: 15 March 2007

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: My Generous Brother Tawfiq

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: My Muslim Nation

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: O ye who believe

To/From: Muslims in Pakistan and Afghanistan/ ?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Our honorable Shaykh

To/From: ?/Abd-al-Hakim al-Afghani

Date: 12 Februrary 2008

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Our Respected Shaykh

To/From: ?/’Atiyah (Atiyya Abu Abd al-Rahman)

Date: 22 August 2009

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Please Give Me Your News

To/From: ?/ Abu ‘Abdallah (Usama bin Laden)

Date: Wednesday 29 December 2010

Link: English/Arabic

[English and Arabic mismatch.]

ODNI Title: Portion of letter to Waziristan

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Praise be to God the Lord of all worlds

To/From: ?/ Abu-Muhammad Abu-Bakr Bin-Muhammad al-Shakwi al-Muslimi Bishku

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Praise is to Allah

To/From: ?/?

Date: Post-2011 Tunisian Uprising

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Praise is to God of all creations

To/From: Shaykh Mahmud (Atiyya Abu Abd al-Rahman) and Shaykh Abu Yahya/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

[English and Arabic mismatch.]

ODNI Title: Praise is to Allah the God of all creation

To/From: Shaykh Mawlawi/ Mahmud

Date: 8 January 2011

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Ramadan Greetings from Abu Abdallah al-Halabi to Khalid

To/From: Khalid/ Abu ‘Abdallah al-Halabi

Date: 15 Ramadan (unknown year)

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Recommendations for the Mujahidin Entering Afghanistan

To/From: Mujahidin Entering Afghanistan/ Abu Yahya

Date: Tuesday 8 June 2010 (25 Rabi’ al-Akhir 1431)

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Report on our visit

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Request to Carry Out a Martyr Operation

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

[Probably page 4 of a document that includes ODNI titles “Suggestions Dealing with Work” and “Up Until Now.”]

ODNI Title: Respected Brother, kind Shaykh, Zamrai, Sahib

To/From: Zamrai Sahib (Usama bin Laden)

Date: 27 Rabi’ Althani (unknown year)

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Second Letter to Muslim brothers in Iraq

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Some Advice for the Mujahidin

To/From: ?/ Abu Yahya al-Libi

Date: 10 April 2010 (25 Rabi’ Althani 1431)

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Some reactions to the speech of al-Hafiz Abu Talhah al-Almani

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Suggestions Dealing with Work

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

[Probably page 1 of a document that includes ODNI titles “Request to Carry out a Martyr Operation” and “Up Until Now.”]

ODNI Title: Summary of the points proposed in the session

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Talking points

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: TEHRIK-E TALIBAN PAKISTAN (TPP)

To/From: ?/Pakistan’s Taliban Charter with comments from Shaykh Abu Yahya and Shaykh Mahmud al-Hasan

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: The America Speech

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: The Army of Islam

To/From: ?/Army of Islam

Date: 24 May 2007 (8 Jumada Al-Awal 1428)

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: The Eulogy of the Nation’s Maryr 30 June 2006

To/From: ?/ Usama bin Laden

Date: 30 June 2006

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: The Leadership of the Organization

To/From: Usama Bin Laden/ Abu-Mus’ab ‘Abd-al-Wadud

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: The presence of Mujahidin spouses in the field

To/From: ?/?

Date: 31 December 2007 (22 Al Hijjah 1428)

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: The Series of Revealing the Hidden Corners from the Heritage of the Ancestors and the Treasures of the Offspring

To/From: ?/ Text (The Message Of The Attributes) by al-Hafiz Abu Bakr Ahmad Bin ‘Ali al-Khatib al-Baghdidi

Date: 21 March 2005 (11 Safar 1426)

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: The Weakness of the Dollar

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: There has been a leap in the Arabic world’s consciousness

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: To Abu-al-Faraj and ‘Abd-al-Hadi

To/From: Abu-alFaraj and ‘Abd-al-Hadi

Date: 19 November 2002 (14 Ramadan 1423)

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: To Emir Al- Mu’minin

To/From: ?/?

Date: 25 September 2010 (16 Shawal 1431)

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: To Muslims in Yemen

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: To my noble brother Hajj ‘Uthman

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: To my Precious Father

To/From: Usama bin Laden/ Sa’ad Bin Usama

Date: 15 August 2008

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: To my Son Abu ‘Abdallah

To/From: Abu ‘Abdallah/?

Date: 16 December 2007

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: To our honorable Emir the Emir of all Believers

To/From: ?/ Usama Bin Laden

Date: 3 December 2010 (27 Dhu I-Hijja 1431)

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: To our people in Libya

To/From: ?/ Jamal Ibrahim Ishtwi al-Misrati (aka Atiyya Abu Abd al-Rahman)

Date: 25 February 2011 (22 Rabi’ al-Awal 1432)

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: To our respected Shaykhs

To/From: ?/ Asad

Date: 5 September 2002 (28 Jumada Al Thani 1423)

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: To the American People

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: To the dear mother

To/From: ?/Abu-‘Abdallah al-Halabi

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: To the father and the mother

To/From: ?/ ‘Abd-al-Latif

Date: 13 Shawwal (unknown year)

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: To the honorable brother Mahmud

To/From: Mahmud/ ‘Atiyaa (Atiyya Abu Abd al-Rahman)

Date: Mid-March 2011

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: To the Islamic Community in General

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: To the kind brother, Shaykh Mahmud

To/From: Shaykh Mahmud (Atiyya Abu Abd al-Rahman)/ ?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: To the noble brother al-Hajj ‘Uthman

To/From: al-Hajj ‘Uthman/ ?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Tunis

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

ODNI Title: Up until now

To/From: ?/?

Date: ?

Link: English/Arabic

[Probably page 2 of a document that includes ODNI titles “Request to Carry out a Martyr Operation” and “Suggestions Dealing with Work.”]

ODNI Title: When can someone put an end to those who practice polytheism

To/From: ?/ Sulayman Bin-Nasir al-‘Ulwan

Date: 1 March 2004

Link: English/Arabic

This index was compiled by Sumaya Almajdoub and Will McCants and with special thanks to Joe Gabbard. Symaa Almajdoub is a researcher on Middle Eastern affairs. Will McCants is the director of the a senior fellow in the Center for Middle East Policy and director of the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World. He is the author of The ISIS Apocalypse.